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In keeping with my New Year's resolution to emphasize the positive, I have this to say about Classika Theatre's latest production:
The seats are pretty comfortable.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

One 'Lesson' Too Many by Dolores Gregory

Before Lily Tomlin, before Anna Deavere Smith, before Eve Ensler and a host of other performance artists, there was Ruth Draper, monologuist.

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Backstage: 'Oedipus Plays' Headed To Acropolis in Athens by Jane Horwitz

Includes interview with Marie Jones ("Stones In His Pockets").

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'110 in the Shade': Signature's Ray of Sunshine by Peter Marks

The voices pierce director Eric Schaeffer's remarkable new "110 in the Shade" like whistling winds across the prairie. You can hear so much in these voices, so much of the raw emotion that t…

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'The Silent Woman': Raucous Entertainment by Peter Marks

Just to clarify: "Animal House, 1609" is not the title of the ribald and ripping new production at Shakespeare Theatre.

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Backstage: Building Character the Evil Way by Jane Horwitz

British actor Steven Berkoff demonstrates an unconventional view of the actor's art.
Plus an interview with Hershey Felder.

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'Theophilus North': Lukewarm Wilder by Peter Marks

Not every play has to leave you a devastated, nail-biting wreck, but "Theophilus North" is such a pacific experience you might have to rush home and crank up the old treadmill just to get th…

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A Brand New Start of It by Peter Marks

Creators of Musicals Find New Challenges in Past Works
Interview with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, discussing the material they've added to the new production of "110 in the Shade."

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A Welcome Sign by Benjamin Forgey

Design Plan Would Give the Kennedy Center New Connections

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A Guided Tour Of the Bard's Rogues' Gallery by Peter Marks

Steven Berkoff, a London actor and director and another member of this generation, is your guide for a night of flamboyant soliloquies and piquant observations about making Shakespeare's evildoers tick.

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Ever and Always A Purrfect Lady by William Booth

Dame Edna, in the Nicest Way, Gets A Few Things Off Her Chest

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The Master Strokes of Broadway by Peter Marks

Hirschfeld had a generous nature. His work was not limited to the celebrated. In fact, I'm proud to say, he did a portrait of me. It was a going-away present at the time of my departure from…

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The Bonds Of Those Freed From Death Row by Peter Marks

Restored to life. Now there's an experience truly justifying journalism's eternal query, "How did you feel?" Judging from the testimony of six souls in "The Exonerated," who lived undeserved…

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'The Exonerated,' Winning Top Actors on Appeal by Peter Marks

In acting circles, death row has never been hipper.

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MELISSA ERRICO "Blue Like That" - CD Review by Geoffrey Himes

Like Art Garfunkel and Norah Jones, Errico wants to prove that "adult-contemporary" radio fare needn't be maudlin and overstated; it can be smart and subtle.

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Backstage: The Best Seaters In the House by Jane Horwitz

Jane Pesci-Townsend, who made a splash at the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration last summer when she filled in for an ailing Christine Baranski in "Sweeney Todd," will give four cabaret …

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Moving to 'Chicago': A Sole-Stirring Experience by Stephen Hunter

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A Key Stage of Development by Peter Marks

Under Kaiser, Kennedy Center Gets Serious About Theater

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Letters: 'South Pacific': Changes in Latitude and Cultural Attitude

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Backstage: Out of the Shadow of Death Row by Jane Horwitz

The Real-Life Stories of 'The Exonerated'

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