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Woodard Finds a 'Shrew' She Can Live With; Constellation Theatre Beats the Drum
Defunct Company's Event to Be Revived at Its Old Building
Insight Abounds in Journalist's Remarkable 'Trip to Al-Qaeda'
In a One-Man Show, Lawrence Wright Reflects on 'My Trip to Al-Qaeda'
Julia Dorn Heflin, 96, who died of respiratory failure Aug. 20 at the Washington Home hospice, in her long lifetime staged a play on the streets of Moscow, taught drama with the patriarch of…
Girl-Band Member Amy Ziff Declares Her Theatrical Independence in 'Accident'
Stephen Sondheim famously loves puzzles, but maybe not this one: At the peak of his career, riding high on the success of Sweeney Todd and a landmark partnership with director Hal Prince, Sondheim wrote Merrily We Roll Along. The new musical flopped fast and has never really recovered. So why can't this flawed but accomplished tale of artistic compromise and blasted friendships get any traction?
Miyoshi Umeki, 78, a Japanese-born singer and actress who became the first Asian performer to win an Academy Award—for Sayonara (1957)—and who played a housekeeper on the TV series The Courtship of Eddie's Father, died Aug. 28 at the Licking Park Manor nursing home in Licking, Mo. She had cancer.
Lisa Kron's Play About Lisa Kron Starring Lisa Kron Lives On in Her Absence
Ultimately, though, "33 Variations" cannot quite make a wholly successful pivot from concerns of the head to those of the heart.
An occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past.
Washington Stage Guild will mark the end of its five-year residency at 1901 14th St. NW with the remounting of its spring success, Michael Hollinger's dramedy "Opus" (Sept. 6-30).
At Fringe, Comics Horn In on the Spotlight
At Arena, Moises Kaufman Reworks Till the Last Minute
When French filmmaker Laurent Tirard was a schoolboy, studying 17th-century playwright Molière was like taking medicine. Tirard changed his mind only four years ago, when he learned that the author of The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and other masterpieces of world theater influenced some of his favorite recent movies.
Ford's Will Move Dickens Tale to Lansburgh During Renovation
Jason Robert Brown's "Songs for a New World" muses on life's transformative moments -- times of decision, crisis and renewal. Now the 1995 revue has reached its own turning point: In a risky…
Fame Sneaked Up on Zac Efron, but Its Arrival Is No Surprise
Former exotic dancer, champion of the arts and seven-time D.C. mayoral candidate Faith is recovering at George Washington Hospital from a case of pneumonia -- brought on, says her husband, when the 83-year-old performer was denied her chance for a Broadway comeback.
After debuting its flashy new space in Shirlington this winter with a free-for-all fest that drew thousands, Signature Theatre is making its open house an annual event-- starting this Saturd…
