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Step Afrika!’s three-day Step Classic celebration concluded with a bang
The award-winning dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping ended the weekend with a grand finale. On Sunday evening, February 16, Step Afrika! brought the nation’s best step teams together ...
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A lot of talk, a lot of time, and a lot of baring offer no feminist solutions in ‘Liberation’ Off-Broadway at Roundabout
Roundabout Theatre Company’s world-premiere of Liberation by playwright Bess Wohl addresses the efforts and failures of the Women’s Movement over the 50+ years since 1970, in a meta-theatrical go-back ...
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Pride and ambition conflict with Socialist ideals in the Mint’s NYC premiere of ‘Garside’s Career’ at Theatre Row
After Garside’s Career, a cautionary tale of the ill effects of pride and ambition by English playwright Harold Brighouse, made its successful US debut with an extended run in Boston in 1919, it was ...
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Phenomenal ‘The Lion King’ is pure joy at the Hippodrome in Baltimore
This musical doesn’t just come to life; it gives you life. My jaw is still dragging somewhere on the floor of the Hippodrome Theatre. I am completely awestruck by the phenomenal musical The Lion King ...
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Avant Bard to take on Shakespeare’s most formidable queen in ‘The Margriad’
The electrifying new play follows Queen Margaret of Anjou — a warrior, a survivor — through her rise to power and downfall. Power. Betrayal. War. Revenge. Avant Bard Theatre proudly presents The ...
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‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ by The Arlington Players is one giant laugh fest
The technical creatives and crew deserve a standing ovation for their coordination and delivery of some spectacular and hilarious effects. The Arlington Players’ current production of The Play That ...
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‘Waitress’ at Olney Theatre Center serves huge helpings of heart and happiness
Sparks of love and connection highlight this joyous musical celebrating the power of inner strength and female friendship. Waitress is based on the 2007 film by Adrienne Shelly about a poor waitress ...
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Good news about good dudes in ‘Love and Vinyl’ at Byrdland Records
Performed in an actual record shop, Bob Bartlett's homage to vinyl is also a heartening rom-com. When you enter Byrdland Records near Union Market to take in Bob Bartlett’s immersive, site-specific ...
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Rorschach Theatre’s ‘The Figs’ tells a bizarre fable about an obsessed king
More than unexpected at every turn, the play is an adventurous romp that combines familiar fairy tale elements with the strange and uncanny. Throughout history, kings have pillaged and ravaged lands ...
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Kennedy Center announces cast and creative team for ‘Eureka Day’
Exclusive post-Broadway engagement opens March 7. Joe Carroll, Eboni Flowers, Tony Carlin, Chelsea Yakura Kurtz, and Jennifer Laura Thompson in ‘Eureka Day.’ Photo by Jeremy Daniel. Eureka Day is a ...
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Pan Asian Rep’s real-life drama of ‘My Man Kono’ at A.R.T./NY’s Mezzanine Theatre
Now in its 48 th season, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, with a mission of providing professional opportunities for Asian American artists and creating new works focused on issues of social justice, ...
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Keeping up with a family’s politics in ‘The City of Conversation’ at Dominion Stage
Set in Georgetown over three decades, the play is a witty, evocative depiction of bygone administrations. Dominion Stage’s production of Anthony Giardina’s The City of Conversation presents a family ...