Amy Kotkin
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Review #2: ‘Straight White Men’ at The Studio Theatre
If your empathy for straight white men was strained by last week’s elections, go see Young Jean Lee’s 2014 play at The Studio Theatre. You’ll be privy to a rare, funny and poignant look under the fig...
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Review: ‘The Night Alive’ at Quotidian Theatre Company
Conor McPherson spins an intricate web of interdependence, horror, and hope among the five damaged, yet intensely human characters in his masterful play, The Night Alive. It takes a hugely talented...
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Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ at Arena Stage at The Mead Center for American Theater
Kathleen Turner is back at Arena Stage, and that is always good news for Washington theater-goers. Having starred in Mother Courage and her Children, and Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly...
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Review: ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at St. Mark’s Players
When the cast of St. Mark‘s Players’ new production, Peter and the Starcatcher, charges out from behind deep red curtains for their opening scene, that is your cue. Stop right here and suspend your...
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Review: ‘The Little Foxes’ at Arena Stage
The enduring popularity of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes offers proof positive that themes of greed, racism, and misogyny continue to resonate with contemporary audiences. Though set in a small...
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Review: Angelique Kidjo at The Music Center at Strathmore
The raves never stop pouring in for Grammy Award-winning singer, composer, and humanitarian Angelique Kidjo – nor should they. Called by NPR “Africa’s greatest living diva,” Kidjo’s ample gifts – her...
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The 7:30 PM ‘Summer Hummer V: Champions’ at Signature Theatre
Theater folks and fans alike reveled in last night’s Summer Hummer V: Champions – the Washington Theater Community’s annual one-night-only benefit for theatreWashington’s ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ at...
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2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘How to Give Birth to a Rabbit’
In this season of our discontent, How to Give Birth to a Rabbit reminds us that bizarre hoaxes and media frenzies are hardly 21st-century inventions. In fact, one of Western history’s more ludicrous...
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2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The House of Yes’
Think about your worst family Thanksgiving ever, then amp up its bizarre agonies a thousand fold. Even then, you will not come close to the dysfunction displayed by the Pascal family of McLean,...
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2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Color Theory’
Magic: The Gathering, a trading card game representing epic battles between wizards, has an estimated 20 million active players worldwide. Judging from the enthusiastic reaction of the audience at the...
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2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Immaculate Big Bang’
No cosmic question is too challenging to escape the laser wit of Bill Santiago. In The Immaculate Big Bang, which he wrote and performs, Santiago ruminates across a philosophical spectrum ranging from...
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Review: ‘Henry IV Parts I & II’ at The Rude Mechanicals
Over 17 years, The Rude Mechanicals, a local theater company specializing in classic works, has made its way through nearly all of Shakespeare’s enduring canon. After the current production of Henry...
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Review: ‘Disgraced’ at Arena Stage
If you think we are over-saturated with passionate discussions of race, gender, nationality, and religion during this chaotic election year — think again. There is still much to be probed, and...
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Review: ‘Hexagon 2016: Red, White, & Voters’ Blues’
America’s fascination with mobile phones, drones, and Fitbits were all parodied in the 2016 Hexagon show, but in this year of unprecedented political rancor, the group’s new revue, adeptly titled Red,...
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Review: ‘Clybourne Park’ at George Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance
There are good reasons why Bruce Norris’ 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park has been staged no less than five times in the past four years by local companies.First, it is a superbly...
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Review: ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ at St. Mark’s Players
What better place could there possibly be to mount Sweeney Todd than the magnificent late-Victorian St. Mark’s Church on Capitol Hill? And what more capable or inventive local company could we seek to...
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‘George is Dead’ at The Klunch
The Klunch, a newly formed theater company launched by Ian Allen, former artistic director of Cherry Red Productions, inaugurated its first season with the DC premiere of George is Dead, a mordantly...
