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We Love Arts: The Gaming Table
Photo ©Carol Pratt/Folger Theatre
It’s a woman’s world out there. Now a days more women than men are attending college and these more educated females are putting off families and earning more money than men. As a late-20’s lost boy, I’m ok with saying that. Folger Theatre’s production of The Gaming Table represents this new role [...]
We Love Arts: Elephant Room
Photo by Scott Suchman
This past weekend I saw magic. No I’m not talking about a win from the hapless Wizards or miracles of that sort- I’m talking about a real magic show with magicians, tricks, and illusions. However this show did not have the showmanship of Houdini, the polish of Copperfield, or the rock and roll [...]
We Love Arts: Red
De Kooning. Pollock. Rothko. Giants of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Killers of Surrealism, only to be swept aside themselves by Pop Art. At least, that’s how the legend goes (even Rothko would disagree with the precise classifications). But is a revolutionary’s story compelling if it doesn’t end in a young, glorious death? In Red, playwright [...]
More »We Love Arts: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Ah, love. The kind that makes you stalk your lover, lie to your best friend, steal someone else’s girl. We’re talking young, hormone-addled, angst-ridden love. Add in some fervent karaoke singing, late night fast food binges and way beyond last call drinking, and it’s love in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Rarely performed [...]
National Geographic Live: February 2012
As spring looms on the horizon, so does National Geographic Live’s new season. For the third year in a row, the National Geographic Museum is offering WeLoveDC readers a monthly chance to enjoy one of their premier events. We’re giving away two pairs of tickets to readers and entering is simple. Look through the great [...]
More »We Love Arts: Little Murders
Photo by Dennis Deloria
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer doesn’t ink funnies. Instead he speaks his mind through art, be it what a woman thinks or how the nation elects a President. So when you consider the dangerous world of New York City depicted in American Century Theatre’s “Little Murders“, you have to realize that a premise that [...]
We Love Arts: Time Stands Still
Watching Time Stands Still is to witness a relationship cracking apart, as two people whose entire shared experience has consisted of an adrenaline rush that can’t be sustained, irrevocably come off the high. Its success then rests on strong performances rooted in naturalism, and luckily that’s a strength Studio Theatre has perfected. Otherwise, you might [...]
More »Best Of: Theater 2011
2011 07 16 – 6398 – Washington DC – Redrum at Fort Fringe
courtesy of thisisbossi
We Love DC authors Don, Patrick, Rachel and I may have different backgrounds in criticism and performance, and varying preferences for theatrical style, but we share a goal – to bring you our thoughtful, honest opinions on the passionate, challenging [...]
We Love Arts: You, Nero
Photo by Scott Suchman
Nero is perhaps most well known as the Emperor of Rome who let the city burn as he played the fiddle. A widely known piece of history that isn’t entirely true yet perfectly paints a portrait of a ruler who cared more about himself than his people. The vanity of Nero could easily [...]
We Love Arts: Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies
Photo by Michael Brosilow
In my previous job I analyzed the prevalence of fear and risk in current events and news. So if I know anything about society, it’s that we love to worry.
We are afraid of a lot of things: invasion of privacy, food contamination, and deadly diseases. West Nile, Cancer, and Swine Flu are just some [...]
We Love Arts: Much Ado About Nothing
Kathryn Meisle as Beatrice and Derek Smith as Benedick in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Ethan McSweeny. Photo by Scott Suchman.
Shakespeare Theater Company’s production of Much Ado About Nothing is odd. Not on stage – there it’s very entertaining with only minor flaws. Odd in selection, odd in [...]
We Love Arts: Krapp’s Last Tape
There are moments when economy, especially in words, must suffice.
(Shakes head. Backspace, backspace. Types.)
John Hurt. Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. Produced by Dublin’s Gate Theatre, at Shakespeare Theatre Company this weekend only. 55 minutes.
55 minutes of your life spent watching a master actor perform a master playwright’s reflection on the absurdity of life, memory [...]
We Love Arts: Equivocation
A lawyer in love with a Shakespearean scholar might find the perfect date night with Equivocation. Or a politician whose best friend is a Jesuit. Bill Cain’s play is a thicket of ideas about theater, politics and morality. His language manages to be natural, almost casual, despite the rich quotations of Shakespearean text and the [...]
More »We Love Arts: Synetic’s Romeo and Juliet
Natalie Berk as Juliet and Alex Mills as Romeo, photo by Graeme B. Shaw
Synetic Theater is closing out their Speak no More triptych with Romeo and Juliet. Their take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of thwarted young love is presented – as always – without dialog, relying on staging and dance to convey the story. Or are [...]
Theater Ticket Deals Aplenty
‘Manhattan Day coupon or ticket’
courtesy of ‘The Field Museum Library’
Is there anything for sale anymore other than via coupon? If there is it’s not theater.
There’s a nice flex deal running right now for seats at Woolly Mammoth for the remainder of the season. 6 tickets to use in whatever combination you like – take 6 [...]
Discount Theater for the Price of Silly
‘Ready to take flight (IMG_2633a)’
courtesy of ‘Alaskan Dude’
Alternate title: Audience Participation Has Gone Too Far
Arena Stage has apparently been dipping into the Thanksgiving cooking sherry; Previews for their new show You, Nero are starting on Saturday and they’ve decided to encourage you to get into the spirit – they’re running pay what you can deals… [...]
We Love Arts: Beertown
Photo by Clinton Brandhagen
When I asked a friend of mine if he wanted to come see Dog and Pony DC’s production of Beertown with me he replied, “No thanks- it doesn’t look like my type of thing.”
He’s right- if you expect to simply sit quietly through a show then Beertown isn’t for you.
However if you [...]
We Love Arts: Cirque du Soleil Skip Roper Adrienn Banhegyi & Quidam
Cirque du Soleil’s travelling show Quidam is coming to the Verizon Center this week (November 16 to 20). This particular show’s premise is: “A young girl’s escape into a world of imagination.” That leaves room for some provoking theater combined with acrobatics, live music, and a killer light show (among other things).
Skip Roper Adrienn Banhegyi, 28, [...]
NMAI: Hear the Song of the Horse Nation
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courtesy of ‘bhrome’
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian opened its doors this past weekend to a new exhibition, “A Song for the Horse Nation.” The exhibition, nestled on the third floor of the museum, tells the epic tale of the how the return of the horse to the Americas changed Native culture, from [...]
The Song of Emil Her Many Horses
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courtesy of ‘bhrome’
out of the earth / I sing for them
A Horse nation / I sing for them
out of the earth / I sing for them,
the animals / I sing for them.
~a song by the Teton Sioux
Emil Her Many Horses is, by first appearance, a quiet, unassuming gentleman. A museum specialist in the office of [...]
