International Festival of Hispanic Theater Begins
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A Beautiful View - Studio's Secondstage opens a comic
romance by Daniel MacIvor.
A Soft Escape - The African Continuum Theatre
Company's Fresh Flavas reading series has a play by Sherry
Shepard-Massat to be read this Sunday.
Citizen Josh - Josh Kornbluth performs his riff on the
role of the voter in the American body politic at Arena
until a week before the election.
Drunk Enough To Say I Love You? - Forum has the
Potomac Region premiere of Caryl Churchill's play at the
H. Street Playhouse in NE.
Henry IV - Folger tackles both Part I and Part II in
a single evening's encapsulation.
MacHomer - Shakespeare's Scottish Play with the voices
of the characters Matt Groening created for "The Simpsons"
plays this week at Woolly Mammoth.
Mermaids, Monsters, and the World Painted Purple
(Children) - The Kennedy Center's Family Theater offers
the world premiere of a series of six interconnected
stories from Latino folklore for audiences aged nine and
up.
Temptation - Constellation mounts Czech Vaclav Havel
reexamination of the legend of Faust at Source.
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OPENING IN MD |
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Cinderella and Her Sisters
(Children) - Olney's Family Entertainment Series presents
three classic versions of the familiar story.
From the Jolly And Insane Mind of Zaloom
- Adult puppet theater performer Paul
Zaloom gives three performances at the Clarice Smith Center.
Hats! - Baltimore's Audrey Herman
Spotlighters mount a musical treatment of the story of the Red
Hat Society.
Intelligence - Rep Stage offers the
world premiere of a drama of national security.
Macbeth - The tragedy of a Scottish
King is this fall's Shakespeare Under the Stars production of
the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.
The Vertical Hour - Bethesda's Cedar
Lane Stage stages David Hare's examination of the relations
between the British and the Americans.
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OPENING IN VA |
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11th International Festival of Hispanic Theater - Teatro de
la Luna hosts companies from Argentina, the Dominican Republic,
Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela in Arlington.
Sleeping Beauty (Children) - The Riverside Center Dinner
Theater in Fredericksburg has a new Lunch "N" Show on Saturdays.
The Mousetrap - Dame Agatha Christie's classic whodunit
opens at Wayside in Middletown.
The Producers - The American Music Stage brings Mel Brooks'
musical based on his movie to the stage of the Ernst Theater in
Annandale.
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The British Players: Free As Air,
a British musical - tourists cause chaos on discovering inhabited
island in English Channel. 8:00 PM Oct 23-25, 30-31, Nov 1; 2:30
PM Oct 26, Nov 1-2. 3710 Mitchell Street , Kensington MD. $18.00
(Groups: $15/person). Box Office - 301-871-1697.
www.britishplayers.org
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Dominion Stage presents Fat Pig
by Neil LaBute. Directed by Sara Lebowitz. Weekends October 17 -
November 2, at Gunston Theatre One in Arlington, VA. Showtimes:
Fri/Sat @ 8 p.m. and Sun @ 2 p.m. Get more information at
www.DominionStage.org.
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incredibly vibrant theater community. For price and deadline
information contact Teddie at
Teddie@PotomacStages.com or
202-548-2708.
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LAST WEEK'S NEWS |
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None -
Potomac Stages was on hiatus for the week.
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