Patrick Folliard
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What’s frightening is also funny in ‘Venus’ (opens the original)
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‘Venus’Through Oct. 4Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company641 D St., NW$20– $105Woollymommoth.net Meet Beth. She’s an art-house film projectionist. Cocky yet awkward, and a bit of a player, she’s exceedingly fond of international cinema and women. Her current interest is Nicole, a pretty librarian with an obsession for order and safety. Romance seems unlikely. Written by Los Angeles-based playwright Steve Yockey, “Venus” pits odd against odder, and similar to some of his past works, what’s frightening
D.C.’s fall theater season is already well underway (opens the original)
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Leaves have scarcely turned, but throughout the DMV, the fall theater season is well underway. In Arlington, Signature Theatre got a jump on the season with Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Merrily We Roll Along” (through Nov. 1). Told entirely in reverse chronological order, this story of three longtime friends spans the years 1957 to 1976 moving from the trio’s cynical middle-aged present back to their happy and hopeful salad days. Filled with great promise when it opened in 1981, the original prod
Immersive ‘Nation-State’ imagines a society free of authoritarianism (opens the original)
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‘Nation-State: A Live Experiment’Sept. 2-13La Pluma TheatreDupont Underground19 Dupont Circle, N.W.$25-40Dupontunderground.orgIndustry Night: September 7. Free for all theater makers A relevant piece replete with borders and passports, La Pluma Theatre’s “Nation-State: A Live Experiment”is immersive, site-specific, and testimonial. With the production, the company’s queer co-founders Victor Salinas and Gabriel de la Cruz pose unique situations and experiences. In lieu of tickets, audience member
New GALA show about WWII spy full of conflict, intrigue (opens the original)
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‘Garbo: The Actor Who Saved the World’Sept. 3-27GALA Hispanic Theatre3333 14th St., NW$25-$50galatheatre.org Conflict, intrigue, and abundant imagination – all the elements for an extraordinary story. Add real-life Spanish spy Juan Pujol García who worked as a double agent loyal to the United Kingdom against Nazi Germany during World War II to the mix and it’s truly inspired. Code-named “Garbo” by the British (a nod to his acting prowess), the anti-fascist’s mission took him from Madrid to Lisbo
National tour of ‘The Notebook’ retains its tearjerking power (opens the original)
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‘The Notebook’Aug. 18-30National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$89-$197Broadwayatthenational.com When Grace Ohwensadeyo Rundberg first imagined a career in musical theater, she wasn’t sure exactly how she’d fit in. As a gay actor would she play queer characters? Outside of “Rent” and a few other shows, would there be lesbian parts coming her way? Rundberg, 23, remembers an acting class in college. “I was doing a romantic scene opposite a male actor when the professor interrupted to say it w
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