Stolen Shakespeare First Folio Recovered
December, 1998: “I shall steal this priceless edition of Shakespeare’s First Folio from a Durham University exhibition! The perfect historical literary crime! Ha ha!” July, 2008: “I wonder if this...
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We Love Arts: Up in Arms
Halberd, dated 1611. Courtesy Higgins Armory Museum Just in case you’re unaware, the Folger Shakespeare Library is now weaponized. Currently running in a limited engagement, the Folger presents Now...
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We Love Arts: Romeo & Juliet, Redux
Rahaleh Nassri (Romeo) and Kelsey Grouge (Juliet), photo by Teresa Castracane Taffety Punk Theatre Company sure has guts. The marketing for their all-female “answer” to Shakespeare Theatre Company’s...
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We Love Arts: “Breaking News”
A true and exact relation of the late prodigious earthquake & eruption of Mount Ætna. London, 1669 The Folger Shakespeare Library recently opened their newest exhibit Breaking News: Renaissance...
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We Love Arts: Twelfth Night
Images courtesy of the Shakespeare Theater Company The biggest complaint I have with STC’s production of Twelfth Night has nothing to do with the actual production they put on, so I’m going to just...
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We Love Arts: The Dog in the Manger
DOGRHRSL_039 courtesy of shakespearetheatreco I opened The Washington Post today and found Peter Marks’ glowing review of The Dog in the Manger and thought “yep, yep, yes, yes! Exactly right!” Then I...
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We Love Arts: but Lear is unlovable
”courtesy of ‘Joel Washing’ In brief: this is Shakespeare as torture porn. It’s tough to organize this review. Put marginally less briefly, this production of King Lear pretty much sacrifices the story...
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We Love Arts: Measure for Measure
Esther Williamson as Isabella, and Kimberly Gilbert as Angelo Photo by Kristin Holodak “Measure for Measure” could be described in simplest terms as a “he said, she said” kind of play. When fellow...
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We Love Arts: The Alchemist
David Manis as Subtle, Jeff Biehl as Abel Drugger and Michael Milligan as Face in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist, directed by Michael Kahn. Photo by Scott...
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We Love Music: No Age w/ Holy Fuck @ Black Cat 9/17/10
courtesy of No Age. While most of DC’s indie-music listeners were reliving past glories watching Superchunk over at 9:30 Club on Friday night, a decent-sized and enthusiastic crowd were dancing the...
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Why I Love DC: Joanna Castle Miller
353/365 courtesy of ekelly80 I moved to DC (okay, NoVa to be exact) from New York via my hometown of Memphis, and love the fact that here I can get moonshine and fried pickles but still have winter...
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We Love Arts: Twelfth Night
The cast of Twelfth Night dances as Feste (Louis Butelli) plays his ukulele. Photo by Scott Suchman. Viola and Sebastian’s ship wrecks at the opening of Folger Theatre’s Twelfth Night in a spectacle...
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Theater Spotlight: Ken Ludwig
Ken Ludwig / photo by Leslie Cashen Ken Ludwig is a DC local and internationally acclaimed playwright who has had numerous hits on Broadway, in London’s West End, and throughout the world. He has won...
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