Feb 24, 2006
Vitriolic Victorians Lend Life to Boston Marriage
DCist is through with living a lie. We have to confess: we’re developing quite the crush on Kate Eastwood Norris. After seeing her shine as the barb-tongued Beatrice in Folger’s Much Ado About Nothing last October, it was no surprise to catch the Helen Hayes award nominee investing Anna, one half of the tumultuous lesbian couple at the center of David Mamet’s Boston Marriage, with the same kind of unbridled energy and wry wit we…
Feb 09, 2006
Source Theatre Goes Dark for Good
I was intrigued to see workers in front of the Source Theatre on 14th St. NW over the weekend hanging a marquee sign for the opening of David Mamet’s Boston Marriage on Feb. 17. For one thing, the Source Theatre Company has been basically closed for 2 years. For another, I had heard last month at a neighborhood association meeting that the building was likely being sold to the owners of Bedrock Billiards, who plan…
Jan 30, 2006
DCist’s February Theater Preview
February’s theater scene brings a month of insomnia and exorcisms, dames and deaths. But before we outline the month’s offerings, allow us to say thanks to DCist reader Jeffrey, who reminded us that tickets for the Monty Python spectacular, Spamalot, coming to the National Theater in June, go on sale Februrary 26. They’ll be gone faster than you can say “shrubbery,” so mark your calendars. In the meantime, how far would you go to protect…