Charles Ross. Who needs hundreds of millions of dollars in special effects when you’ve got Charles Ross? Ross, as some may recall, introduced himself to the D.C. stage with his One Man Star Wars Trilogy, which made two stops at Woolly Mammoth theater in 2006 and 2007. Now he’s back at Woolly to woosh, leap, hum, charge, and imitate his way through an abbreviated version of another classic: the One Man Lord of The…
Dec 14, 2007
Charles Ross IS Darth Vader, Yoda, R2D2…
Cue music: Dum. DUM. Dum dum dum DUUM dum. Dum dum dum DUUM dum. Dum dum dum dummmm…. If that makes any sense to you, you’re probably the target of Charles Ross’s uproarious One Man Star Wars Trilogy, now making a return engagement in D.C. at Woolly Mammoth Theater. The show’s exactly what it sounds like — Ross acts out just about every scene of the three original films with gusto, even humming the movements…
Dec 12, 2007
About Tonight
>> Woolly Mammoth’s popular One Man Star Wars Trilogy is back, written and performed by Charles Ross. Tickets are $28 for the 8 p.m. show. >> The Alliance Francaise and Twins Jazz present the Dupont T quartet, a group led by bassist Hubert Dupont, a major player in the jazz scene in Paris. Tickets to the 8 and 10:30 p.m. sets are $20. >> Take the opportunity to check out the new Busboys and…
Jul 27, 2006
The Fringedown: Thursday
Today at the Fringe, ethnicity is explored through dance, a pair of cabaret acts make their debut, and some drenched French whores finally get their star-crossed production off the ground. But first, it looks like we spoke too soon about ticket availability for the One-Man Star Wars Trilogy–an alert DCist tipster dispensed the bad news last night–sold out straight up and down. A pity, because Charles Ross is headed to Edinburgh after the Capital Fringe…
Jul 26, 2006
The Fringedown: Wednesday
Today at the Fringe, it’s your last chance to see a pair of shows from Canada, we give you a good reason to see Atlantis Bones, and Star Wars nerds have their day in the sun. It’s everything you need to know about Wednesday at the Fringe, and finding it all is just a click away. New Today: Grounded, by Andrew Ullrich We don’t know what Grounded is about, and we don’t know who Andrew…