A Virginia lawmaker in the middle of the debate over a bill requiring women considering getting an abortion to undergo an ultrasound is upset that coverage of the legislation is a turnoff in the bedroom.

“Put the pussy on a pedestal/take the penis down. Put the power in your vag and shake it all around.” Don’t think that refrain was part of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata in 411 BC, an ancient Greek play about a woman’s quest to end war by withholding sex from the men of Athens and Sparta until they sign a peace treaty. But this is Lysistrata: The Musical! and the heroines of the young and attractive cast…

Can a prolonged state of blue balls save the world? Aristophanes seemed to think so. In his Lysistrata, given a spunky treatment from Synetic Theater and Georgetown’s theatrical program, a feisty female convinces her counterparts that their only recourse to stopping a war between Athens and Sparta is to withhold sex until peace is reached. Will the penis prove mightier than the sword? You get the idea. The collaboration is directed by Georgetown’s Derek…