“Hijinx!” “Zaniness!” “The hilarity that ensues!”

All of these hackneyed descriptions are 100 percent applicable to the Constellation Theatre Company‘s charming production of On The Razzle, a relentlessly witty play by Tom Stoppard that is currently running at the Source Theatre. In fact, it is near impossible not to rest on these clichés with regards to this piece because they are all so true.

Andreu Honeycutt as Rama and Heather Haney as Sita in The Constellation Theatre Company’s production of ‘The Ramayana’The Ramayana, an epic poem comprised of over 24,000 verses, is one of the most revered texts in Hinduism. Originally composed in Sanskrit, and attributed to the poet Valmiki with a number of subsequent versions, its characters are familiar throughout South and Southeast Asia. The piece, along with stories from within it, have been depicted in countless…

FRIDAY: >> Bay Area songstress Goapele’s (pictured) musical background is almost as diverse as her ethnic background. Born to a South African political exile father and a mother whose parents survived the Holocaust, she studied at the Berklee College of Music and later would form musical partnerships with the likes of hip-hop acts like the Hieroglyphics crew and E-40. However her 2005 release, Change It All, established her as especially talented when it comes to…

Written by DCist contributor Salima Appiah-Kubi. Remember when we thought the Source Theatre was doomed? After public outcry from the theater community, costumed protests and several tense ANC meetings, last Tuesday it was revealed that the Source has been saved. Pursuant to an agreement between the Theatre, the Cultural Development Corporation (CuDC) and the Bedrock Management Company, the Source has been wholly entrusted to the CuDC, which will run it as a performance space for…

The Washington Business Journal reported this morning Monday that Carpool on Fairfax Drive will be torn down in favor of building something the Arlington area clearly needs more of — condos. D.C.-based Donohoe is behind the plans to replace the billiards hall with a 232,500-square-foot mixed-use development of condominiums and retail outlets. Over at Pygmalion in a Blanket, the Nabob sums up our feelings about the news far better than we could: Where does one…