As much as we may think we are the stars in our lives, especially in this #Millennial world, we are but bit players at the mercy of randomness, life and death. This is the bitter kernel at the heart of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” now playing at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre. The original run […]
There are two weeks left to catch the Folger Theatre’s newest transformed drama, the Conference of the Birds, and there is good reason to make space on your calendar for this production. For one, it’s nothing like what you’d expect from a 12th-century Persian fable. The performance, filled with dance, song, flowing action and a somewhat […]
When we learn the unromantic truth regarding plays in Shakespeare’s time about women’s roles — that is, that they were usually played by younger men — it’s easy to chalk it up to the relatively restricted role of women in 17th century society. Virginia Woolf famously lamented the unhappy lot that would have meant being […]
So here we are: the first weekend of February in the good ol’ U S of A. What is there to do? For starters, there is apparently some fab game going on— they throw this funny-shaped ball back and forth and the players wear tight spandex. I hear it’s pretty good. If you want to […]
Alrighty people: these amazing, mild-weathered weekends are not going to last forever. This weekend is going to be magical, hovering around 68 and 70 degrees unless Accuweather is lying mercilessly to me— and if so, HOW DARE YOU, ACCUWEATHER?! Here are the things you should highly consider doing, in order to increase your happiness this […]