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 [...]
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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 [...]
During Monday evening’s Helen Hayes Awards, Folger Theater took home three awards recognizing its 2009-2010 season. Founded in 1983, the awards recognize excellence in theater throughout the Washington, DC region. Hamlet garnered awards both for Outstanding Resident Play and Graham Hamilton, in the title role, was recognized as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Resident Play. [...]
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If you’ve spent January in a funk, wondering how best to start the year’s remaining eleven months, look no farther than the Folger Theatre: you can laugh, laugh some more, and perhaps even shed a small tear with their current production of A Comedy of Errors, through March 6th. Perhaps you consider Shakespeare too lofty [...]
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