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On Around Town, talking King Hedley II, Mary Stuart, and Cherokee

Chris Klimek

On this trio of Around Town discussions, host Robert Aubry Davis, Washington Post arts writer Jane Horwitz, and I dissect Arena Stage's powerful King Hedley II, Woolly Mammoth's meandering Cherokee, and Folger Theatre's intriguing Mary Stuart.

(My Washington City Paper reviews of are here, here, and here, respectively.)

I'm sorry my hair wasn't as concise and insightful on this day as I strive at all times for it to be.These videos are no longer embeddable, so you'll get links and like it.

King Hedley II:

http://watch.weta.org/video/2365433218/

Cherokee:

http://watch.weta.org/video/2365433239/

Mary Stuart:

http://watch.weta.org/video/2365433276/

 

 

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categories theatre, Video
tags Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Peter Oswald, Robert Aubry Davis, Jane Horwtiz, August Wilson, Lisa D'Amour, WETA Around Town, Folger Theatre, Arena Stage

On Around Town, talking In Praise of Love and Diner

Chris Klimek

New year! Lightly refurbished attitude! Same old trouble smiling when announced and speaking in complete sentences!I am always happy to be invited to join host Robert Aubry Davis and Washington Post arts writer Jane Horwitz to talk theatre on WETA's Around Town.


In these two mini-sodes, when share our impressions of Washington Stage Guild's revival of Terence Rattigan's In Praise of Love (for more words, see my Washington City Paper review here) and Signature Theatre's new musical version of Barry Levinson's classic 1982 film Diner, featuring songs by Sheryl Crow.

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categories Video, theatre
tags WETA Around Town, Washington Stage Guild, Signature Theatre, Diner, Barry Levinson, Sheryl Crow

On Around Town, talking Beauty and the Beast and Famous Puppet Death Scenes

Chris Klimek

For further evidence of  how hopeless I am at looking into a camera and smiling when someone says my name, we take you once again to the studios of WETA, where I was delighted as always to join Around Town host Robert Aubry Davis and Washington Post arts writer Jane Horwitz last week for ultra-concise discussions of two shows I recently reviewed for the Washington City Paper. We covered Synetic Theatre's fresh adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and Old Trout Puppet's Workshop's surreal Famous Puppet Death Scenes.

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tags Synetic Theater, WETA Around Town, Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Famous Puppet Death Scenes, Beauty and the Beast

On Around Town, discussing Theater J's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide and Arena's Fiddler on the Roof

Chris Klimek

We take you once again to the studios of WETA, where I was delighted as ever to join Around Town host Robert Aubry Davis and Washington Post arts writer Jane Horwitz for on-message discussions of two shows I recently reviewed for the Washington City Paper. We covered Theater J’s production of Tony Kusher’s latest play, the exhausting (deep breath) The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, as well as Arena's square and satisfying production of Fiddler on the Roof – my first. That's the one I'll be sending my folks to see for Christmas.

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tags WETA Around Town, Tony Kushner, Arena Stage, Theater J, Fiddler on the Roof

On Around Town, talking Sex with Strangers, Julius Caesar, and How We Got On

Chris Klimek

For more on how abysmal I am at looking into a camera and smiling when someone says my name, we take you now to the studios of WETA, where I was pleased to join Around Town host Robert Aubry Davis and Washington Post arts writer Jane Horwitz for very brief discussions of three shows I recently reviewed for the Washington City Paper, starting with my favorite of 2014, Signature Theatre's production of Laura Eason's Sex with Strangers.

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categories Video, theatre
tags Signature Theatre, Forum Theatre, Folger Theatre, Holly Twyford, WETA Around Town, JULIUS CAESAR, SEX WITH STRANGERS, HOW WE GOT ON, Laura Eason, Idris Goodwin, William Shakespeare

Theater on the TV: Discussing Stupid Fucking Bird and The Hampton Years on WETA's Around Town

Chris Klimek

In the unlikely event you've nothing better to do on this rainy Friday afternoon than watch Robert Aubry Davis and Jane Horowitz offer insightful comments about a couple of current plays while I blink my eyes and wobble my head around and emit words, then by all means: Gawk away as we discuss Stupid Fucking Bird and The Hampton Years on Around Town.

Watch Stupid F---ing Bird on PBS.

Watch The Hampton Years on PBS.

ALSO: I reviewed Stupid Fucking Bird in the City Paper this week.

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tags Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Theater J, WETA Around Town, video, TV, THE HAMPTON YEARS, STUPID FUCKING BIRD