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“Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play,” UMD Arts for All, October 15, 2026

Name: Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play

Playwright: Anne Washburn

Director: Elizabeth Dinkova

Theater: Kay Theatre


I have wanted to see Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play for some time now. I have a truly embarrassing amount of knowle...

20 days ago
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“Measure for Measure,” Folger Shakespeare Library, October 8, 2026

Name: Measure for Measure

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Psalmayene 24

Theater: Folger Shakespeare Library


Changing the time and setting of a Shakespeare play is, in my view, something that should only be done if the n...

a month ago
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Noseda Conducts Exotic Tales, National Symphony Orchestra, October 2, 2026

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

Symphony: National Symphony Orchestra

Program:

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition
Maurice Ravel: Boléro

Strathmore Music Center, Octo...

a month ago
4
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“The Score,” Shakespeare Theatre Company, October 1, 2026

I have had the idea to write a short little reflection/review on plays and other events I attend for some time now. I go to various artistic performances around the DC area and have been meaning to keep track of what I see in some way, simi...

a month ago
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Some Thoughts on Baseball

Baseball is something which, like public transportation and lesbianism, I only learned to love as an adult. I grew up in the American South, where football is king, and baseball was simply not a presence in my life growing up. I was never a...

a year ago
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