The DC Traveler » olney-theater http://www.thedctraveler.com A Washington DC insider's travel guide that's full of area information for both tourists and residents. Covers area attractions, activities, events, nightlife, memorials and monuments, historic sites, museums, the Smithsonian... Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:17:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Bad Dates…And 600 Pairs of Shoes http://www.thedctraveler.com/2008/03/bad-datesand-600-pairs-of-shoes/ http://www.thedctraveler.com/2008/03/bad-datesand-600-pairs-of-shoes/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:10:48 +0000 http://www.thedctraveler.com/bad-datesand-600-pairs-of-shoes/ Post from: The DC Traveler

]]> Shoes 1In the play Bad Dates, a divorced single mom from Texas moves to the Big Apple and decides to look for romance. We watch a six-week period of Haley Walker’s life unfold in her bedroom as she experiences the up, downs and utterly bizarre life of a New York dater.

Over the course of her reintroduction to the dating world, she agonizes over the perfect outfit for the perfect first-impression, has a brush with Eastern European mobsters, attends a Buddhist fund-raiser, and fights with a bad-fitting pair of  designer pumps (not to mention, a collection of 600 pairs of shoes), all which cause her to examine her own own prejudices, expectations, hopes and fears.

Serious and funny, the story follows her through a succession of classic bad dates.Shoes 2

Bad Dates
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD 20832 (map it)
301-924-3400

Dates and Times – Most Tuesday – Sunday evenings, Mar. 19 – Apr. 20, 2008

Tickets – $25.00 – $41.00 and are available online or by calling the box office.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – line, then a  block walk or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Free parking is available.

Images – Flickr – Red shoes, bisque
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]]> The classic fairy tale Cinderella, is one we all learned as kids. But who knew the original story is actually Chinese, dating back to the Ming Dynasty (860 AD)?

Cinderella Book CoverForced into a life serving and cleaning for her wicked step-mother and sisters, Cinderella accepts the assistance of her fairy-godmother and becomes the belle of the ball.  Only to lose her slipper at the final stroke of midnight after meeting and catching the eye (and the heart) of the handsome and charming prince.  This updated telling at the Olney Theater  in suburban Maryland includes a rather rambunctious and brainy Cinderella. 

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1957 Television Production)Popularized in the written form by the Brothers Grimm in the mid-1800s, a number of famous retellings have made the story into a classic.  Kids of all ages will remember the 1950 Disney animated version, which is considered to be one of Disney’s most loved classsics. And the Olney Theater production is based on the the 1957 television special staring Julie Andrews that was put to music by Rodgers and Hammerstein. 

Tickets
Adults $39.00, students/seniors $34.00, kids 18 & under $19.50

Through December 31st.

Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Onley, MD 20832

About 45 minutes (21 miles) north of The National Mall. 

Nearest Metro subway station – Glenmont – Red line, then a 40-minute bus ride.

Free parking.

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