The DC Traveler

Elle Woods, the classic dumb blonde sorority girl, decides to try to get accepted into Harvard Law School, just to try to rekindle her romance with her college sweetheart, Warner Huntington III, who dumped her because she just wasn’t smart enough.
With the help of a law school professor, a beauty parlor confident and interactions with classmates, makes her realize that her idea of the perfect husband, is not what she wants.
The Broadway production of Legally Blonde grossed over $1 million and was nominated seven Tony Awards.
Legally Blonde the Musical
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
Opera House 
2700 F …read more

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The American premiere of Love, Peace and Robbery, at the small, 50-seat Theatre on the Run in Arlington, Virginia, tells the story of two Irish ex-cons, Gary and Darren. They were recently released from Cork Prison in Ireland and sincerely want to put their lives back together. But to go straight, each must attempt to avoid the problems that got them originally sent to prison, so staying clean and sober, avoid “tabs” (pills), and obey the terms of their probation and curfew, even if it is hours earlier than their children’s curfew.
They may be a bit dangerous and tied into …read more

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In 1977, five years after the Watergate break in scandal and after President Richard Nixon’s resignation, legendary political interviewer David Frost sat down with Nixon for a series of interviews.
These lengthy and historical interviews, the first since Nixon’s resignation in 1974, aired on television and showed Nixon, speaking at length about his presidency and literally taking over the interview, often not allowing Frost to effectively ask questions.
During the interviews, he did admit for the first time, an apology, stating he had “let the American people down” through his part in the Watergate burglary and cover-up.
The Tony Award nominated play, …read more

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Actress Carrie Fisher is the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and movie star Debbie Reynolds, as well as the former stepdaughter of Elizabeth Taylor, Connie Stevens and a few more. She was married to singer songwriter Paul Simon. And let’s not forget played Princess Leia in Star Wars.  She also has had nice roles in movies such as When Harry Met Sally and Shampoo, as well as authoring Postcards from the Edge.
Fisher’s one-woman play, Wishful Drinking,  just opened at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC (as part of Arena’s Stage “re-staged”  seasons as their complex is being remodeled).  In …read more

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Take a dash of Rodgers & Hammerstein, a pinch of Stephen Sondheim and add some Andrew Lloyd Webber and you end up with a musical play that parities some of the great Broadway musical creators.
The Musical of Musicals, (The Musical) uses a simple story about an ingénue who is unable to pay her rent. Other characters includes an evil landlord who’s trying to take advantage of her, the female mentor and the young man to the rescue. Take that basic premise and create five mini-musicals, each in the style of legendary theatrical creators.
If you enjoy an occasional trip to New York’s …read more

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