Category Theatre
Conference of the Birds
Tonight I met up with my friend Melanie and saw the Folger Theatre’s production of The Conference of the Birds. The play is based on a 12th century Persian poem. The overarching narrative follows a group of birds in their search for their king, but there are numerous stories nested within. Stories of other kings, […]
Those silly Russians
The theater season has officially begun! Which means one of my favorite Friday routines is back: Step 1: Leave work early (i.e., at 6pm) and have dinner at Le Pain Quotidien while reading the French translation of a ridiculous “Swedish noir” crime novel. Open-faced sandwich with avocado and prosciutto(the prosciutto had been cooked so it was crspy like […]
Invisible Man
On Friday night I went with my friend Danya to see a production of Invisible Man at the Studio Theatre. I had gone into it with fairly high expectations: The book on which the play is based is wideley celebrated; one of those “must reads” in high school English classes that I somehow managed to graduate without […]
Heather’s here!
Having sent her husband fishing and her children off to the mines their grandparents’, my darling twin sister has arrived in Washington, DC, for an extended Labor Day weekend. It’s her first visit to the nation’s capital, so there’s no end of Things To Do — and believe me, I’ve created quite the itinerary. When I asked her what […]
NYC – Sleep No More
As I mentioned in my post on Wednesday, I came to New York to interview law students applying to the firm’s recruiting program next summer. All of Thursday was spent doing just that: Between 9am and 5pm, I interviewed twenty students (trying all the while to figure out how to invent better interview questions and […]
The Weekend
I learned a long time ago that so much of leading an interesting life lies in how you tell the story rather than what you actually do. On my mission, in particular, I remember listening to a companion of mine tell someone about a day that had seemed totally ordinary and unremarkable to me — […]
Moo, tip, bang
Last night after work I saw the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s staging of Constance Congdon’s adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters. This was part of my season’s subscription, but my friend Amy decided at the last minute to get a ticket as well, so we met for dinner at Le Pain Quotidien before walking […]
Roller Girls, a Drag Queen and Eugene O’Neill
Boy, this week has gone fast! We’ve almost reached the weekend and I’m still processing last weekend, which was action packed, of course, but perhaps more ecclectic than usual. On Saturday afternoon I went with a friend of mine to see a roller derby tournament out at the DC Armory. This was part of the DC Rollergirls league, […]
New York – Love Potions and Sign Language
L’Elisir d’Amore The whole point of coming to New York this weekend was to see Juan Diego Florez sing the role of Nemorino in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of L’Elisir d’Amore. It’s a popular bel canto opera by Donizetti that tells the tale of a lovelorn country boy who would do anything to catch the […]
Puppet Ballet
Puppets are magical and creepy creatures. I read an essay once that described them as totally theatrical, because a puppet’s life and meaning (unlike a living actor’s) comes exclusively through performance: Without a puppet-master and an audience, all you have is a pile of sticks and cloth. Or is it? That’s the question (or at least […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 