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Boris Godunov

Civic Opera House,

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The Golden Dragon

Studio Theatre

Washington, D.C.

(202) 332-3300

Playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig isn’t afraid to “reveal the seamier side of a shrinking planet,” said the Washington Blade. His new comedy is set in a German apartment building and its tiny pan-Asian restaurant, and none of the lives that intersect there are readily forgotten.

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Curious Theatre Co.

Denver

(303) 623-0524

It’s hard to imagine a stranger premise than a “comic romp set against the horror of the 2007 Minneapolis bridge disaster,” said The Denver Post. By juxtaposing that event with a crumbling marriage, Allison Moore nearly creates a “compelling treatise” on embracing uncertainty. She just needs to rein in the sitcom-style zaniness.

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