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Washington Post theater critic Peter Marks hands out his own awards for the most (and least) ovation-worthy moments in Washington's 2007-08 theater season.

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"Major Barbara"

(Shakespeare Theatre Company)

Let's hear it for getting older, and better. In Shaw's sophisticated comedy, van Griethuysen and Carey were proof positive that practice makes perfect.

Best Shakespeare

"Macbeth"

(Folger Theatre)

Bloody magical. Teller and co-director Aaron Posner figured out how to weave illusion seamlessly into this English-class perennial. And in far more entertaining style than the concurrent, irritatingly overdone Broadway "Macbeth" with Patrick Stewart. Close runner-up: Rebecca Bayla Taichman's sexy "Taming of the Shrew."

Best political piece

"My Trip to Al-Qaeda"

(Kennedy Center)

Lawrence Wright, a New Yorker writer, managed to turn a public lecture into a disarmingly personal essay in three provocative dimensions.

Weirdest decision

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