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-- Celia Wren
Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 and 3:30, Wednesday and Thursday at 10:30. 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda. 301-280-1660.
* HOST AND GUEST
By Synetic Theatre at Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre through Nov. 9
With heart-stopping artistry, Paata Tsikurishvili has brought back one of his signature pieces, and six years after its unveiling, it is still a stunner. Ben Cunis, Dan Istrate, Philip Fletcher, Irakli Kavsadze and Irina Tsikurishvili, Paata's choreographer-wife, play principal characters in this shattering story of eye-for-an-eye, and they do so with a passion and sure-footedness. Adapted for the company in 2002 by Roland L. Reed from a 19th-century Georgian epic poem, the production explores in 75 gripping minutes the blood-lust that consumes a village in the mountains of the Caucasus after one of its own gives shelter to a member of an enemy tribe. The blunt-force clarity of the play invites you to experience not only the hearts and homes afire in the Caucasus, but also the long-simmering enmities that burst into flame everywhere else.
-- Peter Marks
Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 3, Thursday at 8. 1611 N. Kent St., Arlington. 703-228-1850 or 202-397-7328.
* THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
At Signature Theatre through Nov. 16
A gloriously macabre immersion awaits you in this riotous comedy that, of all the crazy things, milks Irish terrorism for laughs. A word to the faint of heart: It's crude, it's noisy, it's messy in there. Which of course is the only way to send up a history of pointless carnage. The play's plot concerns a sadistic terrorist hightailing it home to Inishmore at some distressing news. For though he blithely tortures people, Padraic (Karl Miller) harbors a soft spot for Wee Thomas, whom his own wary father (John Lescault) gingerly informs Padraic is feeling poorly. That Wee Thomas is a cat will set in motion a series of twists leading to a wild rendezvous at Pop's cottage. McDonagh's humor is a wondrous mix of the sick and sublime.
