<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Features</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artsandliving/theater/features?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><description>Features</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[For Jennifer Mendenhall, A Rewarding Stage in Life]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56474-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56474-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jennifer  Mendenhall, longtime member of the Woolly Mammoth acting company, current two-time Helen Hayes Award nominee (and winner back in 1989) and imminent star of Sophocles' "Electra" at MetroStage (performances begin this week), is ready to come clean.]]></description><author> Nelson Pressley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Tour Canceled]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48349-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48349-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Washington Ballet has canceled its first foreign trip in five years because it couldn't reach an agreement with its dancers over meal money.]]></description><author> Sarah Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Center Defended]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32903-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32903-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser has assured a congressional panel that the performing arts venue is safe, despite criticism by the Government Accountability Office.]]></description><author> Jacqueline Trescott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Center Safety]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31548-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31548-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser assured a congressional panel this morning that the performing arts venue is safe.]]></description><author> Jacqueline Trescott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefit of 'Doubt']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18958-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18958-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cherry Jones may be agnostic, but she fills the stage with her spirit in John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt," now on Broadway.]]></description><author> Chip Crews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's on Stage in April]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16775-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16775-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A look at the month's local theater debuts.]]></description><author> Jen Chaney</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the Atlas, A Bold New World]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1128-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1128-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Among a varied array of theaters and galleries going up across the region, the Atlas may be the most exciting and significant new arts complex of them all.]]></description><author> Peter Marks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jefferson Mays, Devoted to His 'Wife']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1129-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1129-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK<br> Bit by bit, the world is getting to know actor Jefferson Mays. And when it happens, he tends to be wearing a plain black dress and head scarf. That, a string of pearls and a pair of heavy black orthopedic shoes is the wardrobe as Mays plays 35 characters in "I Am My Own Wife,"...]]></description><author> Nelson Pressley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharpening Its Revival Skills]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35344-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35344-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Arena Stage will present an all-American roster of plays in its 2005-06 season, including two world premieres and six revivals.]]></description><author> Jane Horwitz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting Edward Albee's 'Goat']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26931-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26931-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Edward Albee, perhaps our most honored living playwright, is in the midst of one of his "in" periods. But he's been around long enough to know that glory is fleeting.]]></description><author> Chip Crews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Cry for Her]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7520-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7520-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Patti LuPone's star has dimmed, but life, and her many roles (including one in the Kennedy Center's "Regina"), continue.]]></description><author> Chip Crews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Countries On the Potomac]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64508-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64508-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Kennedy Center announced Tuesday that its next season will feature two groups rarely seen on its stages: Chinese performers and country singers.]]></description><author> Jacqueline Trescott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hayes Surprises]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61735-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61735-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Several small, relatively new stage companies have raked in multiple Helen Hayes Award nominations this year, making bright blips on the Washington area's theatrical radar screen.]]></description><author> Jane Horwitz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever on Their Toes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48764-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48764-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Christopher Wheeldon, resident choreographer of the New York City Ballet, creates dance with a focus on the details.]]></description><author> Sarah Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still Seducing Audiences]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36732-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36732-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Feeling stuck in the siren role, Morgan Fairchild makes the most of it with "The Graduate."]]></description><author> Chip Crews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literary Ambitions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42646-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42646-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Blake Robison, who takes over as Round House Theatre's artistic director in June, will launch a five-year "literary works initiative" to foster adaptations of classic and contemporary works at the Bethesda stage.]]></description><author> Jane Horwitz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kennedy Center Adds Theater]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31085-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31085-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In December the Kennedy Center will open its sixth theater, a renovated space that will be dedicated to performances for children and teenagers.]]></description><author> Jacqueline Trescott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Knockouts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27731-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27731-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As two excellent new productions are reminding audiences, the artistic competition between New York and Los Angeles can still be a delicious subject for the stage.]]></description><author> Peter Marks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playwright of Broken  Dreams]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16676-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16676-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/theater/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Arthur Miller, 89,  widely regarded as one of the greatest American playwrights, whose works included oft-performed classics "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" died Thursday at his home in Roxbury, Conn.]]></description><author> Bart Barnes  and Patricia Sullivan</author></item></channel></rss>
