Spring Arts Calendar

15—June 17 A Thousand Clowns Herb Gardner's 1963 Tony-winning Broadway debut is dusted off, again raising the dilemma of an iconoclast (and single parent) unwilling to compromise his non-conformity for the sake of love. Sari Ketter (The Diary of Anne Frank) directs. Intiman Theatre.

15—June 15 Titus This liberal adaptation of Shakespeare's gory revenge tragedy explores some of the darkest of human tendencies. Critic S. Clark Hulse once counted them: "14 killings, nine of them on stage, six severed members, one rape (or two or three, depending on how you count), one live burial, one case of insanity, and one of cannibalism—an average of 5.2 atrocities per act, or one for every 97 lines." Washington Ensemble Theater, www.washingtonensemble.org.

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2009 Spring Arts Guide:

— John Cage's Pioneering Drumbeats

— The Low-Budget Impact of Abraham and Hawkins

— Steve Quenell's Deep Cuts

— Maureen Whiting's Immaculate Combustion

— Spring Arts Calendar

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