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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19970907
Author:Lloyd Rose

To paraphrase P.G. Wodehouse on the subject of Christmas, the theater season is almost at our throats again. The question, as always, is: Which productions will we enjoy being shaken by, and which will be dull bullies? Here are some of the packages under the tree:

Diversity Lives -- at the Shakespeare Theatre, where Patrick Stewart (Capt. Picard of "Star Trek: the Next Generation") plays a white Othello in an all-black society. This one will either be brilliant or a major embarrassment; there is no middle ground.

Emily Dickinson Lives -- at Round House Theatre, where the brilliant ...

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