Saturday, September 26: Laura Bush did not read to her children and she felt bad because her kids became losers. To make up for it, she invented The National Book Festival. Even though she is gone from DC and one daughter is now on the teevee, the festival continues, but it is now hosted by the very literate Obamas.  [National Book Festival] MORE »

Tonight through Sunday, June 14: None of Tom Stoppard’s plays actually make sense unless you have PhD in something very random and esoteric, but his latest show, Rock and Roll, just got extended until the middle of June, so it must be pretty good. The play is about Rock and Roll, but for the tricky “what-the-fuck element,” he throws in Czechoslovakians, Brits, Communism, bunnies and some Britney. Maybe. Tickets start at $45. [The Studio Theater]
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