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Nixon's Nixon: Playful Satire About the Infamous President

Round House Theatre - Bethesda (Bethesda, MD)
Title: Nixon's Nixon (website)
Venue: Round House Theatre - Bethesda (Bethesda, MD)
Full Price: $50.00 - $60.00   Our Price: $25.00 - $30.00
Rating: 3.6 stars

Rated 3.6 by 46 members who went.

It's August 7, 1974. Secluded in the White House on the eve of his resignation, President Richard Nixon and his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, come to terms with the consequences of their actions as they act out comic and provocative conversations with various world leaders. This playful satire was a huge hit for Round House Theater in 1999; they revive it now, with Edward Gero (as Nixon) and Conrad Feininger (as Kissinger) reprising their roles from the original production.

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Members Who Went Said:

3 Star Rating
Written on
Jun 02 2008

Anonymous Member

DCBarb

Lots of fun and memories from long ago. Also some relevance to today, though not as much as the reviews indicated.

But less of interest to my two college-age children, who didn't know much of the history — many "in" jokes.

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4 Star Rating
Written on
Jun 02 2008

Su

Su

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

OMG. See this play. First, the premise is great. Second, from the moment the actors appeared on stage until they took their final bows (three times, the audience was clapping so long), they were completely believable and totally in character. The dialogue was brilliant, timely—funny how we face some of the same situations now that we did in the 1970's—and the pacing was terrific. I would gladly see this play two or three more times.

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4 Star Rating
Written on
Jun 09 2008

Anonymous Member

You owe it to yourself to see this fabulous play— you won't regret it. It is highly relevant to a certain other highly impeachable President I won't name. As a psychoanalyst, I found it to be psychologically plausible and astute.

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Event Highlights

  • "Round House triumphs... an energetic, live-action political cartoon with surprising undertones of sympathy and sadness.  The performance is so audacious, and so much fun, that it's almost giddying: You gape as much as you laugh." --Washington Post

More Details About This Event:

Nixon's Nixon
By Russell Lees
Directed by Jerry Whiddon

He's back - and he's funny!

It's August 7, 1974. Secluded in the Lincoln Sitting Room of the White House on the eve of his resignation, President Richard Nixon and his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, come to terms with the consequences of their actions as they act out comic and provocative conversations with various world leaders.

First produced by Round House in 1999, Nixon's Nixon was a huge hit, with rave reviews, sold-out performances, and multiple Helen Hayes Award nominations. Edward Gero (as Nixon) and Conrad Feininger (as Kissinger) reprise their roles for this new production. Producing Artistic Director Emeritus Jerry Whiddon directs a playful satire that's just perfect for this election year.

About Round House Theatre:

Round House Theatre, now in its 29th season, is one of the leading professional theatre companies in the Washington, DC-metropolitan area. The Montgomery County-based company stages over 200 performances each season at its main stage theatre in Bethesda and its black box space in Silver Spring. Blake Robison joined the company in June 2005 as Producing Artistic Director, succeeding Jerry Whiddon, who held that position for more than 20 years.

The company began as in the late 1970's as Street '70, a program of the Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Recreation. Round House remained part of that department until 1993 when it became a separate and independent professional theatre company and staged productions at a 200-seat theatre located on Bushey Drive in Silver Spring. The company moved into a new 400-seat theatre in Bethesda in 2002. The following year the company opened a 150-seat black box theatre in downtown Silver Spring. In 2004, Round House's new education center opened in Silver Spring.

About Round House Theatre - Bethesda:

One of the largest and most acclaimed professional theatre companies in the metro Washington, DC area, Round House Theatre is led by Producing Artistic Director Blake Robison, who joined the company in June 2005. Based in Montgomery County, Maryland, Round House Theatre produces nearly 200 theatrical performances each season at its 400-seat Bethesda theatre and 150-seat black box theatre in Silver Spring. The company also operates an education center in Silver Spring and annually reaches over 40,000 patrons there and across the region with strong educational programs.