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Hot, Cheap Seats
If price prohibits you from catching up on quality theater, take advantage of a few summer deals.
Washington Shakespeare Company hosts Pay-What-You-Can previews for "Private Lives" tonight through Sunday at 1409 Playbill Cafe at 8 p.m. In the show, two honeymoons turn sour when a recently divorced man and woman unknowingly book adjoining honeymoon suites with their new spouses.
To celebrate the end of summer buy one ticket and get one free for "Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy" at the Warner Theatre. The show takes audiences into an imaginative forest with aerial stunts and the usual dazzling Cirque stunts. The offer is good for the Sept. 11, 12 and 13 performances. To take advantage, visit the Ticketmaster site, choose the performance you want and enter the code word Jungle. The offer is valid today through noon next Friday, Aug. 24 while supplies last.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company launches its 2007-2008 season with Pay-What-You-Can previews of "The Unmentionables" at 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 27 and 28. Tickets go on sale each evening at 6:30 p.m. There is a limit of two per person with payment by cash or check only.
--Erin
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Erin
| August 17, 2007; 1:52 PM ET
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The only thing I can say about "The Unmentionables" is that it's title is exactly on par with the type of review it should get to your friends.