One-Man Shows, Fingerless Men And Free Laughter
Tonight through Sunday, February 21: Sexual impotence, divorce, child support and who needs fingers anyway? Such is the plot of the filmA Man Who Ate His Cherries, which is being screened tonight as part of the Iranian Film Festival. [ Freer and Sackler Galleries ]
Tonight and Sunday, January 10: Want to learn how to be funny? The Washington Improv Theater is offering FREE improv lessons tonight at 7PM and Sunday at 3PM. [Washington Improve Theater ]
Monday, January 11 through Sunday, February 7: If you like it when fat people say funny things, you're in luck: Mike Daisey is performing his showThe Last Cargo Cult, about why it's bad that Americans like materials. Pay-what-you-can performances are on Monday and Tuesday. [ Wolly Mammoth Theater ]
Tuesday, January 12 through Sunday, March 7: I am My Own Wife is a one-man show about an East German transvestite who survives the Nazis. Needless to say, the show has won some Tonys, a Pulitzer, and we're sure the gays gave it some awards too. [ Signature Theatre ]
Closing Sunday, January 10: The Fantasticks, a play that explains why parents should not meddle in the affairs of their children, closes this Sunday. Tickets are just $10 if you're under 30. [ The Lincoln Theater ]