Ordinary Days at Round House Theatre

Ordinary Days

Round House Theatre
4545 East-West Highway Bethesda

Area Premiere. From one of the theater's most exciting new composers comes this refreshingly honest, funny musical about making real connections in the city that never sleeps. When Deb loses her most precious possession ‑ the notes to her graduate thesis ‑ she unwittingly starts a chain of events that turns the ordinary days of four New Yorkers into something extraordinary as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love, and cabs. Told through a series of connected songs and vignettes, this Off-Broadway hit is a vibrant, original musical about growing up and enjoying the view. “A must-see…great tunes…fresh, contemporary and brave” – London Magazine

Thru - Jun 29, 2014

Price: $35 - $50

Running Time: 1hrs, 30mins, no intermission

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"...It’s the kind of unadorned musical — produced off-Broadway in 2009, by Roundabout Theatre Company — that feels like such a fresh alternative to most of the over-produced stuff on Broadway. And Round House proves itself here to be a natural spot for the work to live on."

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- Peter Marks

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...There is certainly nothing ordinary about Round House Theatre’s current production entitled Ordinary Days. Indeed, how often does one come across a totally “sung-through” meditation on relationships that is so totally relevant to today’s climate? The title is also a bit deceptive because this is quite a complex and “non-ordinary” show to review. In one way, a person could view this show as a pleasant diversionary tale of urban angst and chance occurrences (sort of a cousin to the musical Company, which covers much of the same terrain). On another level, one could dissect the proceedings down to a deeper analysis: perhaps we are being stimulated into asking ourselves if days that seem ordinary (and all the little incidents of life) really mirror deeper psychological issues and themes?"

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- David Friscic

MetroWeekly - Highly Recommended

"...There are moments when singing actress Janine DiVita may remind you of Idina Menzel — from her pretty, pristine soprano voice to even the way she presents herself as Claire, DiVita’s character in the new Round House Theatre production of Ordinary Days."

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- Doug Rule

Washington City Paper - Somewhat Recommended

"...It’s a shame, however, that the musical performances are more memorable than this musical itself. Gartshore and DiVita play a pair of noncommittal lovers who argue about mundane things like how to find space for two in a Manhattan closet and whether it’s bad form to bring cabernet to a dinner party where monkfish is on the menu. The point of the show is to sing about quotidian quandaries, but it’s a conceit pulled off with more heart and sophistication in other shows, most recently If/Then."

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- Rebecca Ritzel

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

Ordinary Days captures two loosely intertwined vignettes of young adults in New York City, the first of which tells the story of Warren and Deb. Warren (Samuel Edgerly) is an artistically-minded idealist, less struggling and more expecting to find his place in the big city.

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- Jon Boughtin

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Ordinary Days Reviews

Washington Post - Highly Recommended

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

MetroWeekly - Highly Recommended

Washington City Paper - Somewhat Recommended

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

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