Completely Hollywood (abridged) presented by The Reduced Shakespeare Company at The Kennedy Center

Completely Hollywood (abridged)

The Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW Washington

They've gone biblical, they've gone historical, now the RSC has gone completely Hollywood... abridged, of course. In Completely Hollywood (abridged), America’s best-loved comedy troupe boldly goes where few would dare – Tinseltown. Completely Hollywood (abridged) analyzes in typically reduced depth the 175 greatest films from Hollywood’s over 100 year history.

Presented by The Reduced Shakespeare Company

Thru - Jul 11, 2010

Price: $39-$49

Stage: Terrace Theater

Show Type: Comedy

Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins; one intermission

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...The good-humored skewering, whose pace drags just a tad in the last 15 minutes, ranges over the decades. The actors go mute to send up silent movies (expect a mustachioed melodrama villain and Harold Lloyd-style slapstick). But they also burlesque the post-"Avatar" vogue for 3-D (no glasses needed: The performers merely wave flashlights around in a blackout and cry, "3-D!"). Some of the gags are funny because they use primitive means to evoke a high-tech art form: A doll dropped in a bucket stands in for a climactic stunt in "Darcy's Angels," for instance. In another droll moment, the gangly Conti -- who supplies much of the production's physical humor, including a slow-motion "Chariots of Fire" jog -- sticks his head in a cardboard frame to do a hilarious imitation of the roaring MGM lion."

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- Celia Wren

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

Conceived in 2005, this loopy look at Tinseltown from “the bad boys of abridgement” is new to the Washington area (and includes references to newish movies like Avatar) and should delight fans of their previous revues The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), The History of the World (abridged), and The Bible (abridged)—a personal favorite, with act one detailing the Old Testament and act two taking on the New Testament.

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- Jayne Blanchard

Completely Hollywood (abridged) presented by The Reduced Shakespeare Company at The Kennedy Center