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Theater is weird, and that’s the point.

In which I come out as a total theater nerd

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Halina Bennet
Aug 07, 2026
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A performance at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. (Photo by Franz Marc Frei via Getty Images)

A few weeks ago I saw a student production of “Twelfth Night” in D.C.

Though it was far from my favorite of the versions I’ve seen, I sat happily (albeit uncomfortably — no AMC recliners at the Shakespeare Theatre Company) for three hours, often pulled from the mo…

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