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Lean & Hungry Theater's Much Ado About Nothing

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Images from Lean & Hungry Theater's performance of "The Tempest."
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Images from Lean & Hungry Theater's performance of "The Tempest."


On Sunday, June 24 WAMU 88.5 and Washington, D.C.'s only radio drama company, Lean & Hungry Theater, will present a special live-to-air broadcast of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" at American University's Woods-Brown Amphitheater. It will be replayed Wednesday, June 27 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, July 1 at 6 a.m. on WAMU 88.5-1.

The one-hour radio production is performed in front of a live audience and broadcast live on WAMU 88.5. The company uses live sound effects and original music to create a contemporary interpretation.

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