There isn't an actual character named Madeline in Elizabeth Meriwether's The Mistakes Madeline Made (at Washington Ensemble Theatre through March 16; tickets $10-$18), but one can assume Edna (Elise Hunt), the young protagonist with a penchant for screwing writers and not taking showers, is the one making the mistakes. Michael Place directs this quirky comedy about reconciling one's past and eventually becoming clean. more ›

Across the country, there are an enormous amount of young couples with two kids. And the younger of those two kids is called "insurance." more ›