Why are two Mary Zimmerman creations running simultaneously at major D.C. theaters? Perhaps because she taps into age-old narratives that tug at recognition deep within us. “Both deal in archetypal ...

If a troupe of latter-day vaudevillians wandered into a pristine, 18th-century jewel-box theater and was inspired — or compelled — to perform Mozart’s “Magic Flute,” what might be the result? Mary ...