‘August: Osage County’ brings family dysfunction to life at Kennedy Center

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If you go
“August: Osage County”
Where: Eisenhower Theater, The Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; through Dec. 20. Additional performances at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 3, 10, 17. No performances Dec. 6 and Dec. 20
Info: $25 to $80; 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org

“My wife takes pills and I drink. That’s the bargain we’ve struck.” In the Kennedy Center’s outstanding production of “August: Osage County,” that’s how Beverly (Jon DeVries), the patriarch of the Weston family, explains his situation to Johnna (DeLanna Studi), a young woman he’s hiring to look after his wife.

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