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A Mesmerizing 'Arabian Nights'

About 2 pages (622 words)

The Washington Post, November 30th, 2000

Listen . . . to the thrilling strains of desert rhythms. Listen . . . to the fantastic stories of wise Shahrazad as she staves off death for one more night. Listen . . . as Robinson Secondary School's exotic production of "Arabian Nights" fills its auditorium with story, song, legend and magic. The evening opens, paradoxically, with a closing--of King Shahrayar's heart. Exacting revenge against his cheating wife, the king (played by a stoic Brian Haughs) vows that he will marry a series of women, for one night apiece, and have each new bride killed the next morning. And so it goes for many nig...

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