D.C. worlds meet in 'Conversation'

NEW YORK -- Nostalgia for an august institution of Georgetown runs rampant in "The City of Conversation," the splendid new comedy-drama by Anthony Giardina at Lincoln Center Theater. No, not for the institution that gives out all those degrees. It's to another Georgetown mainstay, the strategic dinner party, that this world-premiere play pays tribute, and to the bygone touch of class that allowed opposing viewpoints to be mixed in civilly with the scotch and sodas.