All posts by Doug Rule
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Worth Every Penny
Rick Hammerly hisses at Erin Driscoll early in Act 2 of Signature Theatre’s The Threepenny Opera. Yes, the veteran local actor really and truly hisses...
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Vaunted Villain
As he started work on HBO’s True Blood,actor Denis O’Hare was instructed that vampires don’t touch each other. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, fuck...
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Moving Tribute
The day after Sean Dorsey’s very first dance at dance school, the school’s director “informed me that my work, quote, ‘made people very uncomfortable.'” This,...
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Guitar Queen
“What can I do with just 10 fingers that will wow people?” Years after Rolling Stone heralded her one of its “New Guitar Gods” and...
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Unconventional Queer Fest
After years of producing a queer prom, Eboné Bell decided to kick things up a notch and launch a full-day LGBT convention-type event. From workshops...
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Zoo Story
On Saturday, May 3, in addition to the usual draws — from pandas to monkeys — the National Zoo will also be overrun with animals...
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Levi’s Cafe Commitment
If it weren’t for Brenda Lee, Levi Kreis would likely not be making his D.C. theater debut with Smokey Joe’s Café at Arena Stage. “I...
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Athletic Aesthetic
Ask Moses Pendleton about his dance company Momix’s next show in D.C. and he’ll give you a perfectly lucid description — and then crack wise....
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Hi Lo-Fang
Matthew Hemerlein will perform as Lo-Fang at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue next weekend, for a concert not two months since the pop musician’s debut...
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Trigger Meets Tatooine
Where have all the cowboys gone? Would you believe, Paula Cole, to Town? In fact, this Saturday, Town welcomes cowboys, drag queens and geeks —...
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Acting American
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is as American as apple pie — especially as portrayed in the new production at Ford’s Theatre. The...
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German Engineering
Sonia Rutstein recently met a man in Germany who inquired about her name. ”Oh, ‘Rutstein.’ This is a German name. Are you German?” she recalls...
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Boy Wonder
“That’s got more swing than a hooker with a broken heel and a brick in her handbag.” In addition to a steady flow of swinging...
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Stepping Out
“I can’t think of many dance concerts that I’ve seen where it’s been two black men dancing a story that was LGBT,” says Shawn Short,...
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Washington Wordsmith
“People think it’s karaoke, but it’s not karaoke,” Regie Cabico says about the weekly variety show he runs at Black Fox Lounge. “You really do...
