All posts by Randy Shulman
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Altar Boyz at Dominion Stage
A robust spoof about an all-boy contemporary Christian singing group, Atlar Boyz, with music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker and book...
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Waiting for Superman at Landmark’s E Street Cinema
From the director of An Inconvenient Truth comes another film about America wasting a natural resource: the next generation. In Waiting for Superman, public schools...
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The Social Network
It’s so meta that The Social Network has a Facebook fan page. Aaron Sorkin adapts Ben Mezrich’s 2009 book, The Accidental Billionaires, about the founding...
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Pink Flamingos at Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Through early November, Landmark’s E Street Cinema is hosting weekend midnight screenings of camp and cult classics, including, of course, Rocky Horror Picture Show —...
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Justin Nozuka at The State
Born in New York, bred in Canada, the 21-year-old, part-Japanese R&B singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka writes playfully complex lyrics atypical of the norm, and he turned...
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Beethoven’s No. 9 at the NSO
In his first concerts of the regular season, the NSO’s new director Christoph Eschenbach conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, one of classical music’s most-heralded compositions....
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The Saint Plays at Factory 449
John Moletress directs this Factory 449 production of The Saint Plays, which incorporates six short plays, including two written for this cycle, by Erick Ehn....
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Chess at Signature Theater
Signature Theatre kicks off its fall season off with the first major production Chess in nearly 20 years and, while some elements feel just a...
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UMD Symphony Orchestra: White Heat
White Heat features passionate pieces from Sibelius and Tchaikovsky. James Ross conducts the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra. Guest violinist James Stern. Tonight, Friday, Oct....
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Casiokids at DC9
DC9’s weekly electro-pop Liberation Dance Party presents the Norwegian troupe Casiokids Norwegian troupe, which sprung out of an idea of making electronic music more visual,...
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Pocket Operas at The In Series
The In Series’s “pocket opera” provocative double-bill of William Bolcom & Arnold Weinstein’s Casino Paridise and Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble In Tahiti provides an evening of...
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Marlena Shaw at Blues Alley
Marlena Shaw’s range, class and swing is often compared to eternal jazz lights like Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington and Nancy Wilson, but Shaw is also...
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Circle Mirror Transformation at Studio
A series of beautifully drawn vignettes, Circle Mirror Transformation is a clever and smart season opener for Studio Theatre and provides an excellent opportunity for...
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Sheryl Crow at Strathmore
After honing her brand of rock-pop over the past 20 years, Sheryl Crow has shifted gears for her latest album, 100 Miles From Memphis, an...
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What We Leave Behind at Evolve
What We Leave Behind features works by encaustic collage artist Marty Ittner and painter Michele Cormier — visually dense works referencing the discarded physical and...
