The 9:30 Club is raffling off 2 tickets to every one of its shows in 2012. All you have to do to enter is donate new or clean previously-loved clothes, a canned food item or make a monetary donation of $5 at the 9:30 Club and you'll be given a raffle ticket and get the chance to win a music lover’s ultimate dream come true. Collections begin at the 9:30 Club December 1 and run through December 31. There's a maximum of 10 raffle tickets per night per person. You do not have to attend a show to make the donation, and you don’t have to be present to win. The winner will be drawn at the New Year’s Eve The Drive-By Truckers show. The raffle benefits The DC Central Kitchen, Sasha Bruce House, Capital Area Food Bank, House of Ruth, So Others Might Eat and Bread for the City. The 9:30 Club is located at 815 V Street NW.
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November 2011 Archives
Alexandra Silber is Barbara Cook's latest performer in the Spotlight cabaret series, highlighting those singers Cook considers among Broadway’s best today. Silber, with her sweet soprano voice, has performed alongside Tyne Daly in Kennedy Center’s recent staging of Terrence McNally's Master Class, and has also performed in Carousel and Fiddler on the Roof on London's West End. Friday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Tickets are $45. Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
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On World AIDS Day, Thursday, Dec. 1, the DC Center HIV Working Group and Us Helping Us will present a reading of The Infection Monologues, an original comedy about the personal stories of five HIV-positive men and written by Eric Rofes and Alex Garner. The play features a cast including Justin B. Terry-Smith, Patrick Zornow, Michael Sainte-Andress, Henry Maticorena and Juan Carlos Loubriel. Brant Miller directs. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 8 p.m. The Thurgod Marshall Center Gymnasium, 1816 12th St. NW Suggested donation of $5. Visit thedccenter.org.
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Two area Kimpton properties offer events benefiting local AIDS organizations this Wednesday, Nov. 30, on the eve of World AIDS Day. The Urbana Restaurant at the Hotel Palomar hosts Kimpton's Red Hot Night in the Nation's Capital, a cocktail party benefiting Whitman-Walker Health. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and special cocktails will be available, as will an auction including a weekend getaway to Palomar San Diego and two roundtrip jetBlue tickets. Meanwhile, the Palomar Arlington hosts A Taste of Virginia's Own, a wine-tasting event benefiting the Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry (NOVAM). Varietals from top Virginia winemakers will be available for sampling along with hors d'oeuvres. A raffle will offer a weekend stay at Seattle's Vintage Park and two jetBlue tickets. The Red Hot Night is Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Urbana Restaurant & Wine Bar, 2121 P St. NW. Tickets are $10 and include one drink ticket. Call 202-466-1306 to RSVP or visit whitman-walker.org. A Taste of Virginia's Own is Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Palomar Arlington, 1121 N. 19th St. Arlington. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Call 703-533-5505 or visit novam.org.
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Jane Austen’s world of desperate spinsters, determined bachelors, nosy neighbors, embarrassing relatives and a smarmy cad or two is brought to life in this adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, written by Joseph Hanreddy and J. R. Sullivan and directed by Blake Robison. The cast includes Kate Cook, Michael Brusasco and Rick Foucheux. Opens Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. To Dec. 31. Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Tickets are $26 to $56. Call 240-644-1100 or visit roundhousetheatre.org.
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Shirlington’s Signature Theatre offers yet another world premiere musical this season -- A Second Chance, with book, music and lyrics by Ted Shen (director of Signature’s Giant). Shen’s intimate musical is about finding love when you're least looking for it. Isn’t that always the case? It stars real-life couple Brian and Diane Sutherland. To Dec. 11. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets are $40. Call 703-820-9771 or visit signature-theatre.org.
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The music of Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael kicks off this year's three-part series on American pop and jazz standards at Wolf Trap, ably led since 1988 by local jazz veteran and pianist John Eaton. "Indiana On Our Mind" is the name of the program, signifying that both composers were Hoosiers, and referencing Carmichael's composition "Georgia On My Mind." "Night and Day" and "Anything Goes" are among the classics by the gay Porter that will be performed. Saturday, Nov. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $25. Call 703-255-1900 or visit wolf-trap.org.
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Ford's Theatre remounts its music-filled production of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Michael Wilson and directed by Michael Baron. Edward Gero returns as Ebenezer Scrooge, and the production features imaginative special effects, familiar carols and themes of giving back and living with grace. To Dec. 31. Ford's Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. Tickets are $41 to $65. Call 800-982-2787 or visit fordstheatre.org.
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Patrons interested in this weekend's They Might Be Giants concert at the 9:30 Club are informed by the club that they "must be 14+." For the past seven years or so, you see, the group led by John Linnell and John Flansburgh, which gained popularity in the alt-rock world of the late '80s and early '90s, have gained new fame as children's music stars. But the band is now touring in support of its adult album release Join Us. So, you know, the kiddies shouldn't come. Saturday, Nov. 26. Doors at 8 p.m. Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW. Tickets are $30. Call 202-265-0930 or visit 930.com.
The cast of Jersey Boys performs a one-night-only concert at the DC Improv called "Rock Like A Man 50's-60's Edition," a benefit for the national Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the local Food & Friends. The music will cover more than just the many hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons -- Jersey Boys's focus -- to include hits from the era essentially spanning the Everly Brothers and the Beatles. A live auction includes a chance to win a walk-on role in Jersey Boys and a private backstage tour. Monday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. DC Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. Tickets are $50. Call 202-296-7008 or visit dcimprov.com.
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Before The Book of Mormon, before South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut, actually before even South Park, Trey Parker created the Broadway-spoofing Cannibal! The Musical while in college in 1992. What's it about? Well, it's a black comedy loosely based on the story of convicted cannibal Alfred Packer, who reveals all to news reporter Polly Pry while awaiting execution. Yes, even then, Parker liked pushing the limits of what's expected and acceptable in entertainment. Landless Theatre, known for its Fringe-like risque programming, including the musical farce Perez Hilton Saves The Universe and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, opens its season with another local production of the show after first staging it in 2005. Artistic director Andrew Lloyd Baughman directs a cast including Patrick M. Doneghy, Steve Custer and Stefanie Garcia. Opens tonight, Friday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m. Playing weekends to Dec. 23. District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC), 2438 18th St. NW. Tickets are $25. Call 202-431-4704 or visit dcartscenter.org.
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Is LMFAO a fad?
Well, if the dance-rap crew that goes by the Internet acronym doesn’t prove to have staying power, it’s at least taking full advantage of the moment, with sky-high popularity of its carnival-like, over-the-top antics. In concert, LMFAO comes across like the Black Eyed Peas on speed -- and not just because the group offers an even more hyper cover of BEP’s already hyper hit “Boom Boom Pow.”
Led by Redfoo (Stefan Kendal Gordy) and SkyBlue (Skyler Husten Gordy), LMFAO drew a boisterous, sold-out crowd to the Fillmore Silver Spring on Thursday, Nov. 17 -- a headline show after opening for Ke$ha on an arena tour over the summer. Radio station Hot 99.5 sponsored the concert, and its DJs spun before and after the LMFAO carnival, handing out glowsticks to concertgoers as they arrived. Many in the crowd also bought crazy t-shirts and even crazier oversized glasses -- technically, just eyeglass rims, the kind that Redfoo sports in LFMAO’s popular videos.
Fad or not -- whatever you might say about LMFAO -- the self-described party-rockin’ guys are laughing their asses off all the way to the bank.
But they’re not just laughing -- they’re also showing their asses to the masses. For LMFAO’s Right Said Fred-channeling hit “Sexy And I Know It,” the whole male crew paraded around on stage in itty-bitty Speedos, just as in the uproarious video. “When I'm at the beach, I'm in a Speedo trying to tan my cheeks,” the duo raps -- and with that, they turned around to show ‘em. One band member with a rocking bod -- giving truth to the song’s shouted refrain “I work out!” -- even ended up face down on the floor, with his Speedos pulled down to show his curvaceous backside in all its glory. Did I mention this band member was wearing a large cardboard-style box over his head, with electronic light slits for eyes?
Yes, it was a wild and crazy night at the Fillmore, and the band lived up to its name and its fame. LMFAO performed its breakout club hit from a few years ago, “I’m in Miami Bitch” -- the first to coin a phrase. (It’s hard to spend time in Miami anymore without at least thinking of the song.) The group also performed one of this summer’s biggest hits, the “Party Rock Anthem,” with its popular refrain, “Everyday I’m shufflin’,” referring to the video’s bouncy, hodge-podge style of group choreography.
At the start of the show, the crew threw out a life-sized inflatable zebra for the crowd to surf. Later, the guys threw out a beach ball. And for the minor hit “Champagne Showers,” the crew popped corks and doused and splashed each other in bubbly, as well as those at the front of the stage. They also performed in unison a lewd gesture right to the beat of the song’s title, suggesting an activity that produces a whole other type of liquid eruption.
If it sounds crass, well, it was. But it was also enormously entertaining -- and the crew only performed for about an hour and 15 minutes, so the silliness was over before it grew tiresome. Respectively, Redfoo and SkyBlu are uncle and nephew, and a son and a grandson of Berry Gordy, Jr. LMFAO may be nothing like the acts that the Motown founder launched into the mainstream generations ago, but for a new, multi-cultural, mixed raced generation, the dance/rap, “half-black, half-white, domino” LMFAO is just right, for at least right now.
These days, we could all use a good laugh.
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In the title role in Othello at Folger Theatre, gorgeous Owiso Odero -- all rippling robes and rippling abs -- carries himself like a man more at home on the catwalk than on the battlefield. This raises the possibility that villainous Iago doesn't hate Othello because he's black, or because of his superior military rank. Maybe he just hates him because he's beautiful. In fact, it's an overwhelmingly pretty world on the Folger stage that contains the ugliness Shakespeare set out to convey -- all the hatred and envy that motivates Iago to destroy Othello, and all the jealousy and rage Othello has within him to destroy himself. To Dec. 4. Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE. Tickets are $35 to $60. Call 202-544-7077 or visit folger.edu.
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Founded by a violinist and a harpist, both associated with the Boston POPS Esplanade Orchestra, the Ibis Chamber Music Society includes members from various local orchestras, including the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the National Symphony. They will perform string quartets by Barber and Tchaikovsky on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. IOTA Club and Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Tickets are $12. Call 703-522-8340 or visit iotaclubandcafe.com.
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German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig uses the 80 minutes of The Golden Dragon to reflect on globalization and remind us that there are human beings who are invisible and exploited in today's blurred-boundary world. The playwright has concocted an engagingly intricate theatrical exercise with which to convey his points, however broad and obvious they may be. Five actors (Amir Darvish, Joseph Anthony Foronda, Sarah Marshall, K.K. Moggie and Chris Myers) leap across lines of gender, age and ethnicity to portray 16 characters united by connections to an Asian restaurant in an unnamed European metropolis. Director Serge Seiden keeps the ensemble impressively nimble and tight, and the play ultimately delivers visceral and emotional impact that, while not everyone's cup of tea, memorably cuts to the chase, bloodshed and all. To Dec. 11. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. Call 202-332-3300 or visit studiotheatre.org.
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Xavier Durringer's documentary The Conquest chronicles the rise of right-leaning Nicolas Sarkozy as President of France, whose wife left him for another man the very day he won election. In French with English subtitles. Now playing in Washington, D.C. at the West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. Call 202-419-FILM or visit westendcinema.com.
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The radical theater company Dog & Pony DC, responsible for the popular Fringe Festival twisted vaudeville show Bare Breasted Women Sword Fighting, now offers a twist on traditional theater by engaging the audience as participants. Specifically, Beertown transports the audience to a small American town on the day of its "20th Quinquennial Time Capsule Ceremony," as citizens -- both audience members and a professional cast -- review and add to capsule contents before returning it to the ground. It's a quirky theatrical civic ceremony exploring the tension between the individual and the community, and the value of objects in memory. It's Dog & Pony DC's first original production, devised by a collective of 15 theater artists, and incorporates live music, dance, group storytelling, mapmaking -- and every show kicks off with a dessert potluck! To Dec. 10. Capital Hill Arts Workshop, 545 Seventh St. SE. Tickets are $15. Call 202-547-6839 or visit dogandponydc.com.
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The gay-owned Vitruvian Gallery, located near Eastern Market and focused on male figurative art, offers its first official exhibit with over 20 male figurative paintings by local artist Rob Vander Zee. The exhibit closes tonight, Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. with a concert by local electronic composer Elliott Grabill. Vitruvian Gallery, 734 7th St. SE. Call 202-241-2563 or visit vitruviangallery.com.
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Virginia's Alden Theatre presents one performance of The Man Who Planted Trees from the Puppet State Theatre Company of Scotland. Based on Jean Giono's classic novel, this child-friendly, multi-sensory play blends comedy and puppetry to tell the ecologically minded story of a brave man who sets out with his dog to plant a forest and transform a barren wasteland. One man -- and one dog -- can change the world. Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. Alden Theatre at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave, Mclean, Va. Tickets are $15. Call 703-790-0123 or visit aldentheatre.org.
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"Deck the halls with lots of showtunes," goes the opening number of Kathy Feininger's A Broadway Christmas Carol. And that, the show, now in its second year at Alexandria's MetroStage, does. By the end of it, the halls are overstuffed with parodies of popular showtune snippets -- 40 or so in all. They're presented in a hurried, altered, name-that-tune kind-of-way, a gaudy effect that distracts from the story -- but then if you must deliberate on the finer points of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, you really need to get out more often. Michael Sharp directs and plays Scrooge, while Tracey Stephens stars as The Woman Who Isn't Scrooge. Matt Anderson rounds out the three-person cast. To Dec. 18. MetroStage, 1201 North Royal St., Alexandria. Tickets are $45 to $50. Call 800-494-8497 or visit metrostage.org.
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Pure musical yum. The New Yorker calls the energetic Catie Curtis, part of Massachusetts' thriving lesbian folk scene, a "folk-rock goddess." She puts on a lovely show, and her loyal local fan base is legion. Fellow acoustic songwriter Meg Hutchinson, compared to Mary Chapin Carpenter and Joni Mitchell, opens. Friday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $22. Call 703-255-1900 or visit wolf-trap.org.
Trance is still kicking, even if it has gone totally corporate. Dutch producer Armin Van Buuren is the keeper of the flame and glowsticks, and LiveNation is a co-sponsor for his show this Saturday, Nov. 19, when he'll occupy the DC Armory along with Pleasurekraft and Robert Gonzalez. For years ranked the world's most popular DJ -- surpassing his compatriot Tiesto -- Van Buuren hosts the 10-year-old global radio program A State of Trance, said to have the largest global audience for a radio show. Saturday, Nov. 19, starting at 5 p.m. DC Armory, 2001 East Capitol St. SE. Tickets are $40 in advance or $70 day-of show. Call 202-547-9077 or visit livenation.com.
Arena Stage will launch the national tour of the 2011 Tony Award-winning production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, to coincide with AIDS 2012, the international AIDS conference. The show is replacing Like Water for Chocolate, which will be postponed.
"The creative process for a new musical and the economic climate can sometimes be nearly impossible to predict," said Artistic Director Molly Smith in a press release announcing the change. "Due to changes in the creative team, unavoidable scheduling conflicts arose for Like Water for Chocolate causing its postponement."
"As we're constantly looking for the best productions in the American theater for our audience," Smith continues, "I am pleased that the timing worked out for Arena to launch the national tour of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart following its sold-out Broadway run. The Normal Heart presents a remarkably vivid, humorous and ultimately devastating depiction of the lives of the brave men on the front line of the epidemic, and will serve as a tremendous finale to our season."
George C. Wolfe will reprise his role as director of The Normal Heart, though a cast has yet to be named. The play will run from June 8 to July 29. The design team includes David Rockwell (Sets), Martin Pakledinaz (Costumes), David Weiner (Lighting), David Van Tieghem (Sound and Original Music) and Batwin & Robin (Projections).
On Monday, Nov. 7, the Forum Theatre presented a staged reading of The Normal Heart as a benefit. In advance of that reading, Metro Weekly's Chris Geidner conducted an exclusive interview with Kramer at the playwright/activist's Manhattan apartment.
In that interview, Kramer addressed the difficulties getting the play staged in Washington in the '80s after its New York run.
"Zelda Fichandler didn't like the play, and she was running Arena [Stage] then. So, that was that there. And [Studio Theatre's] Joy Zinoman took it on, and proceeded to fire the director that I had given it to without consulting with me. She found some unknown and I wouldn't go along with that. And Roger Stevens, who was running Kennedy Center, didn't like the play and wouldn't allow it to be done there."
The Normal Heart finally had a local run in 1995, when the Washington Shakespeare Company (now WSC Avant Bard) opened its Clark Street Playhouse with the drama.
Lady Gaga just released a clip of her performance of "You and I," from Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden. The BluRay and DVD of the HBO Special will be released on Nov. 21.
Congratulations to our hometown's iconic 9:30 Club, which won the Top Club honor at the 2011 Billboard Touring Awards. The award is attendance-based, so clearly it's a favored destination in our city. Full details follow:
WASHINGTON, D.C. Nov. 11 -- The 2011 Billboard Touring Awards have just been handed out in New York, and the coveted Top Club prize went to the legendary D.C. favorite, the 9:30 Club, beating all other clubs in the world to secure the honor.
The award is based on attendance. For more than a dozen years, the 9:30 Club has been the top attended club not just in the nation, but the world.
"There is nothing like the magic of seeing a band at the club. The audience knows it, the bands know it, and they feed off each other. I just love seeing everybody having those moments," said I.M.P. Chairman and owner of the 9:30 Club Seth Hurwitz. "I’ve said it many times before, and I'll say it again. It's all about our staff. If they're reading this…THANK YOU!!!"
The Billboard Touring awards honor the industry’s top artists, venues and professionals for the year, based on the Billboard Boxscore chart and on actual box office performance from January 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011. For more information about the annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards visit www.billboardevents.com.
Located at 9th and V Streets NW in Washington, D.C., the 9:30 Club is the inimitable place bands aspire to play and music fans love to attend – a destination for locals and people across the country. Gracing the stage have been legends Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Al Green, and James Brown; recently discovered acts like Adele, Foster the People, Trombone Shorty and Lupe Fiasco, and arena acts looking for an intimate club play such as Justin Timberlake, the Smashing Pumpkins and Foo Fighters.
An aside to the uninitiated (and the initiated): The 9:30 Club is a regular participant in the popular Metro Weekly Contest. You can win tickets to a number of its upcoming shows here.
WSC Avant Bard -- the new, edgier, fitting name for the old Washington Shakespeare Company -- presents a one-evening adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays Henry IV, Parts One and Two, under the rubric The Mistorical Hystery of Henry (I)V. The plays gave to the world the enduringly popular character Sir John Falstaff. Tom Mallan adapts and directs the works. To Dec. 4. Artisphere Black Box, 1101 Wilson Blvd. Arlington. Tickets are $25 to $35. Call 703-418-4808 or visit artisphere.com or wscavantbard.org.
Two years after its debut, the Washington Ballet revives The Great Gatsby, set in the roaring '20s and based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, choreographed by its own artistic director Septime Webre. Webre told Metro Weekly in last week's cover story that the second-go-round "everything is much more refined and clear. What I was seeking was to embody the chaos of the period, but also to have the clarity of Fitzgerald's language. I made some adjustments." The ballet embodies the jazz-age splendor of the era along with tap dancer Quynn Johnson and the music band Billy Novick's Blue Syncopators. And last but not least, great local actors Will Gartshore and E. Faye Butler return to act and sing. Butler offers "really one of the most astonishing performances I've seen in years," says Webre. Final performances Saturday, Nov. 5, at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 6, at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. Tickets are $20 to $125. Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
"The Privileged Series" features Anthony Dortch's mixed media images in which he paints directly on top of photos to change the skin tones of people portrayed depending on if they're upper class (yellow) or lower (blue), which he tells Metro Weekly "gives this comic book kind of surreal look to it, or graphic novel feel." Dortch drew inspiration from other artists to create his images, including short-story writer Jackson Lassiter, photographers Stephanie Porter and Julie Sinser, fashion designer Anthony Canney and hair stylist Tim Cabell. On display through Nov. 27. Touchstone Gallery, 901 New York Ave. NW. Call 202-347-2787 or visit touchstonegallery.com.
Director Allison Arkell Stockman instructs her Constellation Theater cast to accentuate the satire by acting in exaggerated fashion in its production of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man. The targets here are chiefly war and romance, two things that 117 years later are still overly glorified and swooned over. Class comes in for a drubbing, too. Once again Constellation Theatre impresses with the way it adds intrigue to a well-worn story, one that, despite some choice barbs and banter, is showing its age. Much credit for Constellation's feat goes to its imaginative design team, particularly A.J. Guban with sets and lighting, but even more to the strong acting team Constellation has assembled. To Nov. 20. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. Tickets are $20 to $40. Call 202-204-7760 or visit constellationtheatre.org.
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The E Street Cinema continues its first-ever "Capital Classics" series this weekend with two very different films. There's what many consider to be the greatest Hollywood musical -- and certainly the form's trendsetter -- 1952's Singin' In The Rain starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. The other screening is Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis, the electronica pioneer's 1984 alterations to Fritz Lang's 1927 film, including color tinting and a synth-heavy pop score. Every Friday and Saturday at midnight, and 11 a.m. on Sundays -- this Sunday, Nov. 6, the screening is Singin' In The Rain -- through Dec. 18. Landmark's E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. Tickets are $11. Call 202-452-7672 or visit landmarktheatres.com.
One of the world's most beloved ballerinas, having danced with the Kirov Theatre, the Royal Danish Ballet, the London Royal Ballet and the New York City Ballet, to name a few, Nina Ananiashvili stops at Lisner Auditorium to perform choreography by Alexei Ratmansky of the Bolshoi Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre.
Ananiashvili performs with principal dancers from the State Ballet of Georgia and musicians from the Bolshoi Orchestra in three Ratmansky ballets: Charms of Mannerism, Bizet Variations and Dreams About Japan. Various international dignitaries, including the Georgian ambassador and many Members of Congress, are scheduled to attend a post-performance reception. Sunday, Nov. 6, at 6:30 p.m. Lisner Auditorium, The George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. Tickets are $45 to $115. Call 202-994-6800 or visit lisner.org.
Daniel Spalding leads an orchestra consisting of students aspiring to become classical professionals, along with guest artist pianist Jeffrey Jacob in an "Orchestral Brilliance" program including Brahms and a world premiere of Jacob's own Wanderer Fantasy for Piano and Large Orchestra (Symphony No. 4). The American Youth Philharmonic OrchestraSunday, Nov. 6, at 3 p.m. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center at Northern Virginia Community College, 3001 North Beauregard St., Alexandria. Tickets are $14. Call 703-642-8051 or visit aypo.org.
Why would the Shakespeare Theatre Company offer a musical concert version of the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys From Syracuse? Because it's based on a Shakespeare play, naturally -- specifically The Comedy of Errors. The story revolves around identical brothers separated in a shipwreck as children but who wind up in the same town as adults, confusing the people in their lives. Alan Paul directs the concert version of this rarely staged musical, featuring the hit "Falling in Love with Love." Paul worked with designers from the New York Philharmonic's star-studded concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Company. Friday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sidney Harman Hall, Harman Center for the Arts, 610 F St. NW. Tickets are $35 to $80. Call 202-547-1122 or visit shakespearetheatre.org.
The British chanteuse V V Brown -- like a poppier Estelle -- returns to DC9 a year and a half after touring in support of her exuberant debut Traveling Like The Light and the catchy hit "Shark In The Water," a fiery R&B number about a relationship in peril. (She also opened for Maroon 5 and Owl City since her DC debut.) Now, she's touring in advance of her exceedingly bright follow-up, Lollipops and Politics, due early next year, and as the 7th anniversary party of DC9's queer-friendly Liberation Dance Party. Friday, Nov. 4, at 9 p.m. DC9, 1940 Ninth St. NW. Tickets are $15. Call 202-483-5000 or dcnine.com.
