Arts + Entertainment
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WIT’s Seasonal Disorder
The Washington Improv Theater’s annual holiday extravaganza features shows based on audience suggestions, showing you the good, the bad and the ugly of the season...
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Coldplay tickets on sale tomorrow
“Every teardrop is a waterfall,” Chris Martin sings on the first hit from the weirdly named Mylo Xyloto. And if you’re a Coldplay fan, you...
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Prickly Protagonist
Can a great movie be about a terrible person? The tenet of traditional screenwriting is that audiences need a relatable protagonist. Even jerks have...
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A Diva DVD Christmas
Who's your favorite pop diva? Well, as long as it's not Madonna or Robyn or Rihanna -- or, God help you, Ke$ha -- chances are,...
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Ever Greene
Stage and screen actress Ellen Greene has long lived with a secret. She's even written a poem about it. ''They said don't let anyone know;...
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Holiday Hilarity
''Right out of high school, I wore a lot of orange spandex and spangles,'' says Michael Stebbins, laughing at the memory. The actor, who grew...
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Big Hair
After six years on Broadway, national tours and a splashy big-screen adaptation, how much charm could be left in the Charm City of the musical...
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Comedy Accompli
A little edgy, a little existential and a lot funny, Second City's Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies, is a high-energy riff on the idea, more or...
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Law and Stagecraft
Ken Ludwig considers practicing law the equivalent of waiting tables. ''Most actors,'' he says, ''would not want to be identified as, 'Oh, wait a second,...
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Jersey Boys at The National
As crowd-pleasing as Broadway comes, Jersey Boys, which just may be the most successful jukebox musical in history, proves that the Four Seasons was no...
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A Broadway Christmas Carol at MetroStage
Kathy Feininger’s A Broadway Christmas Show tells the famous Charles Dickens classic by altering the lyrics to familiar Broadway tunes, 40 or so in all,...
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The Punk Rock Movie at Washington Psychotronic
The Washington Psychotronic Film Society, dedicated to independent, experimental, low-budget, off-the-beaten-path filmmaking, presents a weekly Monday night screening series, hosted by The Incorrigible Dr. Schlock....
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The Mansion on O Street brings in the girls from RuPaul’s Drag Race
Alexis Mateo, Yara Sofia and Mariah Balenciaga — all from the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race — will perform along with other female impersonators...
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Ellen Greene will be at JR.’s Monday for a round of show tunes
The one and only original Audrey of both the Broadway and screen versions of Little Shop of Horrors as well as a star of Pushing...
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Eatwell DC holds a Dine Out Night for S.O.M.E.
The gay-owned local restaurant chain EatWell DC will host a Dine Out Night at all of its restaurants — Logan Tavern, Commissary, The Heights and...
