Arts + Entertainment
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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...
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Black Cat’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer Screenings
Every Saturday night, the Black Cat screens an episode from the popular vampire series that aired a decade ago, before bloodsucking creatures were everywhere: Buffy...
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Pink Martini at Strathmore
Pink Martini harbors no musical or linguistic boundaries — but its home base is ’60s-era cocktail tunes, with strong Brazilian influence. The Portland, Ore.-based band...
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King Kong at Landmark’s E Street
The E Street Cinema continues its “Capital Classics” series this weekend with the 1933 classic King Kong, in which a giant ape escapes and wreaks...
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American Ballet Theatre brings its new Nutcracker to the KenCen
‘Tis the season for ballet companies to perform versions of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. The American Ballet Theatre offers a new version by the company’s Alexei...
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Duncan Sheik at the Rams Head
Indie-rock singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik is touring in support of his marvelous studio set Covers 80s, featuring acoustic reinterpretations of ’80s synth-pop hits by Depeche Mode,...
