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  • Pianist Sofya Gulyak at the Kennedy Center

    By on January 22, 2011

    The Washington Performing Arts Society presents Russian pianist Sofya Gulyakin her Kennedy Center debut in a program that includes Schubert, Chopin, Franck and Ravel. It’s...

  • The Dismemberment Plan at the 9:30 Club

    By on January 22, 2011

    A D.C.-based indie-rock band formed in 1993, The Dismemberment Plan actually dismembered a decade later, in 2003, with a final show at the 9:30 Club....

  • Pianist Tzimon Barto with the NSO

    By on January 22, 2011

    Christoph Escenbach conducts the NSO and guest pianist Tzimon Barto in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, plus a few pieces from Bernstein. Then, actor Richard Dreyfuss reads...

  • Return to Haifa at Theater J

    By on January 22, 2011

    A gripping drama from Tel Aviv’s Cameri Theatre, Return to Haifa follows a young soldier torn between his Palestinian birth parents who fled Haifa during...

  • Maria La O & Pagliacci at The InSeries

    By on January 22, 2011

    The In Series’s latest “pocket opera” powerhouse double-bill of passion, betrayal and revenge, features Ernesto Lecuona’s Cuban zarzuela masterpiece Maria la O and Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s...

  • The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

    By on January 21, 2011

    What if Mr. Darcy was just Darcy? That question is essentially answered in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, a pre-Victorian era lesbian love...

  • Genesis at The Warehouse

    By on January 21, 2011

    Winner of Best Drama at the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival, Genesis returns for an eight-show engagement at the Warehouse at an opportune time, as it...

  • Symmetries at Long View Gallery

    By on January 20, 2011

    “Symmetries” features photographs from Ernesto Santalla’s collage series, uniquely documenting Washington’s record-breaking snows of 2010. Santalla trudged through the inhibitive landscape, camera in hand, capturing...

  • Yo La Tengo at the 9:30 Club

    By on January 20, 2011

    Based in Hoboken, N.J., Yo La Tengo, the long-lasting indie-rock band with an extensive catalogue and a devoted fan base will perform a set that...

  • Chicago City Limits at Wolf Trap

    By on January 20, 2011

    Hailed by the New York Times as “perfect masters of improvisation,” Chicago City Limits relies on the audience for inspiration in America Idles, a new...

  • Chely Wright at The Birchmere

    By on January 19, 2011

    Country star Chely Wright returns for a second area performance since she came out and energized last year’s Capital Pride — which happened right after...

  • The B-52s at the 9:30 Club

    By on January 19, 2011

    The B-52s, the frolicking foursome from Athens, Ga., with three gay members — Keith Strickland, Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson — are as festive and...

  • ABT at the Kennedy Center

    By on January 19, 2011

    The American Ballet Theatre performs a premiere by Alexei Ratmansky, “The Bright Stream,” as well as a mixed-repertory program part of a Center-wide celebration of...

  • Lost Horizon

    By on January 19, 2011

    Being credited as a seminal contemporary American play doesn’t make Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon easy to watch. In fact, the best approach to this...

  • On the Wright Track

    By on January 19, 2011

    Life after coming out may be liberating, but that doesn't mean there won't be some speed bumps along the way. When Chely Wright came out...