Arts + Entertainment
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The Antlers at The Black Cat
Started as a solo project of New Yorker Peter Silberman, The Antlers, a Radiohead-influenced, Arcade Fire-esque experimental, orchestral rock band is popular in D.C., where...
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Swingtime! at the In Series
The InSeries presents a holiday encore of Swingtime!, first staged over the summer. Written and directed by Tom Mallan, with music direction by Burnett Thompson,...
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Walter Cronkite is Dead at Signature Theatre
The hysterically funny Walter Cronkite is Dead takes place here in Washington, where two women — representing red state vs. blue state — have been...
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Now playing: Black Swan
Even when things are most bizarre and confusing, Black Swan, which stars Natalie Portman as a tormented (in so many ways) ballerina, is gripping and...
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Now Playing: Burlesque
Burlesque is like a sequin. It’s shimmery. It looks best from a distance. It’s flat and kind of cheap. And it will likely end up...
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Elisabeth Withers at Blues Alley
Shug Avery from the original Broadway cast of The Color Purple, Elisabeth Withers is a Tony-nominated R&B singer/songwriter. She sang backup for Celine Dion and...
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Pianist Louis Lortie with the NSO
Emmanuel Krivine conducts pianist Louis Lortie playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program is Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, Liszt’s Les Préludes and...
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Musical Holiday
Maybe I overdid it as a kid, and ruined Christmas forever? Every year as a kid I would exhaust myself, spinning through my parents' collection...
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Fruitcake Carols
''Deck the halls with lots of showtunes,'' Donna Migliaccio sings in the opening number of A Broadway Christmas Carol. And that, she does. By the...
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Pop Photography
Some of your favorite musicians might be in the closet -- as photographers. ''I know that there are many, many musicians who are expressing themselves...
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Lake Effect
It may seem strange to trade in the professional wrestling ring for ballet shoes, but that's just what director Darren Aronofsky has done. Don't worry,...
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Israeli Glee
Mary Lou, a four-episode Israeli musical miniseries, directed by Eytan Fox, is a cross between a gay version of Mamma Mia and Glee -- in...
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Flamenco Fantasies
''I will be the gay advocate flamenco dancer for all of us,'' laughs Edwin Aparicio. In fact, he already is. Among other pursuits, the 35-year-old...
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Peter Hook at the 9:30 Club
After a hissy-fit departure from New Order a few years back — just the most dramatic of several recent musical flare-ups — the venerated bass...
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Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks at The Barns at Wolf Trap
Bringing a devilish twist to holiday classics and original songs, lively folk-jazz originator Dan Hicks and his band The Hot Licks tour in support of...
