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  • Bloodshed, Bigotry and Beauty

    By on February 17, 2010

    Signature Theatre's Sweeney Todd is a nightmare drawn by Edward Gorey and colored by a shipwrecked orchestra. A lonely fairy tale featuring a peculiar assortment...

  • Money Pit

    By on February 17, 2010

    Although there will, without doubt, be many advantages to the Washington Shakespeare Company's move next season to the high-profile theatrical spaces of Rosslyn's Art Space...

  • The Joy of Sax

    By on February 17, 2010

    Joshua Redman had no intention of becoming a world-renowned, award-winning jazz musician. ''I didn't go to undergraduate for music – I was going to go...

  • Mysterious Island

    By on February 17, 2010

    There are so many mysteries on the island, it feels like you're never going to get any answers. Is there a way off the island?...

  • Tegan & Sara

    By on February 10, 2010

    Tegan and Sara Quin actually look like twins on the cover of Sainthood. ''For years we rejected this twin image, people always trying to twin...

  • Pyramidic Victory

    By on February 10, 2010

    If rumors of Synetic Theater's Euro-Slavic techno scores, not-so-classical dancing, and penchant for interpreting Shakespeare minus the spoken word have repelled rather than attracted you,...

  • Slay Ride

    By on February 10, 2010

    Depending on where you were when the first flakes began to fall you may find the timing of Folger Theatre's newest production, playwright Anne Washburn's...

  • Love Lies Bleeding

    By on February 10, 2010

    Cupid! Hey, Cupid! Come over here and shoot me. Right through my eye, please, because it would be less painful than having to watch Garry...

  • Fresh Perspective

    By on February 10, 2010

    It's commonly known that acclaimed 20th century American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was married to photographer Alfred Stieglitz during the early rise of her career...

  • Siblings and Rivalries

    By on February 3, 2010

    When watching a play that includes Abraham Lincoln, the question begs to be asked: Is this a play about Lincoln the politician, or Lincoln the...

  • Dark Disco

    By on February 3, 2010

    ''I don't want to be ignored, oh god!'' Tom Smith cries at one point on Editors' new In This Light And On This Evening. With...

  • True Spirit

    By on February 3, 2010

    ''There are pieces of what being gay is about that aren't really being discussed,'' says singer-songwriter Matt Alber. ''Being gay, I see things in a...

  • Hollywood Medley

    By on February 3, 2010

    They don't make film music like they used to. So says Bill Conti. ''It's very difficult as the years go by, how they make a...

  • Divine Miss M

    By on January 27, 2010

    On a visit to the charmingly scrappy MetroStage in Alexandria right now, you might not find God, but you will find the next best thing....

  • Writers' Block

    By on January 27, 2010

    The advantage to spending some portion of every day scanning blogs and Twitter feeds is that, sometimes, you stumble upon a question you've never previously...