All posts by Doug Rule
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Reagon's Rites
Our community's progress with marriage equality has been impressive, but it's not enough for Toshi Reagon. ''What about the gay people that still don't want...
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Arts Hub
Over the past few years the once-derelict H Street Corridor near Union Station has become one of the city's buzziest. And it has the arts...
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Concert Review: Zola Jesus
''We're having technical issues,'' singer Nika Roza Danilova, who performs as Zola Jesus, told the packed crowd at U Street Music Hall toward the beginning...
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Review: Blood Wedding
Over the past few years Constellation Theatre Company has made its name staging ambitious productions of old plays, and stunning you with a terrific acting...
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Review: Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers
In No Rules Theatre Company's adaptation of Peter Pan, the actors don't actually fly -- not even in suspended fashion. There's no physical Tinker Bell,...
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Estelle Shines Anew
''I've felt so much love and acceptance, it's overwhelming,'' Estelle says. '' gay people, it's a whole different level.'' In fact, the Grammy-winning British soul...
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Review: Kinsey Sicks in ''Electile Dysfunction''
{Kinsey Sicks (Photo by Erez Ben Or)} Have you tired of the Republican presidential circus? If not, then here's to the Santorum surge --...
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Frida's Photos
Sometimes it pays to be a sister city. Right now in Arlington, for instance, you can see a collection of Frida Kahlo's photographs, never before...
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Review: Josephine Tonight
There aren't a lot of musicals to see around town over the next month. But even if every theater in town easily accessible by Metro...
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Sex Appeal
{Glitterlust (Photo by Julian Vankim)} Glitterlust photographed by Julian Vankim at Velvet Lounge, Thursday, Feb. 9 ''We almost broke up,'' says Mikey Torres, referring to...
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Review: Wanda Sykes at Strathmore
“Here he is!” Wanda Sykes said in a nelly voice as she swished across the stage at Strathmore last Friday night. The popular lesbian comedian...
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Fabulous Baker Boy
''My grandmother was a Cotton Club showgirl and knew Josephine Baker,'' Maurice Hines says, referring to the famous Prohibition-era Harlem nightclub. ''My brother Gregory and...
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Mother Complex
Michael Lluberes's mother refuses to see his new show. ''She heard the title,'' he laughs, ''and she is not making an appearance.'' Technically, the show's...
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Love, Actually
As a result of the play Next Fall, Chris Dinolfo came out to his dad. ''I actually came out to my dad and my stepmom...
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Pink Palace
There's a refurbished dance floor, which will be flanked by tables and chairs. There's also an enhanced sound system and more lights. But the biggest...
