All posts by Randy Shulman
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Suzanne Westenhoefer returns to The Birchmere
Suzanne Westenhoefer may not have been the first openly gay comic — her friend Kate Clinton beat her to that punch — but she did...
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Close Up
In the intimate, delicately wrought period drama Albert Nobbs, Glenn Close transforms herself into a 19th century Irishman who is concealing the fact that he...
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Albert's Champion
(continued from ''Close Up'') METRO WEEKLY: What a remarkable motion picture. I was engaged and moved by it on every possible level. Let's talk a...
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The Opposite of Albert
METRO WEEKLY: Though they share a similar circumstance, Hubert is the polar opposite of Albert. What was your approach to the character? JANET McTEER: Apart...
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The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company at Smith Center
“Light Moves” is a collaborative piece, co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Center, from choreographer Margaret Jenkins working with media artist Naomie Kremer, composer Paul Dresher...
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The Natty Beaux at The Hamilton
A multi-genre but roots-centered supergroup featuring D.C.-area musicians from the Billy Coulter Band, the Junkyard Saints, Alexandria Kleztet and Western Bob, The Natty Beaux will...
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With 3 You Get Amazing Opera
Landmark’s E Street Cinema presents a screening of Opera on Film: 3 Superstars in Berlin, a taped performance at Berlin’s massive Waldbuhne amphitheater featuring three...
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Ford’s Theatre brings together two historical icons
In a work commissioned by Ford’s Theatre, playwright Richard Hellesen explores the two documented encounters between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln during a period of...
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Simone Dinnerstein, tonight at Strathmore
The Washington Performing Arts Society presents a concert with celebrated pianist Simone Dinnerstein. The program includes Schumann, Bach, Brahms and Chopin. Tonight, Sunday, Jan. 29,...
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
The rock legend and his band return in March with the act’s 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, and it’s said to live up the title,...
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Special Agent Galactica
Local drag phenom Special Agent Galactica, a.k.a. the “pink-haired diva,” performs with her live band, the Escape Pods, led by musical director Captain Satellite, and...
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GLOE’s LGBT Jewish Speed Dating – Registration Closing!
The DCJCC’s GLBT Outreach and Engagement entity wants to play matchmaker with its special speed-dating fundraising event next weekend. But this isn’t your speed-dating of...
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Outspoken #47: Lesbian Word Association
Ebone Bell hooked up with the ladies of The Real L Word at BARE's 3rd Anniversary Party on Saturday, Jan. 21, at Cobalt, to query...
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Swimming in Style
This may come as a shock to some of you, but Simon Doonan is no longer the Creative Director at Barney's. He's now officially the...
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Aimee Mann at The Birchmere
The former lead singer of 1980s new-wave band ‘Til Tuesday (“Voices Carry”), Aimee Mann gained further recognition as a solo artist for her work on...
