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  • Powerless Flower

    By on September 24, 2003

    You've got to at least admire Ken Ludwig for doggedly attempting to revitalize the classic farce genre. His early efforts, Lend Me A Tenor and...

  • Up a Creek

    By on September 24, 2003

    About the best thing that can be said for Cold Creek Manor is that it isn't completely dull. You'd think it would be, given how...

  • The Reluctant Hedonist

    By on September 24, 2003

    ''I intend to write an opera one day,'' says Rufus Wainwright. ''Especially after these horrifyingly personal albums. I think I might need to concentrate on...

  • Mucho Mexico

    By on September 17, 2003

    ''Are you a Mexi-CAN or a Mexi-CAN'T? '' a blue-spectacled, quirky fellow named Sands (Johnny Depp) asks a hired henchman near the start of Once...

  • Funny Girl

    By on September 17, 2003

    ''Next to ‘Why do you always serve chicken?' and ‘Can I have a table as far away from my ex-lover as possible?‘ the most-asked Gala...

  • Sugar and Spicy

    By on September 10, 2003

    ''I hear this wah-wah-wah in my head, '' giggles Tracy. ''It's your brain cells popping, '' her friend Evie, giggles back, before taking another hit...

  • Stage Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    ACTORS' THEATRE OF WASHINGTON 1835 14th Street NW www.atwdc.org LILIES -- Jeffrey Johnson directs this compelling gay romantic drama set in a boy's school in...

  • Film Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS CABIN FEVER -- A flesh-eating virus devours a group of campers in this eagerly awaited horror flick from director Eli Roth. Talk about...

  • Dance Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    CLARICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER University of Maryland College Park 301-405-ARTS www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu FOOTWORKS PERCUSSIVE DANCE ENSEMBLE and STEP AFRIKA! -- Two locally-based groups present Soulmates, exploring...

  • Screwballed

    By on September 3, 2003

    James Barbour starred on Broadway opposite Toni Braxton in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. But let's not hold that against him. This man of great...

  • Ordinary Pekar

    By on September 3, 2003

    American Splendor is a stunning achievement, a work of such magnificent ingenuity and so abundantly rich with heart and soul, that it is impossible not...

  • Country Siren

    By on September 3, 2003

    What is it about Canada that produces such amazing country artists? Maybe it's the wide open spaces. Or maybe it's just the cleaner, crisper air....

  • Environs

    By on August 20, 2003

    4BR, 2BA Victorian in Logan Circle, with original stained glass, working dumbwaiter, and two modern refrigerators in a refurbished kitchen. Big airy rooms. Refurbished floors....

  • Requisite Requiem

    By on August 20, 2003

    The combining of popular movie horror icons to make a quick buck is a time-honored tradition in Hollywood. Anybody remember Frankstein Meets the Wolfman? But...

  • Visible Progress

    By on August 20, 2003

    We've come a long way since the day Dr. Zachary Smith got lost in space. Or when Jodie Dallas came out to his family on...