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Romeo+Juliet at The Washington Ballet
For his adaptation of the classic Prokofiev ballet Romeo + Juliet, the Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre has Mercutio taunt Tybalt sexually — even kissing “the...
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Ameriville
The performance troupe UNIVERSES is raising its brilliantly woven voices on social issues, from basic civil rights to access to healthcare to earning a living...
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Pirates of Penzance at Atlas Performing Arts
The Washington Savoyards offer their lively and fast-paced take on one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most famous operettas, Pirates of Penzance. “I Am The Very...
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Women Beware Women at Constellation Theatre
Kitted out like the slightly mad mix of a children’s theater production of a tale by the Brothers Grimm and a fantasy conjured by Tim...
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Citydance at Strathmore
CityDance presents its only fall evening-length stateside engagement. Returning home to the newly enhanced CityDance black box, Studio 405, the company presents Paul Taylor’s masterpiece,...
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Fag Life: A Conversation with Fred Phelps
A celebration of gay culture, Fag Life: A Conversation with Fred Phelps mixes thoughts from “gay — but not gay” comedian Brent Sullivan about his...
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Worldleaf Cinema Festival
A first-of-its-kind event, the Worldleaf Cinema Festival showcases the highest caliber of deaf film from around the world. Among the festival’s 17 films, organized into...
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SLDN: DADT “Focus Right Now Is in the Senate”
Although — as Metro Weekly reported earlier — some analysts and strategists are discussing the impact of the loss of Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) in...
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Immigration Equality’s Tiven: “Very Difficult to Move Immigration Reform” in 2011
Saying she is “sanguine” not overly hopeful about the chances for passage of comprehensive immigration reform that includes the Uniting American Families Act in the...
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Gil Shaham with the NSO
Xian Zhang conducts the NSO and violinist Gil Shaham, whom the New York Times calls “a highly physical player,” in a program that includes Prokofiev’s...
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GNP’s Don’t Tea on Me at Atlas Performing Arts
Gross National Product, whose aim is “making headlines hilarious,” offers a parody of the mid-term elections, highlighting the lowlifes and issues of the Tea Party....
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Slim Pickings
I spent my Tuesday evening looking for bright spots. Not bright spots like, ''Thank you, Lord, for not sending Christine O'Donnell to the Senate or...
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The Republican Wave
Midterm elections often chip away at the governing majority's rule – sometimes casting out whole chunks of that majority. This year, however, a rough quarter...
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In Lexington, a Sign of Inclusion
In Lexington, Ky., Jim Gray -- currently the vice mayor of the city -- defeated incumbent Mayor Jim Newberry in an election that would have...
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Court Keeps DADT in Effect
With one judge dissenting, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a stay on Nov. 1 of the...
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Looking Locally
In the District of Columbia – a vastly Democratic jurisdiction – the real excitement is September's Democratic primary. When Vincent Gray secured the party's nomination...
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Clinic Preps Fall Function
Next Friday, Nov. 12, the Whitman-Walker Clinic will give Dr. Shannon Hader its first-ever Community Service Award ''in recognition of the tremendous work she's done...
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IGBO Returns
Whatever the Aztec calendar may herald, the cycle over at the International Gay Bowling Organization (IGBO) seems to hold that the D.C. area manages...
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Sweet Slice
Crossing into November, the scent is in the air. No, not the smell of dead leaves and burning logs. It's fear – fear of pulling...
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DADT on the Line
A senior fellow with the progressive Center for American Progress has said he couldn't think of ''anyone else'' who had the credibility to lead ''Don't...
