Arts + Entertainment
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Sounds of Silence
He's not gay, but members of the LGBT community will identify straightaway with the character Billy in Studio Theatre's arresting production of Nina Raine's Tribes....
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Hell Bent for Leather: a musical primer for Mid Atlantic Leather
Later this week leather afficianados from all over the world will descend upon Washington, DC for the annual Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend. Old friendships will be...
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Movie Review – August: Osage County
I didn’t have an opportunity to see Tracy Letts’ three-hour epic August: Osage County on the stage, but from everything I’ve heard, I’ve little doubt...
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Flashback: Top 10 Singles This Week 30 Years Ago – Jan. 1984
10. “Running With the Night” – Lionel Richie At #10 thirty years ago this week, on the Billboard Hot 100 issued on January 14, 1984,...
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Flashback: 5 classic albums released 30 years ago this month – January 1984
Van Halen – “1984” With the lead-off smash “Jump” and its instantly recognizable synthesizer riff (that so outraged many of their older fans) soaring to...
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Reviews of Killzone Shadow Fall, Knack, Doki Doki Universe, Resogun
There’s always one major conundrum with any new console launch: What games do you get? As the second wave of PS4 stock hits retailers, many...
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All About the Money
American Hustle is of and about bullshit. Director David O. Russell soaks in it, drenching his movie with scams so shrewd it's tough to tell...
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Happy Birthday David Bowie! – Ranking his Albums worst to first
On January 8, 2014 rock legend David Bowie turns 67. A year ago on this date he shocked his fans and the music industry by...
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A Wintry Mix
As the temperatures plummet, snow falls around the Washington D.C. area and we ease into the heart of winter, it’s time to think about some...
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District of Dance
''Our intent,'' says Carla Perlo of Dance Place, ''is to shed light on the fact that yes, we have world-class companies that have chosen to...
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Coming Up Roses
Last year it was Dreamgirls. The year before, Hairspray. And now Signature Theatre has staged another holiday season treat, what you might call the mother...
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Flashback: Ten 80s Classics that missed the Top 40
As we’ve seen over the years, chart position isn’t everything. There are songs that scale the upper reaches of the pop charts that don’t make...
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Movie Review: Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks is the tale of how the legendary Walt Disney, after an arduous 20-year ”wooing” process, finally wrested the rights to Mary Poppins...
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Giorgio Moroder: 10 of his classic productions
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of Giorgio Moroder to pop and dance music in the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s and beyond. His...
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Annie Lennox turns 59 – – we explore 10 of her best hidden gems
Annie Lennox, with her partner Dave Stewart in Eurythmics and The Tourists, and as a solo artist, has enjoyed tremendous success over the past 30+...
