Arts + Entertainment
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Mighty Sylvester
Anthony Wayne didn't grow up with Sylvester. In fact, the Norfolk, Va., native was only a kid when the flamboyant and openly gay disco legend...
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Up Close and Monumental
''When this opportunity started to develop, to really get great access at the Cathedral, and make some new images, I just sort of...
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Country roads lead to Jiffy Lube Live…
Tickets go on sale this Friday, Jan. 25, for eight concerts this spring and summer with country’s biggest stars, starting with the WMZQFest starring Luke...
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Elder Scrolls Online taking beta applications
Bethesda Softworks is taking beta applications for its new MMO, Elder Scrolls Online, based on the popular single-player RPG series. “Completing the optional sections will...
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Is Sony ditching the DualShock in favor of controllers boasting biometrics and touchscreens?
Along with all the other rumormongers out there, Technocrat feels in its gut that both Microsoft and Sony will be announcing new game consoles at...
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Everyman Theatre opens major expansion with August: Osage County
The Charm City’s once-scrappy, small Everyman Theatre has officially become a venerable institution, with the acquisition and multi-million-dollar refurbishment of a grand one hundred-year-old theater...
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Progressive Pop
Did you know Rachel Maddow wrote a song? ''I asked her if she wanted to sing it,'' says Erin McKeown. ''She refused. She describes her...
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Family Ties
For those who squirm at the mere mention of the word ''vaudeville,'' a quick glance at the The American Century Theater's ad for The Show...
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Sexually Speaking
''I would get up and tell a story that might take place in an orgy or something … and I could see the NPR crowd...
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Get your Adventures in Wonderland on
It was just last year that the Washington Ballet premiered Septime Webre’s magical, inventive production of Alice in Wonderland at the Kennedy Center. Now, Lewis...
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Two modern dance companies this weekend at DancePlace
Two modern dance companies team up for an eclectic performance. Deep Vision debuts “heady collectables,” a lighthearted, candid and witty work focused on movements of...
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Delilah, the ultimate hair-stylist
The Washington Savoyards presents a staged concert, the D.C. premiere of ArtsCentric’s new musical Delilah featuring music by Cedric D. Lyles and book and lyrics...
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Art as Politics
''When do I get to vote on YOUR marriage?'' That's the question posed on a rainbow-bedecked T-shirt worn by one older, presumably gay, white man,...
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Social Contractions
If you've heard of British playwright Mike Bartlett, it's no doubt because of his provocative play Cock, which last season created a sensation off-Broadway –...
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Homeless
''We're in a bit of flux trying to figure out how best to accomplish everything that we'd planned,'' says WSC Avant Bard's Christopher Henley. That...
