Arts + Entertainment
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Shake, Rattle and Roll with the Congressional Chorus
Another year, another party reviving the sights, sounds and moves of the 1950s by the Congressional Chorus. “Shake, Rattle and Roll” is a cabaret, with...
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Talk about the Everyday Divas in your lives for a chance at $100 cash
Local drag sensation Xavier Onassis Bloomgindale hosts a contest on the topic of “Divas: Stories about the temperamental superstar side of things,” in which everyday...
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The Beaded VW Bug heads to the National Museum of the American Indian
Vochol: Huichol Art on Wheels is the grand title for a new glorious installation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian: A Volkswagen...
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Les Girls at the AFI Silver
As part of a two-month Gene Kelly retrospective, the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre presents Gene Kelly’s final appearance in a full-blown musical — which...
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Movie Trailer: Mirror Mirror (HD)
Mirror Mirror, the first of two live-action Snow White adaptations, hits theaters on March 30, 2012. Tarsem Singh’s comedic take on the fable looks to...
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Basil Twist’s Petrushka at The Shakespeare
The Shakespeare Theatre Company offers a short run of Petrushka, acclaimed puppeteer Basil Twist’s 2001 work of puppetry and magic, a re-imagining of the famous...
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Michele Kennedy at the Folger Consort tonight
The Folger Consort performs music by Francesca Caccini, one of the guiding spirits behind the revolutionary music of the earliest operas and solos from the...
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Must See of the Weekend: GMCW’s All-Male Rocky Horror Show
If Lady Gaga were to stage The Rocky Horror Show, the result might be similar to what the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington offers this...
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Get your fetish on at Vitruvian Gallery
Fetishwear is a photographic celebration of “men in and out of uniform,” which of course is a particularly prominent aspect of gay art and literature....
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Idina Menzel's new album is a delightful escape into her songbook
Remember Idina Menzel's attempts at pop stardom? Just as well if you don't. She's released a total of three forgettable pop albums, though only her...
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Rhyme Time
''The only girl I'll ever love is Andrew in drag,'' Stephin Merritt sings on The Magnetic Fields' uproarious new single. The song sounds a bit...
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Adventure Theatre’s very good Very Bad Day
Gail Humphries Mardirosian directs Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, a musical for kids about a young boy prone to melodrama...
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Josephine Tonight at Metro Stage
Even if every theater in town easily accessible by Metro were staging high-quality, first-rate musicals, it’s unlikely any of them would be quite as satisfying...
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Arena venture’s into O’Neill’s Wilderness
Kyle Donnelly directs Eugene O’Neill’s sweet-tempered, romantic comedy Ah, Wilderness!. The show stars Rick Foucheux, Nancy Robinette and June Schreiner as the Connecticut-based Miller clan....
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Review: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Last August, Stephen Sondheim took to the New York Times to attack Diane Paulus, Suzan-Lori Parks and Audra McDonald for being arrogant and disrespectful in...
