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  • Review: Josephine Tonight

    By on February 15, 2012

    There aren't a lot of musicals to see around town over the next month. But even if every theater in town easily accessible by Metro...

  • Review: Wanda Sykes at Strathmore

    By on February 14, 2012

    “Here he is!” Wanda Sykes said in a nelly voice as she swished across the stage at Strathmore last Friday night. The popular lesbian comedian...

  • Les Justes at WSC Avant Bard

    By on February 14, 2012

    WSC Avant Bard presents a new adaptation of Albert Camus’s eerily relevant exploration of politically motivated violence. Les Justes, whose title translates in English as...

  • Judy Gold at Riot Act Comedy Theater

    By on February 14, 2012

    The Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Judy Gold stops by Riot Act for a weekend of standup also featuring Tony Deyo and hosted by Gaylarious!’s...

  • Vanity Affair

    By on February 9, 2012

    One thing is clear in W.E., Madonna's mess of an attempt to pin ''auteur'' onto one of the few unoccupied spaces of her many-sided identity....

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    Fabulous Baker Boy

    By on February 9, 2012

    ''My grandmother was a Cotton Club showgirl and knew Josephine Baker,'' Maurice Hines says, referring to the famous Prohibition-era Harlem nightclub. ''My brother Gregory and...

  • Mother Complex

    By on February 9, 2012

    Michael Lluberes's mother refuses to see his new show. ''She heard the title,'' he laughs, ''and she is not making an appearance.'' Technically, the show's...

  • Bye June dedicates music video to Maryland’s Gov. Martin O’Malley

    By on February 6, 2012

    The Maryland-based Bye June honored Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley with a music video in support of same-sex marriage. “ applaud you for your leadership in...

  • Outtakes: Janet McTeer on Daniel Radcliffe and her first gay friend

    By on February 3, 2012

    In this week’s cover story, featuring interviews with Glenn Close and Janet McTeer, the stars of Albert Nobbs, there were a few nice moments with...

  • Review: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

    By on February 3, 2012

    Two Gentleman from Verona at Shakespeare Theatre Matters of the heart take a rather bloody turn in director P.J. Paparelli's vision of Shakespeare's comedy The...

  • Review: The Innkeepers

    By on February 3, 2012

      The Innkeepers, like all of Ti West's horror, is an exercise in slow-burning scares. He short-circuits nerves with anxiety, using sober creeps to ratchet...

  • Fly Guys

    By on February 3, 2012

    There's not much depth to Chronicle. In spite of a unique take on the traditional superhero origin story, rookie director Josh Trank and screenwriter Max...

  • Suzanne Westenhoefer returns to The Birchmere

    By on February 2, 2012

    Suzanne Westenhoefer may not have been the first openly gay comic — her friend Kate Clinton beat her to that punch — but she did...

  • Review: The Elephant Room

    By on February 2, 2012

    Part magic show, part witty performance piece, part hilarious guy-silliness, The Elephant Room is the theatrical equivalent of 3 a.m. in the basement ''rec room'' with your...

  • Review: Red

    By on February 2, 2012

    Paint splatters and spills like blood in Red, soaking skin and canvas alike as an aging artist and his young assistant toil in a Manhattan...