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  • Gaylarious presents Jim David

    By on January 3, 2012

    For the December edition of its popular monthly gay comedy show at the Riot Act Comedy club, Gaylarious presents Jim David, a veteran of The...

  • Gershwin giddy at the BSO

    By on January 3, 2012

    Jack Everly conducts the BSO SuperPops in S’Wonderful, a tribute to the George and Ira Gershwin songbook. Pianist Stewart Goodyear joins to perform “Rhapsody in...

  • Last few days to catch Jersey Boys at the National!

    By on January 3, 2012

    As crowd-pleasing as Broadway comes, Jersey Boys, which just may be the most successful jukebox musical in history, proves that the Four Seasons was no...

  • New Year’s Eve Retro at the State

    By on December 30, 2011

    This month, State Theatre’s popular party The Legwarmers, billed as D.C.’s “biggest ’80s Retro Dance Party,” takes place on New Year’s Eve. The party is...

  • Much Ado: “The Bard done right”

    By on December 30, 2011

    Wince you might at the idea of Much Ado About Nothing rendered as a 1930s screwball comedy set in Cuba, but the concept — and...

  • Andy Warhol: More than just soup cans

    By on December 30, 2011

    Not one but two area museums are offering exhibits focused on the work of Andy Warhol. The Hirshhorn presents “Andy Warhol: Shadows 1978,” comprising 102...

  • Waltzing in the New Year

    By on December 30, 2011

    Alexander Steinitz conducts the Strauss Symphony of America and fellow Viennese performers soprano Rebecca Nelsen and tenor Thomas Sigwald, plus dancers from the Vienna Imperial...

  • Billy Elliot at the Kennedy Center

    By on December 30, 2011

    Writer Lee Hall, director Stephen Daldry and choreographer Peter Darling reprise their responsibilities adapting the popular 2000 film Billy Elliot, with Hall also penning the...

  • Stand-Up Ann

    By on December 29, 2011

      Politics as theater? Oh, sure. We see that all the time. But politics as stand-up comedy? Ah, now that is much trickier territory –...

  • The Best Music of 2011

    By on December 29, 2011

      Lady Gaga and Beyoncé both released new albums in 2011. But aside from some great tracks (most notably ''Americano'' and Sheibe'' from Gaga, ''Run...

  • The Best and Worst Movies of 2011

    By on December 29, 2011

    The past year has been fantastic for moviegoers. More so than any other year in recent memory, the best films of 2011 are incredibly different...

  • The Great American Hall of Wonders at the Smithsonian

    By on December 26, 2011

    The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the American ingenuity that energized all aspects of 19th-century society, from the painting of landscapes and scenes of...

  • Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band at Iota

    By on December 25, 2011

    The Washington Post has called Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band “a storming powerhouse of big-band African funk. . .smart, tight and relentlessly driving.” Chopteeth has already...

  • Theater Alliance presents Black Nativity

    By on December 24, 2011

    Theater Alliance presents Black Nativity, Langston Hughes’s retelling of the Biblical Christmas story from an Afro-centric perspective, incorporating gospel, blues, funk, jazz and dance with...

  • David Cronenberg’s Videodrome

    By on December 23, 2011

    The Washington Psychotronic Film Society, dedicated to independent, experimental, low-budget, off-the-beaten-path filmmaking, presents a weekly Monday night screening series, hosted by The Incorrigible Dr. Schlock....