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  • The Roches at The Birchmere

    By on December 16, 2010

    “ is so steeped in the history of The Roches, it’s just a natural extension ,” Suzzy Roche told Metro Weekly...

  • WIT’s Seasonal Disorder

    By on December 15, 2010

    Washington Improv Theater’s annual holiday extravaganza features shows based on audience suggestions, showing you the good, the bad and the ugly of the season —...

  • Central Michel Richard’s New Menu Taste Tests

    By on December 15, 2010

    On 15 consecutive nights at the bar, Central Michel Richard‘s chef de cuisine Arthur Cavaliere gives away free samples of a different new dish each...

  • Sicks Appeal

    By on December 15, 2010

    ''As the culture is changing,'' says Irwin Keller of the drag a cappella group the Kinsey Sicks, ''we become sort of the daring-but-doable entertainment in...

  • Good Cheer

    By on December 15, 2010

    Despite the valiant attempts being made in some corners, the bright bauble of reality television has eclipsed what was once television's most reliable version of...

  • Gift of Hits

    By on December 15, 2010

    What is this, another ABBA greatest-hits set? (All together now: ''Money, money, money; must be funny; in a rich man's world.'') Every year record labels...

  • Knock Out

    By on December 15, 2010

    The Fighter hits you with a one-two punch. First, the astonishing performances help you bob and weave around a topic that's not for everyone. And...

  • A Christmas Carol at Ford’s

    By on December 15, 2010

    Ford’s Theatre remounts its music-filled production of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Michael Wilson and directed by Michael Baron. Edward Gero returns...

  • Candide at The Shakespeare Theatre

    By on December 14, 2010

    Candide is the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s first musical theater performance at Sidney Harman Hall. The comic operetta boasts music by Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story)...

  • Liz Phair at the 9:30 Club

    By on December 14, 2010

    Best known for her 1993 album Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair fused lo-fi indie rock production techniques with the sensibility and structure of classic singer/songwriters....

  • A John Waters Christmas at The Birchmere

    By on December 14, 2010

    An encore performance after last year’s sellout success, legendary Baltimore filmmaker John Waters returns to the Birchmere in his one-man show motivated by a genuine...

  • Helen Hayes Awards Showtunes & Cocktails

    By on December 14, 2010

    Pianist Glenn Pearson and special guests from Washington theater stages perform an evening of showtunes, with a portion of the proceeds from specialty cocktails and...

  • Lucia Perillo at The Folger

    By on December 14, 2010

    The Folger Shakespeare Library invites the entertaining and enlightening poet Lucia Perillo to discuss her work and pay tribute to Emily Dickinson’s birthday. Poetry Society...

  • A Broadway Christmas Carol at MetroStage

    By on December 14, 2010

    “Deck the halls with lots of showtunes,” Donna Migliaccio sings in the opening number of A Broadway Christmas Carol. And that, she does. By the...

  • A Girl’s Guide to Washington Politics at Woolly Mammoth

    By on December 12, 2010

    Following on last year’s hit, Barack Stars, Chicago’s notorious and uproarious The Second City returns with A Girl’s Guide to Washington Politics, a new political...