Arts + Entertainment
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Romeo+Juliet at The Washington Ballet
For his adaptation of the classic Prokofiev ballet Romeo + Juliet, the Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre has Mercutio taunt Tybalt sexually — even kissing “the...
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Ameriville
The performance troupe UNIVERSES is raising its brilliantly woven voices on social issues, from basic civil rights to access to healthcare to earning a living...
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Pirates of Penzance at Atlas Performing Arts
The Washington Savoyards offer their lively and fast-paced take on one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most famous operettas, Pirates of Penzance. “I Am The Very...
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Women Beware Women at Constellation Theatre
Kitted out like the slightly mad mix of a children’s theater production of a tale by the Brothers Grimm and a fantasy conjured by Tim...
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Citydance at Strathmore
CityDance presents its only fall evening-length stateside engagement. Returning home to the newly enhanced CityDance black box, Studio 405, the company presents Paul Taylor’s masterpiece,...
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Fag Life: A Conversation with Fred Phelps
A celebration of gay culture, Fag Life: A Conversation with Fred Phelps mixes thoughts from “gay — but not gay” comedian Brent Sullivan about his...
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Worldleaf Cinema Festival
A first-of-its-kind event, the Worldleaf Cinema Festival showcases the highest caliber of deaf film from around the world. Among the festival’s 17 films, organized into...
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Gil Shaham with the NSO
Xian Zhang conducts the NSO and violinist Gil Shaham, whom the New York Times calls “a highly physical player,” in a program that includes Prokofiev’s...
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GNP’s Don’t Tea on Me at Atlas Performing Arts
Gross National Product, whose aim is “making headlines hilarious,” offers a parody of the mid-term elections, highlighting the lowlifes and issues of the Tea Party....
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All in the Family
As one contemplates the Washington Shakespeare Company's move from Clark Street to Rosslyn, it's easy to imagine a magical creature emerging from its dark cave...
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Close Encounters
''Can two divorced men share an apartment, without driving each other crazy?'' That was the question left hanging at the start of every episode of...
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Shear Brilliance
kennedy-center.org Of the many egregious acts perpetrated on the American public by the advertising and marketing industry the worst may be this: ''Let the Sun...
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Homecoming Tribute
As early as 1955, Anna Sokolow refused to alter her choreography with a gay sequence for a concert. ''She was a Jewish, straight white woman....
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Surreal Life
Scott G. Brooks was so inspired by people's frustration with President Obama and the Democrats, he put Glenn Beck in a painting. Actually, Beck wasn't...
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Drumming Decades
''My passion for the group grows every time I'm with them,'' says Joe Bello of D.C.'s Different Drummers. Bello is not the only one. This...
