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  • Pink Flamingos at Landmark’s E Street Cinema

    By on October 1, 2010

    Through early November, Landmark’s E Street Cinema is hosting weekend midnight screenings of camp and cult classics, including, of course, Rocky Horror Picture Show —...

  • Justin Nozuka at The State

    By on October 1, 2010

    Born in New York, bred in Canada, the 21-year-old, part-Japanese R&B singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka writes playfully complex lyrics atypical of the norm, and he turned...

  • Beethoven’s No. 9 at the NSO

    By on October 1, 2010

    In his first concerts of the regular season, the NSO’s new director Christoph Eschenbach conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, one of classical music’s most-heralded compositions....

  • The Saint Plays at Factory 449

    By on October 1, 2010

    John Moletress directs this Factory 449 production of The Saint Plays, which incorporates six short plays, including two written for this cycle, by Erick Ehn....

  • Chess at Signature Theater

    By on October 1, 2010

    Signature Theatre kicks off its fall season off with the first major production Chess in nearly 20 years and, while some elements feel just a...

  • UMD Symphony Orchestra: White Heat

    By on October 1, 2010

    White Heat features passionate pieces from Sibelius and Tchaikovsky. James Ross conducts the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra. Guest violinist James Stern. Tonight, Friday, Oct....

  • Casiokids at DC9

    By on October 1, 2010

    DC9’s weekly electro-pop Liberation Dance Party presents the Norwegian troupe Casiokids Norwegian troupe, which sprung out of an idea of making electronic music more visual,...

  • Pocket Operas at The In Series

    By on October 1, 2010

    The In Series’s “pocket opera” provocative double-bill of William Bolcom & Arnold Weinstein’s Casino Paridise and Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble In Tahiti provides an evening of...

  • Gleeful Melodies

    By on September 30, 2010

    American Idol helped propel Sara Bareilles's career into the mainstream. Now, the California singer-songwriter is hoping Glee will sustain her fame. Those are exaggerated claims,...

  • Oh, Henry

    By on September 30, 2010

    ''It's amazing how accessible and fun it is. It's not a dry, dusty, old, antique museum of an occasion,'' says the Folger Consort's Robert Eisenstein....

  • Retro Run

    By on September 30, 2010

    With so many playwrights cramming a circus's worth of plot and issues into their pages, it can seem they are writing for an audience with...

  • Hitched to Hillwood

    By on September 30, 2010

    ''With the passage of the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in D.C., it just seemed like a great time to celebrate that newfound right for...

  • Marlena Shaw at Blues Alley

    By on September 29, 2010

    Marlena Shaw’s range, class and swing is often compared to eternal jazz lights like Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington and Nancy Wilson, but Shaw is also...

  • Circle Mirror Transformation at Studio

    By on September 29, 2010

    A series of beautifully drawn vignettes, Circle Mirror Transformation is a clever and smart season opener for Studio Theatre and provides an excellent opportunity for...

  • Sheryl Crow at Strathmore

    By on September 28, 2010

    After honing her brand of rock-pop over the past 20 years, Sheryl Crow has shifted gears for her latest album, 100 Miles From Memphis, an...