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  • Small Wonder

    By on March 4, 2010

    Once upon a time there was a young director named Tim Burton, and he created wonderfully bizarre and macabre worlds populated by a boy with...

  • Easy Pickings

    By on March 4, 2010

    Most of the Oscar winners this year are sure-things. There, I did it. All of my Oscar picks for the year are cursed and I'm...

  • Jewish Soupçon

    By on March 4, 2010

    ''I think if one were to ask Andy Warhol about the impact he's had on Josh Kornbluth in finding his Jewish identity, he would be...

  • Soap Opera Expressionism

    By on February 27, 2010

    ''Sometimes the resentment still comes up,'' says Thom Bierdz. ''But I believe in life after death, so I believe that mom's okay, just somewhere else.''...

  • Mystery Man

    By on February 24, 2010

    There are so many mysteries on the island that it feels like you're never going to get any answers. Is there a safe way off?...

  • Tattooed Troubadour

    By on February 24, 2010

    Egos were checked at the January ''Hope for Haiti'' concert telethon, with none of the performers identified by name. It was a small gesture of...

  • Crowning Achivement

    By on February 24, 2010

    There are a litany of reasons to see both Richard II and Henry V, currently in rep at the Shakespeare Theatre. Among them, the joy...

  • Nirvana

    By on February 24, 2010

    Here are the top five reasons to make your way to the DC Arts Center in Adams Morgan to check out Landless Theatre Co.'s production...

  • Latino Flair

    By on February 17, 2010

    There is an undeniable excitement that comes from talking to playwright Nilo Cruz. It's not a kind of idol worship. Not the realization that one...

  • Bloodshed, Bigotry and Beauty

    By on February 17, 2010

    Signature Theatre's Sweeney Todd is a nightmare drawn by Edward Gorey and colored by a shipwrecked orchestra. A lonely fairy tale featuring a peculiar assortment...

  • Money Pit

    By on February 17, 2010

    Although there will, without doubt, be many advantages to the Washington Shakespeare Company's move next season to the high-profile theatrical spaces of Rosslyn's Art Space...

  • The Joy of Sax

    By on February 17, 2010

    Joshua Redman had no intention of becoming a world-renowned, award-winning jazz musician. ''I didn't go to undergraduate for music – I was going to go...

  • Mysterious Island

    By on February 17, 2010

    There are so many mysteries on the island, it feels like you're never going to get any answers. Is there a way off the island?...

  • Tegan & Sara

    By on February 10, 2010

    Tegan and Sara Quin actually look like twins on the cover of Sainthood. ''For years we rejected this twin image, people always trying to twin...

  • Pyramidic Victory

    By on February 10, 2010

    If rumors of Synetic Theater's Euro-Slavic techno scores, not-so-classical dancing, and penchant for interpreting Shakespeare minus the spoken word have repelled rather than attracted you,...