Arts + Entertainment
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Women in Love
A modern sad-funny tale of a love that fails to launch, Rajiv Joseph’s play Gruesome Playground Injuries ranks as a small but, in its way,...
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Diva Mentality
''I think Lady Gaga still hasn't quite reached diva status yet,'' says Christopher Peterson. ''She hasn't had the big hit yet. She was great at...
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String Theory
Ever seen a human crochet? ''They'll crochet directly on bodies, and entangle and connect them,'' explains J.S. Adams of Laura Craig Mason and Cynthia Combs's...
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New Age
The 28-year-old gay composer Nico Muhly is already starting to feel old. ''The fact that I have a body of work makes me feel like...
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Fluff for Fans
Dear Sex and the City fans: Cheers! Everything you could have possibly wanted in a sequel to the first film, as a continuation of the...
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Pride Matchmaker
Need a date for Pride? Kim Rosenberg to the rescue. ''We're partnering with Capital Pride to kick off Pride for singles,'' says Rosenberg, president of...
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Ophelia Outing
It is perhaps especially true for opera that there is a reason that some are not often staged. In the case of Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet,...
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Naked Talent
There are two ways that this can go. This review could spend a lot of time framing Ganymede Arts' new production of the musical review...
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Cutting Edge
''You wanted a hit, but maybe we don't do hits. I try and try, it ends up feeling kind of wrong,'' James Murphy sings matter-of-factly...
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Big-Screen Crime
Robin Hood and Little John walkin' through the forest … oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly what a bore! A great deal of nostalgia will be felt for...
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Feast and Famine
There is something about Hadar Galron's Mikveh that seems familiar. This would not seem so strange were it not for the fact that Theater J's...
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Explosive Finale
One of the more traditional ways of celebrating an event of particular significance is with a champagne toast -- a fleet of slender flute glasses...
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Whistling Dixie
Ever wonder what the Dixie Chicks would sound like without lead singer Natalie Maines? Well, now we know: Sheryl Crow. Crow is actually nowhere to...
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Reassembled Lives
''As a child growing up in Missouri I would play in old, abandoned Victorian homes,'' says Mike Weber. ''I think that's where my fascination started...
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Young Bucks
There is nothing rotten – though there are some slightly malodorous bits – in Folger Theatre's state of Denmark. Folger's new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet...
