Arts + Entertainment
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Victorian Plunge
When a play arrives emanating even the vaguest whiff of the avant garde, even a theatergoing stalwart, finger poised over the ''buy tickets'' button, may...
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Viral Campaign
Sometimes advertising becomes art. Case in point: Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell's Soup cans. Thinking broadly, Jeff McElhaney's advertising campaigns of the 1980s and '90s might...
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Moon Men
Better than the first one. Still sucks. That's the distilled version for those who are sick and tired of hearing about ''The Twilight Saga'' and...
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Tears Worth Shedding
When it comes to the word precious and movies, it's tough not to think of a kidnapped girl trapped in a hole trying to lure...
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Show Time
At a time when the heavy bass of shows like Passing Strange and In the Heights and Rock of Ages are setting Converse-shod feet to...
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Punk Doll
Amanda Palmer is nothing if not unpredictable. Amanda Palmer ''I like mixing up music and lyrics in ways that are confusing to compel the listener,''...
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Gift of Gab
''Tonight I'm recording – ahem – a holiday CD,'' Kathy Griffin says at the top of her new recorded set, Suckin' It For The Holidays....
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Open Your Art
The 16th Annual Art for Life art auction and exhibit benefiting Whitman-Walker Clinic marks the fifth time local gay artist Bill Mould is participating in...
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Brute Force
The folks at The Keegan Theater have brought Of Mice and Men, that bane of high school sophomores everywhere, to the stage of their new...
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Ol' Blue Eyes
''She's the one who really encouraged us to get married,'' says singer-pianist Michael Feinstein, referring to his ''close friend'' Judith ''Judge Judy'' Sheindlin. Judge Judy...
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Perpetual Motion
It's often smaller companies who try for the kind of experimental staging that defies the usual juxtaposition between audience and players. In last season's Small...
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Classic Fare
Go ahead. You know you're dying to do it. ''STEEEELLLLLAAAAAA!!'' Kennedy Center seats for Sydney Theatre Company's A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by film icon...
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Parting Glances
Even in his final days, Michael Jackson's crotch grabs were awkward and excessive. And the man came across as a bit creepy and gangly –...
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Earned Wings
''The sort of plays we produce,'' says Forum Theatre artistic director Michael Dove, ''are incredibly theatrical. plays that ask really big questions, that tackle...
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Pop Circus
When Mika first emerged on the pop scene a couple years ago with Life In Cartoon Motion you could hear echoes of many of his...
