Spotlight
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Steel Magnolias at the Keegan
Somebody ought to bake a giant Armadillo cake and present it to Keegan Theatre for deciding to close its 2011 season with Robert Harling’s Steel...
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Long View Gallery’s Refresh
Long View Gallery’s Refresh: New Works by Some of Long View’s Best offers new works by Mike Weber, Scott Brooks, Tony Savoie, Michelle Peterson-Albandoz, Anne...
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Tori Amos tix go on sale Friday; special pre-sale event on Thursday
Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 22, for Maryland-native Tori Amos‘s hometown concert at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in December supporting Night of Hunters, a...
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Editor’s Pick: Woolly Mammoth revisits Clybourne Park
Woolly Mammoth reprises its production of Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park, after having won a couple Helen Hayes Awards and this year’s Pulitzer Prize. As Metro...
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Pat Benatar: Hit us with your best shot
Multi-Grammy-winning ’80s hitmaker Pat Benatar, a pioneering woman in rock, is about to go into the studio to record her first album in nearly 20...
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This Afternoon: NatGeo presents Peruvian Films and Dances
In collaboration with the Embassy of Peru, the National Geographic Society presents screenings today of two Peruvian films, each followed by demonstrations of the dances...
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Editor’s Pick: A Perfect Circle, tonight at D.A.R.
An American rock supergroup formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan, A Perfect Circle now includes bassist Matt McJunkins...
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Visit to a Small Planet at American Century Theatre
Gore Vidal lampoons the Cold War and humanity’s self-destructive preoccupation with world domination in Visit to a Small Planet, a 1956 satire originally written for...
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Tonight: Lil Wayne at Jiffy Lube Live
Just a few months after stopping at the Verizon Center, rapper Lil Wayne returns to the region to perform at Jiffy Lube Live. He’s still...
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Angela Winbush at Blues Alley
R&B singer Angela Winbush started her career as a backup singer for Stevie Wonder and then joined in the duo Rene and Angela. She produces...
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Hey, it’s tradition! Fiddler on the Roof at Wolf Trap
A Jewish Sound of Music of sorts and one of Broadway’s cash cows, Fiddler on the Roof was first staged in 1964, as directed and...
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Harry Potter, already breaking records
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 broke the domestic box office record for a midnight opening. The film took in a whopping $43.5...
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Country Gold: Miranda Lambert, tonight at Merriweather
She may have only come in third during the first season of the USA Network’s Nashville Star, in 2003, but Miranda Lambert is arguably the...
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The Man Who Fell to Earth 35th Anniversary Print restores missing 20 minutes
Nicolas Roeg’s dazzling, visionary sci-fi allegory, The Man Who Fell to Earth stars, David Bowie in his cinematic debut. The pop icon played a space...
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Synetic hosts The Second City
The Second City, Chicago’s legendary comedy theater troupe, stops by Virginia’s Synetic Theater to regale the audience in some of the best sketches, songs and...
