Spotlight
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Marc Bamuthi Joseph at Dance Place
Marc Bamuthi Joseph, artistic director of HBO’s documentary “Brave New Voices” series presents solo works, including the break/s and new material from the upcoming red,...
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Strathmore gets Gleeful (Yale style)
One of the world’s most esteemed collegiate choruses, The Yale Glee Club celebrates its 150th season with a gala concert at Strathmore. The program will...
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Frontiers, Journey Tribute band at The State Theatre
Now that Glee has helped revive interest in the ’80s arena rockers, Virginia’s State Theatre invites tribute band Frontiers to conjure up that bygone era...
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Magic at the Washington Stage Guild
The Washington Stage Guild presents the first U.S. production in decades of British essayist and mystery writer G.K. Chesterton’s witty fairy-tale of a comedy Magic....
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Anne Midgette at Politics and Prose
My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music is the story of pianist Leon Fleisher, written with the esteemed Washington Post classical music...
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The Black Cat’s Drink and a Movie Series
The Black Cat offers a free series this week, with a double-feature cult film and specialty drink special each night. “Drink Away The Shame” kicks...
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Trombone Shorty at the 9:30 Club
Troy “Trombone Short” Andrews and his bandmates from the Crescent City merge rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop and soul, or what he calls “supafunkrock.” His latest...
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Strathmore’s Salute to Vienna
Inspired by Vienna’s world-famous Neujahrskonzert concert, Strathmore hosts an afternoon of famous Strauss waltzes, polkas and operatta excerpts on New Year’s Day. Guido Mancusi conducts...
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New Year’s Eve at the Kennedy Center
Usher in the New Year with a dazzling concert at The Kennedy Center. Now in its 16th year, the concert features members of the National...
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Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
The legendary pianist Monty Alexander fuses American jazz and his Jamaican roots in a four decades-long career including work with everyone from Frank Sinatra to...
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The Roots, tonight at the 9:30 Club
What the Philadelphia hip-hop ensemble The Roots lacks in mainstream popular recognition they more than make up for in influence. Combining jazz and soul elements,...
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Fantasia tonight at DAR Constitution Hall
Fantasia Barrino’s Back to Me Tour returns this third-season American Idol winner to D.C. a year after she appeared at the Kennedy Center as Celie...
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ice Wonderland
Bringing to life the 1957 Dr. Seuss holiday classic tale, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ice Wonderland features 10 colorful scenes straight out of the...
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James Brown Death-Mas Holiday Bash
James Brown died on Christmas Day four years ago, so the Black Cat is throwing a party — the James Brown Death-Mas Holiday Bash, helmed...
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A Wrinkle in Time at Round House
Round House Theatre greets the season with A Wrinkle in Time, a show that talks about love and family with more humor and adventure than...
