All posts by Doug Rule
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Robyn and Royksopp now collaborate as if they were one band
Robyn and Royksopp team up
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Some Serious Drag
Bea Arthur played the role of Lucy Brown in the 1954 off-Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera. “If Bea Arthur could do it, then I figured...
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Studio Theatre offers Mike Bartlett’s play, “Cock,” poking at sex, identity
The Studio Theatre presents Cock
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Life’s a Cabaret
Joey Arias returns to L'Enfant Cafe, where "anything could happen"
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Anthony Dortch’s offers sexually charged art at Vitruvian Gallery
“People are very surprised,” says local mixed-media artist Anthony Dortch, whose new exhibit, Come Play With Me, recently opened at the Vitruvian Gallery. “It’s not my typical style.”...
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Star Attraction: Laura Benanti’s ties to GMCW extend beyond song and dance
Laura Benanti remembers having a slight existential crisis as a kid. “What is this world that I live in? What is this horrible place where...
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Indoor Puppy Playground
On a recent Friday afternoon nearly a dozen dogs, guided by their owners, were put through the paces of an indoor obstacle course in a...
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Homegrown Edibles
“It’s an attractive houseplant, but it’s also edible.” That’s not something lifelong horticulturist Jonathan Bardzik gets to say very often. In fact, during a conversation...
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Worth Every Penny
Rick Hammerly hisses at Erin Driscoll early in Act 2 of Signature Theatre’s The Threepenny Opera. Yes, the veteran local actor really and truly hisses...
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Vaunted Villain
As he started work on HBO’s True Blood,actor Denis O’Hare was instructed that vampires don’t touch each other. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, fuck...
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Moving Tribute
The day after Sean Dorsey’s very first dance at dance school, the school’s director “informed me that my work, quote, ‘made people very uncomfortable.'” This,...
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Guitar Queen
“What can I do with just 10 fingers that will wow people?” Years after Rolling Stone heralded her one of its “New Guitar Gods” and...
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Unconventional Queer Fest
After years of producing a queer prom, Eboné Bell decided to kick things up a notch and launch a full-day LGBT convention-type event. From workshops...
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Zoo Story
On Saturday, May 3, in addition to the usual draws — from pandas to monkeys — the National Zoo will also be overrun with animals...
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Levi’s Cafe Commitment
If it weren’t for Brenda Lee, Levi Kreis would likely not be making his D.C. theater debut with Smokey Joe’s Café at Arena Stage. “I...
