All posts by Doug Rule
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Reckoning Ball
Heather McEntire has a sweet, pristine voice that recalls country antecedents, from Alison Krauss to Dolly Parton. Yet McEntire was essentially an adult before anyone...
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Michael Cavanaugh Channels Elton John with NSO Pops
A few years ago Michael Cavanaugh, star of the Billy Joel-focused Broadway musical Movin’ Out, performed a Joel-inspired concert with his rock band and the...
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‘God Loves Uganda’ Opens Today
First screened locally earlier this year during the DC Black Pride Film Festival, the documentary God Loves Uganda from Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams (pictured, right) opens...
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Victorian-Flavored Frights
'' I spent a lot of time working on tall ships and traveling,'' Sabrina Mandell says. No, Mandell, founder of Happenstance Theater Company, isn't...
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3 Gay-Related Plays to See This Weekend
This weekend is your last chance to see two of the biggest — and best — gay-themed plays staged in D.C. in a long time....
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Russian Riot
''Without your fear, you can do anything,'' Russian singer Louisine Gevorkian shouts on her rock band Louna's blistering punk jam ''Fight Club.'' Gevorkian also urges...
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Couples, Killed and Comedic
Surely no one needs a spoiler alert about Romeo and Juliet. After all, what is probably William Shakespeare's most popular and most accessible play is...
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Boo Binge
Halloween isn't until next Thursday, Oct. 31, but around these parts this will be a Halloweek -- with a full week's worth of entertainment, from...
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John Legend Brings His ‘Love’ to D.C. Tonight
One of the best among today’s bright class of R&B crooners, and one who also isn’t afraid to sound old-fashioned, the 34-year-old man born John...
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It’s a Mid City Artists Weekend
Twice a year, a diverse group of professional visual artists working in mid-city neighborhoods, centered on 14th Street NW and including Dupont and Logan Circles...
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Emeli Sande at Baltimore’s Meyerhoff Hall Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 19, I.M.P. Productions presents another area show for Emeli Sandé, the incredible Scottish soul singer/songwriter who dazzled as one of this year’s...
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Getting to the Bottom of ‘Gay Art’
Tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 19, the director of New York’s Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art comes to town to answer the question that most...
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REVIEW: Janelle Monae’s Truly ‘Electric’ Show
“Tonight you will dance or die,” an announcer said at the top of Janelle Monae’s truly electric show this past Monday night, Oct. 14, giving...
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UPDATED: Electronic Eccentricity
''I wanted to be a musician ever since I was four,'' Nika Danilova says. And by age 13, Danilov, an American of Ukrainian descent, had...
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Patty Boom Boom Throws Support to ‘Battis’ Tonight
Tonight ushers in the third edition of a party at U Street nightclub Patty Boom Boom meant to celebrate tropical music genres while also advocating...
