All posts by Doug Rule
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Bird Watching
Right now, a play about gay penguins -- and more broadly, gay marriage -- is playing at a small, relatively new theater in Fairfax County....
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Oklahomo
''I think being in the Midwest, people don't expect it to be quite like that, but in Tulsa there's just a lot of support,'' says...
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Team Work
As general manager for the past 14 years, Joey Oldaker, known as Joey-O, helped shape many memories of the club originally known as Badlands. But...
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Thanks for the Memories
What do you remember about Badlands and Apex? ''When I started at Badlands in 1993 there were two walled-in alcoves where the main bars [off...
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Rock Out
I know what you're thinking. A jukebox musical with cheesy rock and noisy hair metal from the '80s? Starring Constantine Maroulis, an American Idol also-ran...
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Sizzlin' Good Stuff
The theater world is on notice: In a few weeks, a past season's worth of understudies at Signature Theatre will take the stage in a...
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Koz Celebre
A random shirtless guy ran right through a video shoot for smooth jazz artist Dave Koz's new single, ''This Guy's In Love With You.'' ''He...
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Wedding Singer
''I put together this program before ,'' says Steven Blier, ''but now that it has, the program has a different meaning...
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Queer as Folk
Guitarist Anne McCue's first live performance was at a pool party in her native Sydney, Australia. ''We were so shy,'' she says of her first...
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Hiding the Bacon
''We have very loyal football fans, and there was just about a rumble,'' says Doug Schantz, owner of Nellie's Sports Bar. Schantz is referring to...
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Beyoncé Blunders
''My persuasion can build a nation,'' Beyoncé sings on ''Run The World (Girls),'' the first single from her new album, 4. She's speaking in broad...
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Required Viewing
''The real difference between last year and this year,'' says Scott Kenison, founding chief operating officer of the Atlas Performing Arts Center, ''is that this...
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A Charming Pride
Last Saturday, June 18, Baltimore may have seen its last Pride block party at its traditional Mount Vernon location. If that turns out to be...
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Peruvian Struggle
It might sound silly or superficial, but you just might fall in love with actor and dancer José Manuel Ozuna-Báez, who's starring in GALA Hispanic...
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Jewish Angst
''For me, music has always been about the opposite of parents,'' says singer-songwriter Dan Fishback. ''I listened to music as a teenager to escape...
