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  • Mighty Kylie

    By on April 8, 2011

    Kylie Minogue is coming back for more. The international superstar only properly toured North America for the first time two years ago, more than two...

  • Gurls Gone Wild

    By on April 6, 2011

    Ashliana Rowe's mother helped her daughter choose a stage name -- to use in performing burlesque. ''I actually emailed my mom,'' says Rowe. '''Mom, I...

  • Taking Liberty

    By on April 6, 2011

    It's a small world, after all. No, there are no animated dolls serenading you about global peace and world unity in a trip around Ford's...

  • Pop Seduction

    By on April 6, 2011

    Britney Spears just wants to fuck. Is that so wrong? All throughout Femme Fatale, her new seventh studio set, Spears talks about getting it on...

  • Queer Ear

    By on April 6, 2011

    Susan Werner trained to be an opera singer, but admits she ''was a little too much of an introvert.'' She wasn't loud enough. Instead, Werner...

  • Mobile Drinks

    By on March 31, 2011

    Want a happy hour drink at a non-happy hour time of day? There's an app for that. ''BarTab is an app that allows users to...

  • Lights Up

    By on March 31, 2011

    The American musical wasn't born overnight. Like any art form, it came to be in fits and starts. Even today, some audience members -- and...

  • Short Rounds

    By on March 31, 2011

    Composer Ricky Ian Gordon's brief relationship with the late Jeffrey Grossi in the mid-'90s provided, if not a lifetime, then at least a few years'...

  • Cherry Blast!

    By on March 31, 2011

    ''I'm really glad Cherry stepped out and got Oscar G, somebody a little bit different as far as the gay circuit goes,'' says Alyson Calagna....

  • Scoring Sondheim

    By on March 23, 2011

    Anthony De Mare prefers to know the score before seeing a show. '' I used to just go to the record store and...

  • Feeling Alright

    By on March 23, 2011

    Jennifer Hudson has done it. She's managed to persevere through some of the most tragic personal experiences a human can face -- chiefly, the murder...

  • Cutting Crew

    By on March 23, 2011

    Last year Cut Copy turned down Lady Gaga. ''We were literally in the middle of making our record and we couldn't commit to a year...

  • Bountiful Journey

    By on March 23, 2011

    There's a key reason to see The Trip to Bountiful currently at Round House Theatre in Bethesda and it's not what you might think. Or...

  • Classical Music

    By on March 17, 2011

    ARTISPHERE 1101 Wilson Blvd.Arlington, Va.703-875-1100artisphere.com UrbanArias Festival -- Three new short operas, including Ricky Ian Gordon's retelling of Orpheus and Euridice, Gordon's Green Sneakers, a...

  • Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz

    By on March 17, 2011

    1ST MARINER ARENA 201 West Baltimore St.Baltimore, Md.410-727-7811 baltimorearena.com Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross & Travis Barker (3/20)Elton John (3/26)Trans-Siberian Orchestra (4/15)Rush (4/22)New Kids...