All posts by Doug Rule
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Flamenco Fantasies
''I will be the gay advocate flamenco dancer for all of us,'' laughs Edwin Aparicio. In fact, he already is. Among other pursuits, the 35-year-old...
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The Elf Word
''I'm not the happy elf,'' says Michael Rupert. ''I'm the grouchy elf.'' He's talking about his role in Adventure Theatre's The Happy Elf. ''I play...
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Blues Alley
Cyndi Lauper calls for greater LGBT activism as her cure for the blues. ''Everybody should be active right now. Everybody should be helping in any...
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Indestructible Pop
“I got a little girl singing on repeat in my head, oh-oh,” Robyn sings, on the wicked tune “None of Dem.” For much of 2010,...
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Scottish Muse
''I've always been a very, very vivid dreamer,'' says singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. ''It's a great source of interest for me.'' Dreams inspired Tunstall's first...
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New Wings
''My whole life has been making sure I ran the Eagle properly,'' says Bill Cappello. And that he has certainly done: This weekend, the DC...
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Crazy Good
Last year, British star Lily Allen caused a stir with an impossibly sweet-sounding song called ''Fuck You.'' The title alone was an attention-grabber, of course....
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Crystal City
''The question we've had all week long,'' says Lia Halloran of the large ''crystals'' currently on display at Arlington's Artisphere, '' what are these made...
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Angels Heart
A production of Angels In America -- in the mountains of Virginia? ''There's always been a hesitation because the traditional audience is fairly conservative,'' says...
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Peruvian Power
Michael Brandon's mother grounded his plans years ago to join the Air Force. Literally. ''I walked in to the recruiting office in Rockville,'' he recalls....
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Clinic Preps Fall Function
Next Friday, Nov. 12, the Whitman-Walker Clinic will give Dr. Shannon Hader its first-ever Community Service Award ''in recognition of the tremendous work she's done...
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Homecoming Tribute
As early as 1955, Anna Sokolow refused to alter her choreography with a gay sequence for a concert. ''She was a Jewish, straight white woman....
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Surreal Life
Scott G. Brooks was so inspired by people's frustration with President Obama and the Democrats, he put Glenn Beck in a painting. Actually, Beck wasn't...
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Drumming Decades
''My passion for the group grows every time I'm with them,'' says Joe Bello of D.C.'s Different Drummers. Bello is not the only one. This...
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Golden Silence
Mummenschanz is now in its 38th year. ''It sounds so important when we number the years,'' says the European performance art company's Floriana Frassetto, ''but...
