All posts by Randy Shulman
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Capital Pride Parade 2011 [video]
It was a very happy Pride indeed, as the jubilant 2011 Capital Pride Parade wound its way through Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 11. We...
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Dakshina Dance Company – Win Tickets!
Daniel Patrick Singh’s company presents the U.S. premiere of Anna Sokolow’s Homenaje a David Alfaro Siquieros, an interdisciplinary piece incorporating slides from Siqueiros’ paintings, poems...
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Bela Fleck and the Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Grammy-winning, genre-busting bluegrass/folk ensemble Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is the headline act here, but we’re even more excited by one of two opening...
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The Merchant of Venice at The Shakespeare
Ethan McSweeney directs The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s compelling look at human nature and the insidious nature of power, justice and revenge. The Shakespeare Theatre...
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Editor’s Pick: Next to Normal
The 2009 Tony-winning musical and winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Next to Normal is a tour de force examination of contemporary life....
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Source of the arts
Source Theatre’s annual theater festival presents both theater and dance as well as music, visual art, film and spoken word. The 2011 festival includes 18...
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Getting personal at the Smithsonian
Close to Home: Photographers and Their Families presents photographs made during the past three decades by both established and emerging artists turning the lenses on...
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Passione: A Musical Adventure
In addition to his role in the latest Transformers blockbuster opening this week, actor-director John Turturro offers Passione: A Musical Adventure, a documentary celebrating the...
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Scena theatre presents Purge
Scena Theatre presents the regional premiere of Finnish rising star Sofi Oksanen’s latest play, Purge, an emotionally powerful fable of war, passion and a woman’s...
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Mamma Mia at Wolf Trap
The popular ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia reportedly has more productions playing internationally than any other musical. Catherine Johnson’s sunny tale set on a Greek...
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The Terminator Gets the Raspberry Treatment
The Raspberry Brothers, a trio of Brooklyn comedians, return to the Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse to offer commentary, Mystery Science Theater-style, during a screening of...
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Editor’s Pick: David Cale’s History of Kisses
David Cale’s one-man show The History of Kisses focuses on seaside shanties, or work songs that sailors sing to help distract them from their arduous...
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The “No Scrubs” ’90s Dance Party
D.C.’s most-visible straight-club DJ, Will Eastman, of Bliss and Blisspop dance parties fame, has teamed with Brian Billion for this popular event of “guilty pleasures...
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Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts find love in Larry Crowe
In Larry Crowne, an aimless, unemployed man, played by Tom Hanks, goes back to college and gains more than just book smarts. He also gains...
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The Transformers are Back, and they’re gearing to fight
More Michael Bay-sized explosions are promised in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the third installment of the popular franchise. The movie takes the 1969 Apollo...
