All posts by Randy Shulman
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Yuri’s Night: Space Holiday at the Artisphere!
Intended as a “holiday for space,” the annual event Yuri’s Night celebrates the world’s first manned space flight by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in the...
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Le Corsaire at The Washington Ballet
The Washington Ballet performs Anna-Marie Holmes’s production of Marius Petipa’s 19th century Le Corsaire, a swashbuckling adventure of pirates, pashas and the slave girls who...
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Tim McGraw gets Emotional
For all you country fans out there (D.C. Cowboys, you know who you are), Live Nation just announced that Tim McGraw’s Emotional Traffic Tour will...
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Teddy Thompson at the 9:30 Club
One of our personal favorites, with a tenor as sweet and transfixing as they come, Teddy Thompson is the folk-rock son of Richard and Linda...
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Arthur: remade, refashioned, rebranded
Playing a rich, spoiled brat doesn’t seem to be much of a stretch for Russell Brand, but who cares? We know he can be funny...
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Just announced: Signature’s new season includes Hairspray and Xanadu
Signature Theatre, in Arlington, Va. announced its 2011-2012 season today and among the surprises: Hairspray, the Broadway musical based on the 1988 John Waters film,...
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Hot Pick: Photograph 51
Anna Ziegler’s new drama Photograph 51, chronicles the frenzied chase to find the DNA molecule’s structure by focusing on Jewish female scientist Rosalind Franklin, whose...
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The Washington Chorus: Elena Ruehr
Julian Wachner directs The Washington Chorus in its third annual New Music for a New Age concert. This year’s featured composer is Elena Ruehr, known...
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Hot Pick: UrbanArias Festival
UrbanArias is a new opera company dedicated to producing short, contemporary operas. Its inaugural festival launches this weekend with fifteen different events and three short...
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Hot Pick: Dakshina at Dance Place
For its annual Dance Place performance, the Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company presents a mixed program of dance, including Anna Sokolow’s solo pieces Kaddish and...
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Last weekend to catch Blue Man Group
Yes, they’re bluer than blue. And they’re just about the most engaging avant-garde theatrical experience out there. Blue Man Group offers an escape from the...
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Arachne Aerial Arts fly into Joe’s Movement Emporium
With “Flyaway,” Arachne Aerial Arts, showcases some of the most innovative aerial talent in the region at Joe’s Movement Emporium. It’s all part of a...
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Metronomy’s new single: The Look
Check out the new music video — The Look — from the UK band, Metronomy. It’s a bit minimal musically (and, to be honest, visually),...
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Ira Glass comes to Lisner
Ira Glass, the host of public radio’s This American Life talks about his dalliances with television — specifically what he and his staff learned and...
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Atlas’s Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor
The Atlas Performing Arts Center has quickly organized a screening of several of the more memorable films starring the late, great Elizabeth Taylor. The Whitman...
