All posts by Randy Shulman
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Pianist Tzimon Barto with the NSO
Christoph Escenbach conducts the NSO and guest pianist Tzimon Barto in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, plus a few pieces from Bernstein. Then, actor Richard Dreyfuss reads...
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Return to Haifa at Theater J
A gripping drama from Tel Aviv’s Cameri Theatre, Return to Haifa follows a young soldier torn between his Palestinian birth parents who fled Haifa during...
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Maria La O & Pagliacci at The InSeries
The In Series’s latest “pocket opera” powerhouse double-bill of passion, betrayal and revenge, features Ernesto Lecuona’s Cuban zarzuela masterpiece Maria la O and Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s...
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
What if Mr. Darcy was just Darcy? That question is essentially answered in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, a pre-Victorian era lesbian love...
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Genesis at The Warehouse
Winner of Best Drama at the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival, Genesis returns for an eight-show engagement at the Warehouse at an opportune time, as it...
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Symmetries at Long View Gallery
“Symmetries” features photographs from Ernesto Santalla’s collage series, uniquely documenting Washington’s record-breaking snows of 2010. Santalla trudged through the inhibitive landscape, camera in hand, capturing...
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Yo La Tengo at the 9:30 Club
Based in Hoboken, N.J., Yo La Tengo, the long-lasting indie-rock band with an extensive catalogue and a devoted fan base will perform a set that...
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Chicago City Limits at Wolf Trap
Hailed by the New York Times as “perfect masters of improvisation,” Chicago City Limits relies on the audience for inspiration in America Idles, a new...
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Chely Wright at The Birchmere
Country star Chely Wright returns for a second area performance since she came out and energized last year’s Capital Pride — which happened right after...
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The B-52s at the 9:30 Club
The B-52s, the frolicking foursome from Athens, Ga., with three gay members — Keith Strickland, Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson — are as festive and...
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ABT at the Kennedy Center
The American Ballet Theatre performs a premiere by Alexei Ratmansky, “The Bright Stream,” as well as a mixed-repertory program part of a Center-wide celebration of...
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The Bach Sinfonia presents Gut, Wind and Wire
The Sinfonia’s annual chamber concert features Gut, Wind and Wire, a trio made up of three founding and current members of the Baltimore Consort, in...
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Chee-Yun with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Violinist Chee-Yun returns to perform Walton’s Violin Concerto, in a program with Bernstein’s Overture to Candide and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9. Saturday, Jan. 15, at...
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Magic at the Washington Stage Guild
The Washington Stage Guild presents the first U.S. production in decades of Magic, British essayist and mystery writer G.K. Chesterton’s witty fairy-tale of a comedy....
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Bobcat Goldthwait at the Arlington Drafthouse
Yes, he’s like that all the time — or at least, the high-pitched comedian Goldthwait has been doing standup since he was still in high...
