All posts by Randy Shulman
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Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
The legendary pianist Monty Alexander fuses American jazz and his Jamaican roots in a four decades-long career including work with everyone from Frank Sinatra to...
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The Year in Scene 2010
Picture it: Washington. 2003. A buoyant, long-haired guy walks into a magazine's offices. He's looking to buy a photo of himself in the starting lineup...
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The Roots, tonight at the 9:30 Club
What the Philadelphia hip-hop ensemble The Roots lacks in mainstream popular recognition they more than make up for in influence. Combining jazz and soul elements,...
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Fantasia tonight at DAR Constitution Hall
Fantasia Barrino’s Back to Me Tour returns this third-season American Idol winner to D.C. a year after she appeared at the Kennedy Center as Celie...
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ice Wonderland
Bringing to life the 1957 Dr. Seuss holiday classic tale, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ice Wonderland features 10 colorful scenes straight out of the...
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James Brown Death-Mas Holiday Bash
James Brown died on Christmas Day four years ago, so the Black Cat is throwing a party — the James Brown Death-Mas Holiday Bash, helmed...
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A Wrinkle in Time at Round House
Round House Theatre greets the season with A Wrinkle in Time, a show that talks about love and family with more humor and adventure than...
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Washington Ballet’s Nutcracker closes this Sunday
Seven years ago, The Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre refashioned The Nutcracker to be a tribute to the nation’s capital, starring George Washington as the heroic...
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Good for the Jews
A musical-comedy duo from New York, Rob Tannenbaum and David Fagin are “putting the Ha! in Hanukkah” on Christmas Eve with Good for the Jews,...
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All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam
Now in its 12th year, Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage presents the All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam, a free concert with host and vibraphonist Chuck Redd,...
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Colors of the Oasis at The Textile Museum
Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats focuses on 19th century Central Asian dresses for both men and women distinguished by bold, original designs using...
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O’Malley’s March
Fresh from winning reelection, handsome Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley takes a break from politics and brandishes his guitar for a night of Celtic rock and...
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every tongue confess at Arena Stage
On the surface, Marcus Gardley has written with every tongue confess a kind of Southern fairy tale about hatred and racism and rejection in this...
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Godard in the Sixties
Largely unseen in the U.S. due to rights issues, the West End Cinema is screening Jean-Luc Godard’s Made In U.S.A. for the first time ever...
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The National Zoo’s Zoolights
Now in its fourth year, Smithsonian’s National Zoo presents ZooLights, in which colorful Christmas lights illuminate life-sized animal silhouettes, dancing trees, buildings and walkways. All...
