All posts by Randy Shulman
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The Roches at The Birchmere
“ is so steeped in the history of The Roches, it’s just a natural extension ,” Suzzy Roche told Metro Weekly...
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WIT’s Seasonal Disorder
Washington Improv Theater’s annual holiday extravaganza features shows based on audience suggestions, showing you the good, the bad and the ugly of the season —...
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Central Michel Richard’s New Menu Taste Tests
On 15 consecutive nights at the bar, Central Michel Richard‘s chef de cuisine Arthur Cavaliere gives away free samples of a different new dish each...
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The Nightlife Coverboy: A Brief History
You can blame it all on Ed Bailey. During the early days of Metro Weekly, Ed, who at the time ran VelvetNation and now co-owns...
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A Christmas Carol at Ford’s
Ford’s Theatre remounts its music-filled production of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Michael Wilson and directed by Michael Baron. Edward Gero returns...
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Candide at The Shakespeare Theatre
Candide is the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s first musical theater performance at Sidney Harman Hall. The comic operetta boasts music by Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story)...
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Liz Phair at the 9:30 Club
Best known for her 1993 album Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair fused lo-fi indie rock production techniques with the sensibility and structure of classic singer/songwriters....
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A John Waters Christmas at The Birchmere
An encore performance after last year’s sellout success, legendary Baltimore filmmaker John Waters returns to the Birchmere in his one-man show motivated by a genuine...
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Helen Hayes Awards Showtunes & Cocktails
Pianist Glenn Pearson and special guests from Washington theater stages perform an evening of showtunes, with a portion of the proceeds from specialty cocktails and...
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Lucia Perillo at The Folger
The Folger Shakespeare Library invites the entertaining and enlightening poet Lucia Perillo to discuss her work and pay tribute to Emily Dickinson’s birthday. Poetry Society...
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A Broadway Christmas Carol at MetroStage
“Deck the halls with lots of showtunes,” Donna Migliaccio sings in the opening number of A Broadway Christmas Carol. And that, she does. By the...
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A Girl’s Guide to Washington Politics at Woolly Mammoth
Following on last year’s hit, Barack Stars, Chicago’s notorious and uproarious The Second City returns with A Girl’s Guide to Washington Politics, a new political...
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Christmas Movie Festival at The Arlington Cinema ‘N Drafthouse
Certainly one of the region’s most entertaining places to see a movie — since there’s table service with food and alcohol — the Arlington Cinema...
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Alexis Rockman at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow focuses on one of the first contemporary artists to build his career around exploring environmental issues, from evolutionary biology...
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Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison Holiday Show
In 2003, Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison, two married country music singer-songwriters who you may remember as stars in Claritin commercials from a few years...
