All posts by Randy Shulman
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Tears for Fears at the 9:30 Club
Yes, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith — aka Tears for Fears — are still together. In fact, six years ago the ’80s hitmakers (“Everybody Wants...
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The Savannah Disputation at Olney Theatre
In the contemporary comedy The Savannah Disputation, a Pentecostal missionary gets more than she bargains for when she drops in on two Catholic spinsters and...
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Patrik, Age 1.5 at The Landmark E Street Cinemas
A Metro Weekly Critic’s Pick when it screened at last year’s Reel Affirmations, this Swedish film focuses on a gay couple settling down in the...
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The Femme Show at DC Center
Johnny Blazes, Maggie Cee, Geppetta, M. Hanora, Rachel Kahn, Mylene St Pierre plus the local artist Natalie Illum explore gender, queerness and sexuality in this...
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Passing Strange at The Studio Theatre Secondstage
A piece of theater that moves more like a troubadour’s ballad than a rock musical, Studio Theatre’s production of Passing Strange defies easy classification every...
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Arturo Sandoval at Blues Alley
A protege of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Cuban-born Arturo Sandoval was granted political asylum in the U.S. 20 years ago. He’s revered as...
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The Great Typo Hunt at Borders
In The Great Typo Hunt, Benjamin Herson and Jeff Deck humorously document their drive around the the U.S. fixing typos in public signage using markers,...
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Mary Chapin Carpenter at Wolf Trap
“Hometown Girl” Mary Chapin Carpenter returns to Wolf Trap (where she’s performed 16 times) for the first time in five years, and for the first...
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Shakespeare Theatre’s Free for All
The Shakespeare Theatre Company presents this year’s 20th annual “Free for All” production with 22 performances of Twelfth Night, more than double last year’s number....
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Erin McKeown at the Kennedy Center
The folk-pop singer-songwriter Erin McKeownreleased her last album, 2009’s Hundreds of Lions, on Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records label, and opened for DiFranco earlier this...
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Cabaret at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
On Thursday, Aug. 19, the Atlas Gay 101 Film Series presents Cabaret, Bob Fosse’s 1972 film based on Kander and Ebb’s musical and starring Liza...
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Orlando at the Landmark E Street Cinemas
The gender-bending Orlando, based on a Virginia Woolf novel, starred the late Quentin Crisp — playing Queen Elizabeth! — as well as Billy Zane and,...
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Chess at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre presents the first major production of Chess, the 26-year-old rock musical with music by the men of ABBA, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson,...
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Attention Sports fans! Dave Zirin at Politics and Prose
Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love rails against the arrogance of team owners of professional sports leagues, who care more about...
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Lalah Hathaway at The Birchmere
Daughter of soul singer Donny Hathaway and classically trained vocalist Eulaulah Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway is a contemporary R&B and jazz singer, now part of the...
