All posts by Randy Shulman
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Charade at The National Theatre
The National Theatre focuses its Summer Cinema 2010 on the films of Cary Grant, including Charade, Stanley Donen’s 1963 romantic thriller co-starring Audrey Hepburn and...
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Yoso at the State Theatre
“The voice of TOTO — the magic of YES” is how this “super-group” of ’80s-era classic rock is billed. TOTO vocalist Bobby Kimball and YES’s...
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Jellybean Benitez at the U Street Music Hall
The original Madonna producer, responsible for “Holiday” — and also notable for early dance-pop numbers from Whitney Houston — Benitez was one of the first...
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Avenue Q at The Shakespeare Theatre
Despite the time that’s passed since Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty first sent their profanity-spewing puppets on stage to deliver such toe-tappers as...
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Suddenly, Last Summer at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
Tonight, Thursday, Aug. 12, brings Suddenly, Last Summer, the 1959 melodrama and mystery based on a play by Tennessee Williams, with a screenplay co-written by...
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Jiffy Lube Live’s Special KISS Deal Day
Who doesn’t crave a little KISS? The band, not the thing you do with tongues. Well… actually, KISS the band does things with tongues, if...
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Rufus and Martha Wainwright at Strathmore
Siblings Rufus and Martha Wainwright, spawn of Canadian folk legends Loudon Wainwright III and the late Kate McGarrigle, are jointly touring in support of new...
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Studio Theatre’s Annual Garage Sale
As part of the 11th Annual Mid City Dog Days of August Sidewalk Sale, the Studio Theatre hosts this annual sale featuring items from productions...
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Noises Off at the Keegan Theatre
Keegan Theatre’s decision to punch up the summer season with Noises Off, packed with horseplay and good humor (including quirky double playbills) is as smart...
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Winnebago Man at the Avalon Theatre
For the documentary Winnebago Man, filmmaker Ben Steinbauer went in search of Jack Rebney, unintended star of one of the Internet’s first viral videos and...
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The Kids Are All Right at Area Theaters
The modern family in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right is more than just funny. They’re also quirky, endearing, flawed, and entirely believable. And,...
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Arcade Fire at Merriweather Post Pavilion
Arcade Fire produces swelling, ethereal, heartbreaking dramatic rock, with probing lyrics fraught with concerns over death and dreams, and existential questioning. Tonight, Friday, Aug. 6....
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Serenading Louis at the American Century Theatre
Serenading Louis, Lanford Wilson’s intimate examination of marriage — entrapment — in suburbia, Serenading Louie, from 1970, is building a reputation as a neglected masterpiece....
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DC Black Theatre Festival
The new week-long DC Black Theatre Festival showcases the talents of individuals from the D.C. area’s African-American theater community through 70 productions. There are at...
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All About Eve at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
This Thursday brings 1950’s Oscar-winning classic All About Eve, starring Bette Davis as an aging Broadway star whose biggest fan, played by Anne Baxter, becomes...
