All posts by Randy Shulman
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Final Weekend: The Lion King at the KenCen
Based on the hit animated film, The Lion King is one of the most beloved and successful musicals of all time, and is still going...
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Diana Krall returns to Strathmore
Krall has made her mark as one of the most successful jazz artists ever
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A Drag Salute to the Divas: Disney Twisted Edition
Two years ago, indefatigable local drag sensation Shi-Queeta Lee launched a drag show series at the Howard Theatre in which each show is built around...
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NYC Councilman hopes to build a center for LGBT seniors in the Bronx
“Unfortunately, we see many gay elders go back into the closet as they age. Many retirement communities and nursing services are not welcoming or accommodating.”...
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The National Portrait Gallery’s look at portraiture in the age of abstraction
The National Portrait Gallery presents “Face Value: Portraiture in the Age of Abstraction,” an exhibit featuring the works of a group of young artists in the...
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The Walters showcases the Sondheim Artscape Prize finalists
The Walters Art Museum, one of Baltimore’s leading museums, presents an exhibit featuring the visual artworks of this year’s seven finalists for the prestigious Janet &...
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Josh Hutcherson helps kick off campaign to provide LGBT youth with digital resources
“Maybe I could say right now I’m 100 percent straight. But who knows? In a fucking year, I could meet a guy and be like,...
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Gallup Poll finds LGBT citizens less religious than non-LGBT population
“Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender are significantly less likely than non-LGBT Americans to be highly religious, and significantly more likely to...
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Arcade Fire continues its tour with a stop at D.C.’s Verizon Center
Led by the singing husband and wife team of Win Butler and Regine Chassagne, Montreal’s seven-piece rock band Arcade Fire has long been celebrated by...
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Danny Kaye springs to life at American Century Theater
The American Century Theater wraps up its 19th season with Brian Childers reprising his role as legendary stage and screen showman Danny Kaye, which earned him...
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Heavy metal, slit throats: Sweeney Todd goes “prog metal”
Yes, Stephen Sondheim really did give the quirky and risque Landless Theatre Company permission to adapt the score of his most commercially successfully musical as...
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Darius Rucker headlining WMZQ Fall Fest 2014
First he was leader of the ’90s rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. Then a decade ago he set out to become Darius Rucker, the...
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“Every single painting is worth the trip” – Whistler’s London works at the Sackler
An American in London: Whistler and the Thames is now at the Sackler
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Mad for Medieval in Alexandria
Touted as an out-of-the-ordinary experience, Alexandria’s Medieval Madness blends the fields of art and history — and not simply by way of historical reenactment, though...
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Conversations: WAMU’s Rebecca Sheir to talk with Michael Kaiser at Hill Center Stage
Rebecca Sheir of WAMU 88.5 FM’s Metro Connection leads an in-depth conversation with Michael Kaiser, departing longtime head of the Kennedy Center. Kaiser will reflect...
