All posts by Randy Shulman
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Spotlight: The Love of the Nightingale at Constellation
The ever-ambitious and ever-adept Constellation Theatre Company once again dares to stage a large-scale classic tale in the intimate Source Theater space. This time around...
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Austrian Conchita Wurst wins Eurovision Song Contest
“Yesterday was a victory not just for me, but also for those people who believe in future that functions without discrimination and which is based...
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Spotlight: Blue Ruin
Jeremy Saulneir’s thriller Blue Ruin focuses on a mysterious outsider who returns to his childhood home to plot an act of vengeance, a deed that...
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Good Taste
An interview with Washington Post Food Critic Tom Sietsema
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20 Years of Metro Weekly
It seems just like yesterday. Running around frantically in my tiny apartment at the corner of 17th and T Streets, scrambling to get the very...
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Ted Allen Talks Food
This is what you don’t want. You don’t want to see your dish displayed as Ted Allen briskly lifts the silver cover. Because that means,...
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Movie Review: Captain America – The Winter Soldier is a stunner
Have you noticed how very boilerplate superhero movies have become? Everything is interchangeable — from the hero and his or her specific degree of angst,...
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Stage: Plays, Musicals and Live Theater
The theatre season may be half over, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty left to see on D.C. stages, starting with the Kennedy Center,...
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Minecraft may be headed to the big screen, courtesy Warner Bros.
Minecraft, one of the world’s most popular video games, is apparently headed to the big screen. No surprise there, given the success of The Lego...
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Dutch study says that children of same-sex couples have higher self-esteem
“By controlling for variables that might otherwise impact child outcomes, this study provides further evidence that raising children in families headed by same-sex couples is...
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Bob Mould celebrates his silver anniversary at the 9:30 Club
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Mould, the lead singer and guitarist of the pioneering alt-rock band Hüsker Dü and also the pioneering power-pop band Sugar released...
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Marriott, Delta, American, and Apple are among companies opposing Arizona’s anti-gay law
“It is exceedingly difficult for us to sell Arizona as a destination against a backdrop of negative attention suggesting certain travelers or conference attendees would...
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Chelsea Lately regular Jo Koy returns to The Improv this week
The Chelsea Lately weekly regular is not gay, despite what Chelsea Handler insists. But he sure is funny. Variety even named him one of “10...
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The Washington Chorus celebrates Verdi
Julian Wachner leads The Washington Chorus in its celebration of Giuseppe Verdi in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth. Sopranos Corinne Winters and...
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Kathy Mattea comes to Sixth & I for an evening of intimate songs
Kathy Mattea, the Grammy-winning Nashville hit-maker from the ’80s and ’90s, has since gone in a more folk and roots-driven direction, including covering classic coal-mining...
