All posts by Randy Shulman
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Six Characters in Search of an Author at Avant Bard
WSC Avant Bard presents a production of Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author, translated by Carl R. Mueller and directed by Tom...
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Scotland’s The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
The National Theatre of Scotland presents an international tour of its 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit play, performed in an actual pub. For the D.C....
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Lianne La Havas at The Birchmere
The Birchmere has done it again, snagging a breakthrough act — before the act has actually broken through. Following in the footsteps of British folk...
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Olivia Newton-John comes to Strathmore
From the films Grease and Xanadu to the mega-pop hit “Physical” to LOGO’s Sordid Lives, Australian performer Olivia Newton-John has managed to achieve a sense...
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A Clockwork Orange at Scena
Robert MacNamara has wanted to stage A Clockwork Orange essentially from the moment he co-founded his stalwart theater company Scena — the same year Burgess...
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Buy a Food & Friends pie, sustain a life.
Thanksgiving is drawing near and that means it’s pie time! Food & Friends is offering four pie flavors as part of its Slice of Life...
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Round House grows a beard — James Beard, that is.
Nick Olcott portrays James Beard, who brought fine cooking and a jolly personality to the small screen in 1946 — long before Julia Child, Emeril...
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Steve Harvey on the Red Carpet at the Mark Twain Prize
Comedian Steve Harvey was part of the celebration for Ellen DeGeneres at the 2012 Mark Twain Prize, on Monday, Oct. 22. Metro Weekly's Randy Shulman...
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Ellen DeGeneres wins Mark Twain Prize [video]
On Monday, Oct. 22, the John F. Kennedy Center awarded Ellen DeGeneres the Mark Twain Prize for humor at its 15th annual event. Several of...
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Testosterone and Other Toppings at Vitruvian Gallery
”Testosterone and Other Toppings” is the latest exhibit of male figurative art at the gay-owned Vitruvian Gallery, but this time the art comes from a...
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Mavis Staples is coming to The Hamilton
Chicago-born gospel great Mavis Staples got her start in her family band the Staple Singers and has gone on to sing with everyone from Ry...
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Mock the Vote’s Pre-election Comedy Showcase
Brian Parise, winner of the 2011 Pardon the Pundit Political Comedy Competition, hosts this showcase featuring three politically minded comedians: Jordan Carlos, Stephen Colbert’s black...
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Spring Awakening at Dominion Stage
Arlington’s LGBT-minded Dominion Stage offers a production of Spring Awakening, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s exhilarating, sexually and angst-driven musical about coming of age in...
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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well at MetroStage
Natascia Diaz, one of D.C. theater’s greatest performers, is currently polishing Jacques Brel’s standard “Ne Me Quitte Pas (“If You Go Away”) at MetroStage in...
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Spooky movies at the AFI Silver
Now in its seventh year, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival nearly doubles to nine days of horror screenings, and also includes the first-ever...
