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Candide at The Shakespeare Theatre
The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s first musical theater performance at Sidney Harman Hall comes with this magnificent comic operetta, boasting music by Leonard Bernstein (West Side...
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I Love the 80s at Jammin Java
Under the banner I Love the ’80s, local songwriters Todd Wright, Anthony Fiacco, Shane Hines and Luke Brindley play hits and share stories of the...
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Outspoken, Ep. 15: Thanksgiving Edition [video]
To honor the holiday, we present a special Thanksgiving edition of Outspoken. It was filmed on Wednesday, Nov. 24 at Food & Friends as the...
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Finding Home
In less than 24 hours, as I write this, my frenetic holiday season will begin. I don't mean that in a ''Woe is me, the...
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Uplifting Lineage
Some important news last week brightened an otherwise frustrating season for gay rights: The Department of Health and Human Services issued rules requiring hospitals that...
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Counting the Votes
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that the long-awaited Pentagon working group report on the implementation of a repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' will be...
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Transgender Needs
Ten years ago, a ''needs assessment survey'' was undertaken by local activists to collect data regarding the city's transgender community. That survey has been used...
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Family Care
It's unlikely you ever met the late Carl Vogel. If you've seen his playwright sister Paula Vogel's Obie-winning Baltimore Waltz, you may have at least...
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Bold Confession
The surest way for any theater critic to cover his ass is to say that a certain play or musical ''will mean different things to...
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The Elf Word
''I'm not the happy elf,'' says Michael Rupert. ''I'm the grouchy elf.'' He's talking about his role in Adventure Theatre's The Happy Elf. ''I play...
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Blues Alley
Cyndi Lauper calls for greater LGBT activism as her cure for the blues. ''Everybody should be active right now. Everybody should be helping in any...
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Indestructible Pop
“I got a little girl singing on repeat in my head, oh-oh,” Robyn sings, on the wicked tune “None of Dem.” For much of 2010,...
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Scottish Muse
''I've always been a very, very vivid dreamer,'' says singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. ''It's a great source of interest for me.'' Dreams inspired Tunstall's first...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You have the power. You have the drive. You have the wherewithal. What are you waiting for? If you procrastinate a little longer,...
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The Happy Elf at Adventure Theatre
Based on a song by Harry Connick Jr., the musical The Happy Elf tells the story of Eubie, a North Pole elf who hopes to...
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A new show by Scott Brooks at Long View
The prolific and uniquely gifted Scott G. Brooks unveils an exhibit of all-new paintings. “We the People” is more blatantly political than typical Brooks, reflecting...
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The Wizard of Oz at the AFI Silver (plus a little MadTV fun)
As part of a 10-film retrospective of pioneering film director Victor Fleming, the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre offers screenings over Thanksgiving of the classic,...
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Kamala Harris, Prop 8 Opponent, Wins California AG’s Race
San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris (D) will be the...
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Senate Sets Pentagon DADT Report Hearings for Dec. 2 and 3
The Senate Armed Services Committee, as had been suggested in recent days, announced that it would be holding hearings in the follow-up to the Nov....
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Showgirls
Burlesque is like a sequin. It's shimmery. It looks best from a distance. It's flat and kind of cheap. And it will likely end up...
