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  • Three's a Crowd

    Never look a gift horse in the mouth, or so the saying goes. Oh, well. In celebration of the Washington National Opera's 50th anniversary and...

  • Toni's Lib

    Toni Braxton explains in the liner notes that she was nervous and full of doubt as she made her new album Libra, her first since...

  • Electric Bell

    ''It's something that I've been wanting to do for a while,'' Andy Bell says of his debut solo record. Electric Blue comes exactly two decades...

  • A Human Tale

    ''Every sixth human being in the world today is an Indian,'' begins the introduction to Narendra Jadhav's family history/memoir Untouchables, an indispensable opening from which...

  • Vixens and Vampires

    Attending Blake Robison's new production of Camille at Round House Theatre is like accepting an invitation to a particularly exquisite dinner party. The table is...

  • Reaching the Summit

    In December 2003, a handful of leaders from the GLBT African-American community banded together to challenge support from African American religious and civil rights leaders...

  • Eye of the Beholder

    One could be charitable in describing the look of the new 2006 Subaru Tribeca SUV by calling it distinctive, or interesting. Or, one could try...

  • Fab Babs

    Barbra Streisand working with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees -- the serious Streisand paired with glib Gibb sounded like a recipe for pop music...

  • All My Sons

    Few playwrights possess the ability to stimulate, provoke and bewilder an audience as well as British firebrand Caryl Churchill. Her plays are muddy, mutable forces...

  • Vocal Prowess

    A rarely-staged tale of political and emotional rebellion, I Vespri Siciliani should be an operatic tour de force. Verdi takes us to one emotional crescendo...

  • Lesbian Stereo-hyping

    There are few moments in a lesbian's life with more texture, few occasions more richly rewarding, than the experience of sitting with a couple of...

  • Soundwaves

    Lauper SHE BOPS, WE BOP AGAIN... Would you believe Cyndi Lauper has only had one No. 1 club hit? Of course you know which one:...

  • Arnold's Legacy

    There's no putting lipstick on this pig. Unless he changes his mind, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will become the first executive anywhere in the world...

  • On the Job

    Martha Stewart's own version of The Apprentice begins next week, and I am on the edge of my seat. Will she throw chairs? Spit fire?...

  • Rainbow Relief

    Hurricane Katrina has bombarded Americans with non-stop scenes of devastation. More than two weeks after this gargantuan tempest slammed into the Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi...

  • Drop the Top

    For those who can afford the best things in life, it's easier to balance what's wanted with what's needed. Basically, if you can pay for...

  • Soundwaves

    MCLACHLAN'S LINGERING AFTERGLOW... Now two years old, Sarah McLachlan's ''World On Fire'' takes on new meaning in a post-Hurricane Katrina world, when so many of...

  • Imitation of Life

    You may have heard by now that it's a play about many things. It's a play about Christians depicting the enduring passion play and the...

  • Random Happening

    It may not be fair to her, but Juliet's debut album Random Order in all likelihood serves as a window into how Madonna's next album...

  • Classical Music Preview

    Bach Sinfonia 301-362-6525 www.bachsinfonia.org Daniel Abraham Fall Concert -- Georg Frideric Handel's Alexander's Feast, featuring British soprano Amanda Balestrieri, tenor Scot Cameron, bass-baritone Phillip Collister...