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Home Sweet Home
War is hell -- especially when you're particularly fond of the enemy. No, I'm not talking about al Qaeda or Iraq. I mean the war...
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The Attractions of Bret Easton Ellis
''I think Roger Avery is an incredibly stylish director -- I'm really lucky to have gotten him to turn this book into a movie. ''...
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AIDS Walk's Last Stand?
September 1992. As thousands of marchers wend their way through Washington's streets, the clouds that had started the morning a bit ominously break apart for...
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Chemical Warfare
At the security checkpoint, a man in a windbreaker asks you to remove your jacket, your shoes and your hat. You lift your arms parallel...
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Hearsay
A ramble by any other name is a ramble that begins at Ziegfeld's, travels to Chaos, bounces back to Velvet and then BodySmith, before winding...
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Cornpone
The blahs and the greys: Witherspoon, Dempsey and Bergen You'd think the producers of a movie named after one of Lynyrd Skynyrd's most popular songs...
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Northern Exposure
Fighting back: Robinette, Lodge and Forrest (Photo by Stan Barouh) It's easy to see why Round House Theatre has returned to the George F....
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Soundwaves
Amber Naked Tommy Boy Mary J. Blige Dance for Me MCA Records Amber is covered only by strategically placed tufts of hair on Naked. But...
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Truly Yours
Dear Lena, Recently I met someone I felt very connected and close to. From the start we just talked about our lives, our ex-boyfriends, and...
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Porn Again
Anti-climax: Jim Slade When a play has the title Making Porn, and top billing goes to gay porn stars Chris Steele and Jim Slade,...
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Mautner's Main Man
Photography by Michael Wichita People assume that Ty Christian is a lesbian. He's been volunteering at the Mautner Project for three years, and in that...
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Buzz Cut
In May of 1999, Elisabeth Leamy went to a party. She brought a producer from Fox 5 News and a teeny, tiny hidden camera. By...
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Hearsay
The New Miss Z's has bosoms to spare, but where was Blair?… Karens and Jacks overrun last Sunday's Lizard Lounge… The Kennedy Center gets a...
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Problem Child
Maid service: Sarandon. Igby Slocumb is a rebel with a cause. At 17, Igby is more than a handful, foul-mouthed and ill-behaved, the kind of...
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Traversing the Big C
Ed is dying of pancreatic cancer. All year we've been getting e-mails about his diagnosis, then his prognosis, then his treatment progress, then his...
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Emotional Waters
You had better come properly equipped for this season's Washington Opera opener -- Donizetti's mesmerizing Lucia Di Lammermoor. You'll want lumbar support, breath mints, and...
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Asian Influence
Photography by Michael Wichita Edu. Bernardino has a serious case of boy band on the brain. Though not an uncommon malady these days, Bernardino comes...
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Pleasant Parade
Romantic virgin: Cohn (Photo by Scott Suchman) Cabaret meets Pacific Overtures in Privates on Parade, the 25th anniversary season opener for The Studio Theatre....
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Three Cheers
There's a gem of a new musical to be found at Alexandria's MetroStage right now -- Three Sistahs, featuring the positively crackerjack trio of Crysta...
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Soundwaves
DJ Chris Cox Provocative Trance Provocative Music/Capitol Records DJ Dave Dresden Provocative Progressive Provocative Music/Capitol Records What, precisely, is trance? Or progressive? It's hard to...
