The boys of Scythian have come a long way from playing on the streets of Alexandria for gas money. But that's exactly how these D.C. natives are proud to say they started out. Now, playing a full house every Thursday night at Fado's gives these lads the credibility they deserve.
Democracy was in action last weekend when 16 members of GW's Chamber Choir performed in the world premiere of Democracy: An American Comedy, The Washington National Opera's first commissioned work in more than a decade. GW's company debut also marked the WNO's temporary return to its original home at Lisner Auditorium.
Theatre review: Meyerhold: Dead in the Water
Mark Jackson's The Death of Meyerhold, opens with the phrase, "Give me life or death, only not sleep!" Unfortunately, sleep is the only reaction that the three-hour, two-intermission play provokes. Set in early 19th century Russia, Studio Theatre's new play explores the life and death of its title character in conjunction with the political trend of the day; the audience watches Vselvolod Meyerhold (Joel Reuben Ganz) go from bossing around actors during the country's civil war to bossing around actors during the height of Stalin's reign.
Exits Clov's Saskwatch EP to be released at Black Cat Friday night
The Saskwatch EP from GW's own Exit Clov is finished and will be ready for the masses Friday night at the Black Cat. Recorded on their own budget, studio and equipment in a basement in Virginia, the band calls the self-produced 5-tracks more "experimental" than their previous release, Starfish.
Film Review "In the Realms of the Unreal"
Jessica Yu's startling film documenting the life of outsider artist Henry Darger serves as a cogent reminder of the fantastical worlds and stories Joan Didion once said that we as humans create and "have learned, to freeze the shifting phantasmagoria which is our actual experience.
Anyone who's had a relative in a nursing home or other elderly-care facility knows that the phrase "assisted living" can be misleading; one's life is not being assisted - it's often driven, at the cost of an individual's independence. It is in this uncomfortably carceral setting that writer-director-producer Elliot Greenebaum created his independent tragicomedy "Assisted Living" (Economic Projections/Momodog).
I have suffered long enough from the curse of the largely-ignored mid-December birthday. So last weekend I decided to beat the curse. I found two other victims of winter break birthdays so we could throw ourselves a fabulous party. And where to throw this type of party, you ask.
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