Comedy

Off the Bookshelf, Onto the Stage: HIGH FIDELITY’s Musical Redux

by Hunter Gorinson
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Just as Nick Hornby made the jump from cult author to Oscar-nominated screenwriter, so too is his most beloved work switching mediums. Start scribbling out those top five lists now because “High Fidelity: The Musical” is now on stage, care DC’s Landless Theatre Company. Trust us — it’ll be better than “Mamma Mia.”

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Comedy

Kevin Smith: Outspoken and Uncensored at 6th & I

by Hunter Gorinson
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Filmmaker Kevin Smith — the writer/director who helped indie cinema (or maybe just Miramax) break large with banter-fueled hits like “Clerks” and “Chasing Amy” — is coming to Washington’s 6th & I Historic Synagogue this April in his part-time role as a motivational speaker. OK, so maybe motivational is the wrong adjective.

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David Sedaris At The Apollo Theater November 1

by Jonathan Mandell
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If you think it’s too early to get tickets to see David Sedaris, then you don’t know the rabid following of this premiere American humorist living in France who has brought the world “Barrel Fever”, “Holidays on Ice”, “Naked,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim,” and “When You Are [...]

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Comedy

Underwear Bomber Alert — The No Pants Metro Ride 2010 is Coming

by Hunter Gorinson
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Just when you thought public transportation was still safe, here come the DC Defenestrators to ruin your day.

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Comedy

Oliver, The Eclectic Society, Fallen Angels, and Fiddler On The Roof are all lined up for Walnut Street Theatre’s 2010 Season

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Walnut Street Theatre is the oldest theatre in America, celebrating 200 years in 2009. Standing at the corner of Ninth and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia for two hundred years, Walnut Street Theatre’s National Historic Landmark structure has housed two centuries’ worth of American popular entertainment. Most noteworthy American actors of the 19th century and [...]

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Comedy

Arlington Cinema N Drafthouse Competes for National Hangover Day

by Hunter Gorinson
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Per the marketing juggernaut behind the DVD release of The Hangover, the Arlington Cinema N Drafthouse is offering a free New Year’s Day screening of 2009’s number one, hard R hit comedy. But you’ll need to be a bona fide follower of the Drafthouse’s newly minted Twitter account to make it in for what their calling “National Hangover Day.”

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What to do in Seattle on New Years Eve

by Maria Christensen
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It’s probable that only newcomers or visitors to Seattle don’t know that the biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in the city is at the Space Needle. For those people we will mention that lots and lots of fireworks get shot off the Space Needle, two different parties take place inside the Needle, and the grounds [...]

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