Tonight through Sunday, November 1: Remember that time when New Orleans was an actual thriving city?  Well, in an apparent FU to the world for doing nothing to save the city, the Classical Theater of Harlem has shifted the setting of classic play Waiting for Godot to New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Inactivity has never been so captivating, timely and depressing. [Publick Playhouse] MORE »

Everyone’s favorite day to run around half-naked is right around the corner, and as of now it’s supposed to be in the low 50s and raining. Hooray! Have you picked out your slut costume yet? Popular loser costumes this year include Bernie Madoff, Balloon Boy, a Teabagger (unless you somehow go as the non-protesting kind…), or any celebrity that has too many children. Don’t freeze your ass off, and have a “fun but safe” Halloween by doing what we tell you: MORE »

Tonight through Sunday, June 21: Some people would rather stab themselves in the eyes than see a ballet. But then there are the more refined folk who, like everyone’s favorite ballet-dancer-turned-politician Rahm Emanuel, cherish the idea of watching pretty people dance in circles and do fun twists in the air. If you fall into the latter category, we highly recommend seeing the Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow perform Le Corsaire, a ballet about love, betrayal, and terrible thunderstorms. MORE »

It Is Back: Screen on the Green is back! DCers were devastated when it was canceled.  There were riots in the streets, people were twittering like mad, there may have been hearings on Capitol Hill, and who knows what other displays of unnecessary emotion all due to the demise of an outdoor film festival, even though the entire economy IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE.  But all the bitching, complaining, and crying paid off, because IT’S BACK! MORE »

Tuesday, May 26 through Sunday, May 31: There’s no musical that screams young white suburban angst like RENT. It managed to make AIDS the hit disease that all the teen-aged girls wanted, as did it make hating your parents and wanting to live in abject poverty the coolest things ever!! MORE »

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