| Page 2 of 2 < |
New Year's Eve: The Clock's Ticking
Today
|
TOOLBOX
   Resize
COMMENT
 Discussion Policy
 CLOSE
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.
Who's Blogging  |
ON STAGE: "Monty Python's Spamalot" Having seen this giddy and well-staged little farce (which recombines jokes from the Python oeuvre, including "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"), we can attest: Take your boyfriend, take your kid, take anyone you know with a sense of humor and no appetite at all for theater. Because this musical is funny, and light on the qualities that can make musicals mind-numbing. $46.50-$176.50. 8 p.m. tonight, various times through Jan. 6. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 800-447-7400. (See review, C5.)
THE HOLIDAYS: A Snowy Night of Classics The National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marvin Hamlisch return to the Kennedy Center for several nights of the seasonal show "Happy Holidays." Expect the new tune "Chanukah Lights" as well as some of the theme songs of the season: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Ave Maria." Word is that it will also "snow" inside the KenCen. $20-$85. Tonight at 7, tomorrow at 8 p.m., Sunday at 7 p.m. (Saturday is sold out.) Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600.
CONCERT: Parisian Jazz L'Alliance Francaise is one of the presenters of tonight's concert by the quartet Dupont T (no relation to Dupont Circle). The group, led by Hubert Dupont on double bass, also features Rudresh Mahanthappa playing alto sax. $20; Alliance members, $15. Tonight at 9 and 11 p.m. Twins Jazz, 1344 U St. NW. 202-234-7911 or http:/
Tomorrow
THE SCENE: Dance with the Crystal Method It makes sense for the bass-heavy Los Angeles electronica duo to do it up at a nightclub, where you can actually dance (you know, rather than at the Virgin Festival, where they performed last time they were in the area). Take note: Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland play a DJ set tomorrow at Fur Nightclub. $20 in advance. 9 p.m. 33 Patterson St. NE. Tickets at http:/
Maryland
Today
ON STAGE: "Fiddler on the Roof" The musical story of the simple milkman Tevye, who struggles when his daughters' choices in love challenge his Jewish values and old ways, continues at Olney Theatre Center through Jan. 6. $25-$46; ages 18 and younger are half price. 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Olney. 301-924-3400.
Saturday
EXHIBIT: Open Studios in Takoma Park Artists will welcome guests to their private work spaces for the second annual Open Studio Tour and Holiday Art Sale on Saturday, with a market at Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave. in Takoma Park, and exhibition at ASalon, 6925 Willow St. NW. In all, more than 70 artists will show their work. Free. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. various locations; for a map, visit http:/
FOR KIDS: Twice the Tale Imagination Stage's latest children's production is "Twice Upon a Time," a double bill that features "The Lorax," a piece cut from "Seussical" before the musical reached Broadway, followed by a contemporary take on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes." The plays, tied together by a common message of empowerment, continue through Jan. 13. $10-$20. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda. 301-280-1660.
Northern Virginia
Today
EXHIBIT: "Molded Earth: Contemporary Ceramics" Tonight is the regular monthly Art Night at the Torpedo Factory, where galleries and studios, along with activities, are in full gear, in many cases till 9. At Target Gallery, catch "Molded Earth," a show of contemporary ceramics that are definitely not your mother's teacups. The curator, Judith Weisman, gives a talk at 7 p.m. Free. 6:30-8 p.m. Torpedo Factory Art Center, Target Gallery, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria. Free. 703-838-4565, Ext. 4.
CONCERT: The Santa Jam The 11th edition of the annual benefit show is tonight at the State Theatre, with Mary Ann Redmond Band, Tom Principato Band (whose bassist, John Perry, launched the Jam), Generation Vinyl, Soul Gravity and many others. Fairfax County Women's Shelters, Northern Virginia Shelters, Doorways and the guests who stay there receive proceeds from the show. Organizers ask that audience members bring an unwrapped present for a child. $10. 8 p.m. 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. Visit http:/
Saturday
CONCERT: That Holiday Swing Two jazz bands, the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra and the Capitol Bones Big Band, team up to perform "A Stan Kenton Christmas," a show of swinging holiday music that includes classic Kenton tunes as well as a very grown-up version of "The Little Drummer Boy" (called, of course, "Big Bad Drummin' Dude"). $20-$40; ages 12 and younger, half price. 8 p.m. George Mason University Center for the Arts, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax. 888-945-2468.
