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5. DAVID IN SHADOW AND LIGHT

[ON STAGE] Lest you worry that David in Shadow and Light will be just another biblical musical along the lines of The Prince of Egypt, set your mind at ease. Yes, it's a musical retelling of the life of King David, but Theater J has assembled an amazing team of actors and dancers for this stunning and strange world premiere. They tell David's story partially through dance sequences, framed by the commentary of an archangel and Adam (yes, that Adam), who watch David's life from above. So it's a postmodern Biblical musical, which is something you probably don't have enough of in your life.

Opens Wednesday. Through June 22. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW. $20-$55. 800-494-8497.

-- Sunday Source staff

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KANYE WEST

[CONCERT] Kanye West stands alone. No, really: On his blockbuster "Glow in the Dark" tour, the famously megalomaniacal rap star has the elaborately designed stage all to himself, with a pit band tucked away beneath him. All the better to give West's massive ego a wide berth? Or maybe just the best way to keep the focus squarely on his ferocious creativity? Rihanna, N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco open.

-- J. Freedom du Lac

Saturday, doors at 5:30 p.m. Nissan Pavilion, 7800 Cellar Door Dr., Bristow. $36-$100.75 703-754-6400 or 202-397-7328.

RETOUR À MAY 1968

[MOVIE] The cataclysmic events that roiled America in 1968 have already been celebrated by one Hollywood film, "Chicago 10." But the violence and anarchy that August had been anticipated earlier that summer in France, where student boycotts and strikes eventually led to the downfall of the de Gaulle government. The National Gallery of Art marks the 40th anniversary of that fateful season with "Retour à May 1968," a series that kicks off today at 4:30 p.m. with Louis Malle's "May Fools," about a family trying to escape the anarchy in Paris, only to face its own dysfunctional chaos. The series continues with "Tout Va Bien," "Regular Lovers" and "To Die at Thirty."

-- Ann Hornaday

Today and May 17, 18 and 24. National Gallery of Art, East Building Auditorium, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Free. 202-842-6799.