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Way before musicians and actors cornered the market on misbehavior, writers were flooding hotel rooms and testing their livers' upper limits.

Bill Ryan in rehearsal with BillBand In preparation for a Multiple Choice Quiz, read the following press references received by a "mystery" ensemble: WNYC:...

If Women of Will were a lecture rather than a piece of theater, it would certainly be the best bit of acting in a classroom setting. But as it is, this look at the female characters of William Shakespeare and how they ch...

WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, England -- Living has been full of surprises for Wilko Johnson. So has dying. Four decades in the rock `n' roll trenches have brought...

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about painter Brendan O'Connell. Since 2003, Brendan O'Connell has been inside dozens of Walmarts around the country. It is...

No longer on track to pursue a conventional performance career, I once again found myself pondering my professional future. (Maybe a stint with the circus would resolve my creative angst?)

Laurie Anderson -- musician, storyteller, venerable pixie of the New York downtown art scene -- has long been in love with language. She doesn't just tell stories; she draws out every word with a kind of physical pleasur...

Jeffrey Mumford is the composer-in-residence at the National Gallery of Art this year, and it's a fitting distinction, given that Mumford is a native of the District and has long been a central figure in the small-but-fe...

If you didn't know that violinist Phillip Setzer and pianist Gilbert Kalish had spent their distinguished careers as chamber musicians and not as soloists, their performance at the Smithsonian's Baird Auditorium on Satur...

The cylindrically shaped D.C. Armory is a massive venue, capable of holding 10,000 concertgoers at one time. And Friday night, the Swedish DJ Avicii played a set fit to scale. From the moment he took the stage, Avicii tw...

Ballet To The People lured her date to a performance of San Francisco Ballet's season opener with the promise that she would sit through the Super Bowl with him the next day.

Rachele Gilmore is making her debut as Amina in a way that many sopranos can only dream -- under the direction of one of the iconic interpreters of the role, Renata Scotto.

NEW YORK -- Beyonce was just warming up at the Super Bowl: The singer has announced a world tour. "The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour"...

You may not know her by name, but "30 Rock" fans will recognize Barrett Doss. Doss, 23, appeared in the "30 Rock" series finale as...

It's happening: "Oceans Eleven" co-stars Don Cheadle and Matt Damon are reuniting on "House Of Lies" this Sunday. Damon will play a version of himself...

The studio that produced her return to daytime television has announced that The Ricki Lake Show will not be renewed for a second year. Original...

New artist-designed crosswalks in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood are meant to make the stretch more pedestrian-friendly. But could double takes of their awesomeness distract both those...

Besides her music, Patti Smith is known for capturing ghostly black and white snapshots of objects owned by herself and her idols. However, the punk...

Poor guy. An automobile collector places his prized 1931 Duesenberg Model J and several other antique cars in storage in Manhattan but, suffering from dementia,...

I am totally open to being corrupted by the Hollywood system and will take bribes/join dubious religious/political societies. Anything for the glory. Anything for those flash bulbs. Anything for Quentin Tarantino to add ...

President Bill Clinton is full of jokes for NBC's Betty White birthday special. In the segment above, Clinton announces he has a 2016 presidential candidate...

A truly horrifying 1980s PSA alerted the nation that if you do drugs your brain will resemble a fried egg. A hilarious 2011 campaign for...