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If there's a stairway to musical-theater heaven, it will be winding next season through Washington. With the announcement Tuesday of a bold new four-show Broadway subscription series at the soon-to-be spruced-up National...

Whitney Hubbs Untitled (Horse), 2012 silver gelatin print 40 x 50 inches (c) Whitney Hubbs and courtesy of M+B, Los Angeles....

Into the Night, 2012, 72 x 84 inches, oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery...

These questions have been on my mind since my recent visits to New York and Madison. I was in the United States to present our documentary film Free The Mind and thereby to complete several years of work, which at last w...

Marilee Talkington wants to make a baby. But she found out it's not going to be simple. Or romantic. Or sexy.

Ghost is a sextet that describes itself as a cross of "death metal and pop music." There are certainly some elements of metal in their music, but nothing that even comes close to the skin-flaying assault of bands, for ex...

Bookended by the collapse of the Kaiser in 1919 and the rise of the Third Reich in 1933, Germany's doomed, 14-year experiment in parliamentary democracy was a political debacle.

Surprise! Nine Inch Nails have a new album that they're putting out on Columbia later this year. Trent Reznor admitted that he hasn't exactly been...

In addition to being a sensationally talented child prodigy, 5-year-old piano player Ryan Wang is also polite, well-spoken and adorable. In his Memorial Day appearance...

Post-Katrina New Orleans is the backdrop for Dan Dietz's new drama "Clementine in the Lower 9," and the hypnotic production at Forum Theatre features a jagged hole ripped through a wide roof. As the play's blown-apart fa...

NEW YORK -- Broadway got two pieces of bad news Tuesday: The total box office take dipped ever so slightly this past season and the...

In under 180 seconds, this video will rewire your brain and have you seeing the world with new eyes. Jason Silva, host of National Geographic's...

By Judith B. Herman Dreams (or what many might categorize as nightmares) are inspiration for the wildly imaginative images created by photographer Tom Chambers. Charmers,...

-- Kelly Rowland dining with a few friends at Lauriol Plaza in Dupont Circle Monday night. Carried a big purse, rocked a big pair of heels. The R&B singer played the Fillmore in Silver Spring the previous night, where sh...

"He's the most intelligent, well-coordinated president we've ever had -- in history. . . He knew he was going to be president. See, that's what you call a man of conviction." -- James Brown, in a newly exhumed interview ...

Pianist Christopher O'Riley is in some ways a spiritual heir to Franz Liszt, principally in his eagerness to translate music of his time into the medium of the virtuoso piano solo. His musical evangelism (which includes ...

Many grandparents tell stories with such vivid descriptions their families can almost visualize the action. Talented illustrator Weston Emmart took his storytelling skills a step...

VENICE

When I sat down with Kai Campos and Dominic Maker of UK electronic duo, Mount Kimbie, the first thing I noticed was the journal. Small, black-covered with an elastic band holding the pages shut, it sat between us for all...

Tom Stoppard's genius has never shone more brightly than in Arcadia, his intricate and passionate exploration of the pursuit of cutting-edge scientific knowledge, arcane literary discovery, artistic and scholarly fame, a...

A five-day visit to New York. Six shows, half good and half not-so. Three museums. Some of this is utterly evanescent; a few items might travel if you're patient; but some of it requires you to jump on a plane and go. He...

A French film about a girl who falls in love with an older woman won the highest honor at the Cannes Film Festival, which ended on Sunday. As the Associated Press reports, the festival jury gave the award, the coveted Pa...