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17 EXPANDING FRINGE
Capital Fringe moves its annual festival
to the Waterfront while it completely overhauls
its building.
By Doug Rule
By André Hereford
SPOTLIGHT: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP p.7 OUT ON THE TOWN p.10
BONJOUR, AQUARIA! p.14 EXPANDING FRINGE: CAPITAL FRINGE 2018 p.17
COMMUNITY CALENDAR p.21 CLASS WARFARE p.21
COVER STORY: LAST NIGHT IN TOWN p.24 FILM: WHITNEY p.33
STAGE: AIN’T TOO PROUD p.35 NIGHTLIFE SCENE: TRADE p.37
NIGHTLIFE LISTINGS p.38 LAST WORD p.46
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Ant-Man and the Wasp is rated PG-13, and opens in theaters everywhere July 6. Visit fandango.com.
OUTBREAKS: EPIDEMICS
IN A CONNECTED WORLD
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Influenza, the
Smithsonian debuts an exhibition on epidemiology and
human health. From HIV to SARS to Ebola, Outbreaks
shows how viruses can spread from animals to people, why
some infectious diseases become pandemics, and the collab-
orative ways many have been stopped or curtailed. Today,
pandemic diseases remain one of the greatest threats to
individuals and society, due to an increasingly interconnect-
ed, increasingly mobile, increasingly urbanized and indus-
trialized global world. Ongoing to 2021. National Museum
of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW. Call 202-633-1000 or visit mnh.si.edu
NIAID
CAMELOT
Alan Paul, the Shakespeare Theatre
Company’s resident musical director, takes
on Lerner and Loewe’s classic about the
powerful love triangle in King Arthur’s court.
Ken Clark plays the King, while Nick Fitzer is
Lancelot, both in love with Queen Guinevere,
played by Broadway star Alexandra Silber.
Local legends Ted van Griethuysen and
Floyd King are also featured in a show with
choreography by Michele Lynch, who won a
Helen Hayes Award for her work on STC’s
Kiss Me, Kate. Extended to July 8. Sidney
Harman Hall, Harman Center for the Arts,
SCOTT SUCHMAN
DIRTY DANCING
The wildly successful 1987 romantic comedy
starring Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick
Swayze is the opening film in the fourth
annual Georgetown Sunset Cinema series.
“Movies That Rock,” the theme of this year’s
series, presents five films voted on by the
public, including Pitch Perfect, Footloose,
Dreamgirls, and Grease. The screenings take
place in a grassy park along the banks of
the Potomac River, with the panoramic Key
Bridge as backdrop. Everyone is welcome to
WHO’S AFRAID OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Mike Nichols adapted Edward
Albee’s acid-laced stage master-
piece for screen, casting Elizabeth
Taylor and Richard Burton, the
most famous couple of the era,
as a warring married couple who
bare their fangs over cocktails
with a pair of guests. Landmark’s
West End Cinema returns the
1966 Oscar-winning classic to the
big screen as part of its Capital
Classics series. Wednesday, July
11, at 1:30, 4:30, and 7:30 p.m.,
2301 M St. NW. Happy hour from
4 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 to
$12.50. Call 202-534-1907 or visit
landmarktheatres.com.
THE CAKEMAKER
A shy young German baker falls in love with a married Israeli businessman, who is a frequent visitor to Berlin — until
one day he isn’t, after becoming the victim of a car crash. Israeli filmmaker Ophir Raul Graizer focuses on what happens
after the baker travels to Jerusalem seeking answers into the death of his late lover. Keeping his secret to himself, the
baker quickly befriends the man’s widow (Sarah Adler) and becomes involved in her life in a way far beyond his original
plan. The Cakemaker is “a blend of old-school melodrama, contemporary identity politics, and buttery gastroporn,” writes
Variety. Partially subtitled. Opens Friday, July 5. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. Call 202-452-7672 or visit
landmarktheatres.com.
Compiled by Doug Rule cess learns his corporate bosses are that features an exuberant score 202-265-3768 or visit keeganthe-
harboring a macabre secret. It all by Leonard Bernstein. The origi- atre.com.
takes place in an alternate-universe nal show grew out of a ballet that
Oakland, starring Lakeith Stanfield, Jerome Robbins had worked on THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
FILM Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, with Bernstein, further developed (AND OTHER SONGS)
Terry Crews, and Danny Glover. by the writing and lyricist team of Virginia’s Hub Theatre presents
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Opens Friday, July 6. Area theaters. Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Marc Acito’s play with songs about
A brilliant meditation on man and Visit fandango.com. (Rhuaridh Olney’s starry cast includes Evan the unlikely yet real-life relationship
the mysterious universe, Stanley Marr) Casey, Rhett Guter, Sam Ludwig, between singer Marian Anderson
Kubrick’s 1968 visionary saga fea- Donna Migliaccio, Tracy Lynn and Albert Einstein. The two titanic
tures a thoughtful, spare script
STAGE
Olivera, Bobby Smith, and Rachel figures on a quest to unlock life’s
by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke Zampelli, with Robbins-inspired mysteries. Opens Friday, July 6 and
and Oscar-winning special effects choreography by Tara Jeanne runs through July 29. The John
by visual effects pioneer Douglas AIN’T TOO PROUD Vallee. The company’s artistic Swayze Theatre in the New School
Trumbull (Close Encounters of The Kennedy Center presents a new director Jason Loewith helms the of Northern Virginia, 9431 Silver
the Third Kind). The AFI screens musical about The Temptations, show. To July 20. Mainstage, 2001 King Court, Fairfax. Visit thehub-
2001: A Space Odyssey in its original a group that churned out 42 Top Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, theatre.org.
70mm format, struck from original 10 hits, including 14 No. 1’s. Des Md. Call 301-924-3400 or visit
negative elements, for a week-long McAnuff (Jersey Boys) directs olneytheatre.org.
run in honor of its 50th anniver- and Sergio Trujillo (Memphis the MUSIC
sary. Multiple screenings per day Musical) choreographs a produc- OTHER LIFE FORMS
through July 12. Silver Theatre, tion featuring classics everyone D.C. playwright Brandon McCoy BRITNEY SPEARS
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. knows — from “My Girl” to “Papa wrote this romantic comedy about Billed as the last time ever to see the
Tickets are $15 general admission. Was A Rolling Stone” to “Just two very different roommates pop star’s famed record-breaking
Call 301-495-6720 or visit afi.com/ My Imagination.” To July 22. and their attempts at finding love Las Vegas show Britney: Piece of
Silver. Eisenhower Theater. Tickets are online. Keegan Theatre premieres Me — which kicks off a limited tour
$59 to $159. Call 202-467-4600 or the play with a cast including John with two shows at the Theater at
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU visit kennedy-center.org. Loughney, Josh Sticklin, Aidan MGM National Harbor. Thursday,
Rapper Boots Riley has apparently Quartana, Brianna Letourneau, July 12, and Friday, July 13, at 8 p.m.
crafted an absurd but enjoyable sci- ON THE TOWN and Shanta Parasuraman. Closes 7100 Harborview Ave., Oxon Hill,
fi fantasy comedy about a telemar- Three sailors romp around New Saturday, July 7. 1742 Church St. Md., Oxon Hill, Md. Call 844-346-
keter who discovers a magical key York in 1944. Olney Theatre NW. Tickets are $35 to $45. Call 4664 or visit mgmnationalharbor.
to business success, but in the pro- Company revives this early musical com.
DANCE
BEYOND
A new full-length dance opera uti-
lizing a mix of dance, acting, and
aerials and telling a mesmerizing,
fantastical tale of other worlds.
Beyond features an all-female cast
COURTESY OF WOLF TRAP
MUSEUMS
& GALLERIES
BASELITZ: SIX DECADES
The Hirshhorn presents the first
major U.S. retrospective since 1996
of one of Germany’s greatest liv-
ing artists, featuring more than
100 works, from iconic paintings
VH1
BONJOUR, AQUARIA!
highlighting every phase of Georg
Baselitz’s career. The occasion is
the 80th birthday of the figurative
artist, who came of age in post-war
East Germany and is best known for
RuPaul’s latest Drag Race winner is on a mission to turn looks large-scale, expressive paintings,
often with subjects painted upside
and be an LGBTQ leader. down. Through Sept. 16. Second
A
Floor Galleries, Independence
NOINTED BY RUPAUL AS “THE FUTURE OF DRAG,” DRAG RACE SEASON 10 Avenue and Seventh Street SW.
Call 202-633-1000 or visit hirsh-
winner Aquaria might well usher in a new age. At just 22, she has the confidence, the talent, horn.si.edu.
and the canny ability to recognize a good branding opportunity that marks the strongest
winners of drag’s toughest competition — her newly launched website Age of Aquaria, for instance. CLARA CORNELIUS:
And she doesn’t take for granted the platform that she’s earned. CASURA OBSCURA
An installation of screen-printed
“I’ve always been inspired by the people who have made success and a career out of their drag,” banners bursting with color, pat-
she says. “I just want to continue to uphold the prestige that comes with the crown, and just be a tern, and energy fills the tiny out-
shining example of what it means to be a superstar, and what it means to be a leader for the queer door space that has become known
as Takoma Park’s Pump House
community.” Pop-Up Gallery. Pyramid Atlantic
For a self-proclaimed “bitch from New York City,” Aquaria genuinely wants to uplift others Arts Center created the gallery with
through the art of drag. “You can learn things about life and society and all the facets of that from funding from the city government.
drag. And I just think it is truly a unique means of getting a point across.” And she’sshe’s ready The works in the exhibition are a
combination of photographic and
to greet every challenge with a sickening look and a cheerful “Bonjour!” In fact, even her use of cut paper patterns, assembled in
“Bonjour” to open her verse of Rupaul’s “American” played a subtle part in her mission. such a way as to transform what
“There’s no national language here in America,” she says. “It was very much a statement, might be considered ordinary
images and objects into something
that some people take for granted and don’t realize, that English is not the national language of magical. Through Aug. 18. Hilltop
America. There are many, many, many, many, many people in America who don’t speak English, or Road between Maple and Geneva
who are bilingual. And it was just more of a statement that in America, you are welcome. Whether Avenues, Takoma Park. Call 301-
you speak the majority language or not.” 608-9101 or visit pyramidatlanti-
cartcenter.org.
Aquaria made both a political and artistic statement on Drag Race with a deft impression of
one multi-lingual American: Melania Trump. The First Lady has been part of Aquaria’s act since CULTIVATING AMERICA’S
“before 45 was elected into office.” GARDENS
An examination of gardening in
“I stopped performing it after things became a lot less funny, and a lot too serious,” she says. the U.S., from early horticulture
“But since having my breakthrough moment as Melania Trump on the show, I have resurrected [it]. practices to Victory gardens to the
“Her character is something so easy to screw around with,” she continues, “because I think the romance of the American lawn.
whole Trump family is composed of dirtbag humans. And that makes them easier to make fun of, Co-presented by the Smithsonian
Libraries, Smithsonian Gardens,
and give personality to and joke about. If we can laugh with me saying, ‘Any hole is a goal,’ as the and the Archives of American
First Lady of the United States, I think it’s not necessarily making the most political change. But Gardens, this traditional museum
it is a way to at least persevere with the terrible circumstance and political time we are living in exhibition — about gardens but not
any kind of garden tour — looks
right now.” – André Hereford at gardening’s history in America
broken down into seven main seg-
ments. It starts with the creation
Aquaria’s new song “Burn Rubber” is available on Amazon, iTunes, and on various of botanical gardens in the 18th
streaming services. For information on her upcoming tour dates, visit ageofaquaria.com. Century — as one example of how
JEFF SALMORE
iety, excitement, panic, and even
monotony that comes from just five
more minutes of doing something.
Through mid-July, Pumphrey’s
works on the theme will be on
display in both Georgetown and WIT: SUMMER ESCAPE
Alexandria as part of a two-part
exhibition at two galleries. Part I is
The Washington Improv Theater is D.C.’s answer to comedy star-making groups such
on display to July 21, ending with a as Chicago’s Second City and L.A.’s Groundlings. Over the next month, the troupe offers
closing reception. Susan Calloway a hodgepodge of summer-themed sketches, with each performance featuring different
Fine Arts, 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW. WIT ensembles, including three music-driven exercises: iMusical, presenting audiences
Call 202-965-4601 or visit calloway-
art.com. Part II is on display to with the opportunity to choose-your-own-disaster, resulting in the cast improvising an
July 22. The Athenaeum, 201 Prince instant world-ending musical; Heavy Rotation, featuring a cast performing a School of
St., Alexandria. Call 703-548-0035 Rock-inspired “improvised rock comedy”; and Karaoke Storytellers with a show that
or visit nvfaa.org. For additional
events and details about the two-
is part-VH1 Storytellers, part-Saturday Night Live audition, and part musical, all built
part exhibition, visit katiepum- around improvised characters delivering monologues and interpreting a song kara-
phrey.com/fivemoreminutes. oke-style. Performances begin Friday, July 6. Runs to Aug. 5. Source, 1835 14th St. NW.
Tickets are $15 in advance, or $18 at the door. Call 202-204-7770 or visit witdc.org.
KRISTAL MCLAUGHLIN:
KONTROLLED KHAOS
A self-taught abstract artist, the
D.C.-based McLaughlin is the latest D.C. A timely, commissioned “cyclo- Man, in particular the annual the images on display depict the
to be featured in the gallery space rama” of eight large, site-specific Nevada desert event’s maker cul- people and events that have defined
at the DC Center for the LGBT collages, Bradford was inspired by ture and creative spirit. In fact, the the times, capturing war and peace,
Community. With a master’s in psy- Paul Philippoteaux’s same-named exhibition even extends “Beyond disaster and triumph, and the social
chology, McLaughlin aka Ms. Bald- masterpiece depicting the loss of the Renwick,” with six sculptural and cultural shifts that have shaped
Du styles her art as therapy and the Confederate Army at the Battle works from Burning Man installed the past 75 years. Founded in 1944
approaches her sketches on paper, of Gettysburg. Covering the curved nearby on Pennsylvania Avenue at the University of Missouri, POYi
to a certain extent, as a way to make walls of the Hirshhorn’s third level west of the White House as well as recognizes excellence in photojour-
sense or take control of the chaos inner circle, the work presents on Connecticut Avenue and other nalism as well as multimedia and
of life. Closing Reception, with the 360-degrees of abstracted historical major corridors. The full exhibi- visual editing. To Jan. 20, 2019.
artist plus the serving of light fare, narrative using Bradford’s signature tion is on view through Sept. 16, Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave.
wine, beer, and non-alcoholic bev- practice of collage, juxtaposed with while half of it will remain up until NW. Tickets are $22.95 for general
erages, is Saturday, July 7, from 7 to reproductions of the 19th-century Jan. 21, 2019. Renwick Gallery, admission. Call 888-NEWSEUM or
9 p.m. Center Art Gallery, 2000 14th original in a way that intentionally Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street visit newseum.org.
St. NW. Call 202-682-2245 or visit disrupts, messes up, and confuses. NW. Free. Call 202-633-1000 or
thedccenter.org/centerartgallery. The end result is a work that invites visit renwick.americanart.si.edu. PORTRAITS OF THE WORLD:
reconsideration of how narratives SWITZERLAND
MARK BRADFORD: about American history have been PICTURES OF THE YEAR: 75 Once a year, the Smithsonian’s
PICKETT’S CHARGE shaped and contested. To Nov. 12. YEARS OF THE WORLD’S BEST National Portrait Gallery plans
Referred to as the most signif- Independence Avenue and Seventh PHOTOGRAPHY to showcase one portrait created
icant living American painter by Street SW. Call 202-633-1000 or The Newseum celebrates one of the by a foreign artist in an exhibi-
the Hirshhorn, this gay African- visit hirshhorn.si.edu. world’s oldest and most prestigious tion designed around that work,
American artist certainly works on a photojournalism competitions with via a series intended to highlight
scale commensurate with that kind NO SPECTATORS: a show featuring just a sampling of the global context of American
of stature. Take, for example, his THE ART OF BURNING MAN the more than 40,000 award-win- portraiture. The inaugural exhibi-
huge, 400-foot installation created The Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery ning images in the archives of tion focuses on “Femme en Extase
for his debut at the Smithsonian’s has turned over its entire building Pictures of the Year International. (Woman in Ecstasy),” a portrait of
modern art museum as well as in to present the first major nation- Tracing the evolution of photojour- Italian dancer Giulia Leonardi by
al exhibition focused on Burning nalism from World War II to today, Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler,
BRUNCH
LA BOUM
Launched seven years ago at
L’Enfant Cafe, the incredibly popu-
lar boozy brunch/day party known
as La Boum has only gotten bigger
and boum-ier in recent years — even
earning a nod as one of Bravo TV’s
“Top 5 Raging Brunches in the U.S.”
The self-billed “revolutionary-style
brunch” welcomes patrons of all
genders and sexual orientations
for a multi-course dinner and four
hours of drinking, dancing to a DJ,
and doing “everything they weren’t
allowed to do under pure paren-
tal supervision as young adults.”
KATERYNA ODYNTSOVA
ABOVE
Shawn, and Ruth St. Denis. To Nov. artistic writing and textual design. 44 visionary artists, research sci-
12. 8th and F Streets. NW. Call 202- This year’s theme takes inspira- entists, astronauts, mystics and
633-8300 or visit npg.si.edu. tion from the famous 20th century philosophers. On exhibit through
movement known as surrealism, Sept. 2, 2018. American Visionary AND BEYOND
REMEMBERING VIETNAM: 12 in which writers, poets, and artists Art Museum, 800 Key Highway.
CRITICAL EPISODES IN THE sought to express themselves free Baltimore. Tickets are $20 for FORD’S THEATRE’S HISTORY
VIETNAM WAR from conscious control of reason Preview Party, $15.95 for regular ON FOOT
The National Archives offers a and convention. Many of the cho- daily admission. Call 410-244-1900 A local actor offers the guided tour
framework for understanding the sen entrees are for sale through or visit avam.org. Investigation: Detective McDevitt,
decisions that led to the Vietnam the Strathmore Mansion Gift Shop. portraying Detective James
War, its consequences and legacy. Opening Reception is Thursday, THE SWEAT OF THEIR FACE: McDevitt, a D.C. police officer
More than 40 years since its end, June 21, from 7 to 9 p.m. On display PORTRAYING AMERICAN patrolling a half-block from Ford’s
the complexity of the conflict is still to July 29. 10701 Rockville Pike, WORKERS Theatre the night President Lincoln
being unraveled — in part by his- North Bethesda. Call 301-581-5100 Nearly 100 portrayals of labor- was shot. Written by Richard
torians pouring over newly declas- or visit strathmore.org. ers by some of the nation’s most Hellesen and directed by Mark
sified documents, some of which influential artists reveal how Ramont, the 1.6-mile walking tour
factor into this exhibition of more THE GREAT MYSTERY American workers have shaped revisits and reexamines the sites
than 80 original records. To Jan. 6, Baltimore’s American Visionary and defined the nation in a mul- and clues from the investigation
2019. Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery, Art Museum is letting its curios- tifaceted Smithsonian exhibition into the assassination. Tours are
Constitution Avenue between 7th ity run wild in its 21st year-long further exploring the intersections offered approximately three eve-
and 9th Streets NW. NW. Call 202- exhibition curated by founder and among work, art, and social histo- nings a week at 6:45 p.m. Ford’s
357-5000 or visit archivesfounda- director Rebecca Hoffberger. Partly ry. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. Tickets
tion.org. inspired by Albert Einstein, who prints, mixed-media, and photo- are $17. Call 202-397-7328 or visit
once referred to the concept of life graphs factor into this fully bilin- fords.org. l
Expanding Fringe
nogamous, non-heterosexual, opposite-sexed
couple’s adventures, and Glass Attic Collective’s
devised work, Up Your Aesthetic, which reclaims
stories of othered or historically misrepresented
Capital Fringe moves its annual festival to the Waterfront while bodies from the Amazons in Greek mythology.
it completely overhauls its building. By Doug Rule “We’re really trying to encourage people to
I
get outside of their comfort zone,” says Brienza.
HAVE TO ADMIT, I DIDN’T THINK WE WERE GOING TO GET THE “Because, why not? You can buy a six-pack and a
money,” says Julianne Brienza. “I didn’t think it was going to happen. I four-pack and the tickets are $13 or $11 each. In a
thought we’d be announcing that we’re selling the building and I would be pretty expensive city, that’s pretty affordable for
giving a year’s notice and moving somewhere else in the world.” theater.” —Doug Rule
Instead, Capital Fringe, which Brienza heads, raised nearly $9 million dollars
to further renovate the space it purchased in 2014. If all goes as planned, by The 2018 Capital Fringe Festival kicks off on
this time next year the Logan Fringe Arts Space complex in Northeast D.C.’s Saturday, July 7 and runs to July 30. A Festival
Trinidad neighborhood will go from having one theater to three, while adding a Preview with a sampling of offerings is Sunday,
full kitchen to further complement the venue’s indoor bar, outdoor beer garden, July 8, at 7 p.m. at the Pearl Street Warehouse, 33
and art gallery. Pearl St. SW. Tickets are $17 per show, with a one-
“When we started Fringe, it was all about starting an arts organization,” she time purchase of a $7 Fringe button. Multi-show
says. Indeed, the arts center is intended to stand apart from the namesake annu- passes range from $60 to $350. Call 866-811-4111
al festival. “It could be that in the new building we have other shows running or visit capitalfringe.org.
S.U
Market SW fight for Hawaii’s freedom.
pricing and more information, visit capitalfringe.org. July 11 St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 15, 19, 21, 27, 28
▼ denotes significant
LGBTQ content. Dangerous When Wet:
Booze, Sex & My Mother ▼ Heartbreak Hitman
123 An alcoholic’s odyssey from small- Based on the true story of a man
A tragicomedy about town sissy to louche Manhattanite. who outsourced breakups.
family rifts and ballroom dancing. Audience Awards St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Blind Whino
Christ United Methodist Church Voting starts July 7, awards present- July 14, 15, 19, 21, 24 July 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29
July 13, 14, 22, 27, 29 ed July 29.
Pearl Street Warehouse Deadlie Affairs: Hexagon 2018:
14 July 29 Arden of Faversham Tweet Land of Liberty
A time- and reality-warping medita- Two classical actors are stuck recre- When the future looks back at us,
tion on love and loss. A View From My Backyard ating sex and murder. how hard will they laugh?
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Memories told though movement, Arena Stage Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 18, 22, 24, 26, 28 storytelling and cold beer. July 13, 15, 21, 27, 28 July 12, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 28
Blind Whino
50 Ways… ▼ July 25, 26, 27, 28 Dragon Hunting Support Group ▼ Hold The Tomato
Fifty mini-scenes about the many Five chairs. Five survivors of suicide. A variety show with improv, sketch,
ways lovers leave. Barococo A powerful shared bond. songs, and low-budget art.
Christ United Methodist Church Six clowns portray oblivious entitle- Arena Stage St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 18, 20, 22, 24, 28 ment in the late Baroque. July 14, 20, 22, 27, 29 July 14, 19, 21, 25, 27, 28
Arena Stage
50 Ways to Date your Aubrey ▼ July 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, Holon!
Draupadi’s Arranged Marriage ▼
A tragicomedy about monogamy. 20, 21, 22 A subtly irreverent, casually tender
An Indian epic is reworked to focus
Real love, real life. Mostly. comedy-drama-dance.
on the progress of women’s rights.
Caos on F Bartleby, the Magical White St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, Coworker July 12, 18, 24, 28, 29
July 17, 19, 21, 28, 29
24, 25, 26, 28, 29 A satire about tropes, race, and
creepy male coworkers. Horse People
Entre Nous
52:15 Christ United Methodist Church Looking through generations of
Live jazz music in French and
A teacher absconds with a young July 12, 14, 21, 24, 28 strange women to seek the source
Portuguese. Free.
student. A reporter follows. of neuroses.
Market SW
Blind Whino Beauty and the Beat St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 17
July 24, 25, 27, 28, 29 A haunting interaction. The beauty July 14, 15, 17, 18, 22
and life in recalled moments. Experimental Music Showcase
Almost Full: A Young Woman’s Blind Whino How’s That Workin’ Out for Ya?
Showcase of three solo performanc-
Guide to Growing Up July 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28 A cheeky look at women, power,
es. Free.
Teenagers relate their experiences politics, and flushing.
Market SW
growing up as young women. Black Confederates Arena Stage
July 24
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church A dying civilization turns desperately July 17, 18, 22, 26, 28
July 21, 22 to the African-American male for F*ck Tinder: A Love Story
deliverance. How to Fall in Love
120 women. Two years. A search for
America’s Wives St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church on a Warming Planet
love that finds everything else.
Explore identity, love, greed and July 13, 15, 24, 26, 28 Part concert, part protest. How do
Christ United Methodist Church
morality in modern America. you fall in love on a warming planet?
July 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 24, 28
Arena Stage Blowin’ Off Steam Blind Whino
July 8, 11, 14, 18, 22 Six guys in a steam room. What July 20, 21, 22, 26, 28
Flight of the Xenophobe
could go wrong? Versed in the Black Power move-
Andromeda Breaks Blind Whino Isadora Duncan:
ment. Paroled in a gentrified neigh-
Andromeda is accused of murder, July 21, 22, 25, 26, 28 Landscapes of the Soul
borhood.
but all is not what it seems. Explore power, beauty, brokenness
Christ United Methodist Church
Arena Stage Burn Out Blessings and triumph through dance.
July 11, 15, 21, 27, 28
July 7, 12, 15, 21, 22 One teacher’s treacherous trek to Christ United Methodist Church
tenure status. July 12, 15, 21, 25, 26
Fringe Festival Preview
An Unhealthily Man St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Four-minute rapid fire excerpts from
Lectures You on Medical Issues July 11, 14, 21, 27, 28 La Marvela
over 20 Fringe shows.
A comic romp through medicine, sur- Live all female, traditional Colombian
Pearl Street Warehouse
gery and health insurance. Chlamydia dell’Arte: MORE Sex-Ed music. Free.
July 8
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Burlesque Market SW
July 14, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 A 1910s-style burlesque about sex July 25
Ghosts
and human sexuality. How far would you go to reunite
Aphrodite’s Refugees Arena Stage Learn to Fringe Happy Hours
with a deceased loved one?
Four teenage refugees are pawns in July 18, 19, 21, 22, 24 Join Fringe staff every Tuesday to
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July 21, 22, 24, 29
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A steampunk monarchy in decline. Is
A Slow Bullet Westminster Presbyterian Church checkmate worth the cost?
A dead friend. His last play. Respect July 14, 15, 21, 26, 28 Lesbians and the Men Who Love
Westminster Presbyterian Church
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A fake skull, a real shovel, and a lot July 14, 19, 21, 22, 28 July 10, 13, 15, 19
Time to reexamine the past.
of imagination. Arena Stage
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church July 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
July 15, 22, 25, 28
MasterMimes: The Show PolySHAMory ▼ Tales of The Mysterious and Tributary Project
A reflection, through mime, on what Kate has everything she’s ever Grotesque: The Works of Edgar Live global jazz and experimental
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July 13, 14, 18, 21, 22 St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church one immersive journey. July 12
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Meet the Glory Wholes July 12, 15, 21, 25, 27 Unscripted
Four comedians. A canceled TV Riot Brrrain ▼ VI Lenin explores the world and char-
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episode. journey through Teddy’s sexual past. Psychedelic visuals and sound follow Christ United Methodist Church
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Blind Whino a decidedly obtuse adventure. July 13, 15, 21, 22, 25
July 14, 18, 21, 26, 28 July 21, 22, 24, 27, 28 DC Arts Center
July 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, Up Your Aesthetic ▼
Mesa, Arizona Roko’s Basilisk 26, 28, 29 Disrupting the oppressive origins
or Something Like It Explore “the most terrifying thought of the ancient Greek myths of the
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Arizona-bound surrealism. Christ United Methodist Church Battlefield in the Bosnian War Blind Whino
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July 14, 15, 22, 28, 29 A psychologist urging her to keep it.
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St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church July 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 The world starts to lose its collective Christ United Methodist Church
July 14, 15, 22, 27, 29 memory -- except for one person. July 14, 18, 24, 28
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July 18 Pie in this raunchy, over-the-top sex
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Movie Magic Live!
100 years of film in a live game
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July 20, 21, 22 Four one-act operas explore loss and borhood. Within walking distance of
reclamation of agency. the Waterfront Station on Metro’s
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Estranged brothers reunite over their
Live funk jazz music. Free. mother’s offensive antiques. July 14, 15, 21, 22, 26
Market SW Arena Stage
Christ United Methodist Church
July 26 1101 6th St. SW
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July 11, 14, 20, 28, 29 The Truth*
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Elan is a father...four times a year.
On the Eve DC Arts Center
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Unexceptional people are trans- 2438 18th St. NW
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ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL pendent of UHU. 6:30-7:30 p.m., 3636
HEALTH offers free HIV testing and Georgia Ave. NW. For more information,
HIV services (by appointment). 9 a.m.-5 call 202-446-1100.
p.m. Decatur Center, 1400 Decatur St.
NW. To arrange an appointment, call WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
202-291-4707, or visit andromedatrans- for young LBTQ women, 13-21, interest-
CLASS WARFARE
culturalhealth.org. ed in leadership development. 5-6:30
p.m. SMYAL Youth Center, 410 7th St.
DC AQUATICS CLUB practice session SE. For more information, call 202-567-
at Takoma Aquatic Center. 7:30-9 p.m. 3163, or email catherine.chu@smyal.org.
300 Van Buren St. NW. For more infor-
mation, visit swimdcac.org.
Want to learn how to defend yourself against FRIDAY, July 6
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walk- verbal and physical harassment? GAY DISTRICT, a group for GBTQQI
ing/social club welcomes runners of all
ability levels for exercise in a fun and
There’s a class for that. men between the ages of 18-35, meets
A
on the first and third Fridays of each
supportive environment, with socializing
SELF-DEFENSE CLASS IN THE MID-80S DRAS- month. 8:30-9:30 p.m. 2000 14th St.
afterward. Route distance is 3-6 miles.
NW, Suite 105. For more information,
Meet at 7 p.m. at 23rd & P Streets NW. TICally changed the trajectory of Lauren Taylor’s visit gaydistrict.org.
For more information, visit dcfrontrun-
ners.org.
life. “Before I took the class,” she says, “I had always
thought that because I was small and not strong that anyone Join LGBTQ people from the D.C. Metro
area for an LGBTQ HAPPY HOUR
DC LAMBDA SQUARES, D.C.’s gay could do anything to me, and there would be nothing I could SOCIAL at Pinzimini Lounge in the
and lesbian square-dancing group,
do. Knowing there were things I could do if I was targeted Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel. No
features mainstream through advanced
square dancing at the National City was life-changing.” cover, everyone welcome. 6:30-8:30
p.m. 801 Glebe Rd., Arlington, Va.
Christian Church. Please dress casually. Since then, Taylor has spent 33 years teaching those Ballston Metro is two blocks away. Visit
7-9:30 p.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202- at risk of gender-based violence how defend themselves, gogaydc.org for more information.
930-1058, dclambdasquares.org.
including women, LGBTQ people, and gender-nonconform-
The DC Center’s TRANS SUPPORT
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds practice. ing people. But her classes are not just about physical tech-
GROUP provides a space to talk for
The team is always looking for new niques like judo or karate. transgender people and those who iden-
members. All welcome. 7-9 p.m. Harry
Thomas Recreation Center, 1743 Lincoln
“In empowerment self-defense, we don’t focus solely on tify outside of the gender binary. 7-8:30
physical attacks, but microaggressions, obnoxious family p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
Rd. NE. For more information, visit scan-
more information, visit thedccenter.org.
dalsrfc.org or dcscandals@gmail.com. members, problematic coworkers, and standing up for your-
THE DULLES TRIANGLES Northern
self verbally as well as physically,” she says. Weekly Events
Virginia social group meets for happy On July 11, Taylor will offer a special class at The DC
hour at Sheraton in Reston. All wel- Center. It costs $23, but Taylor never turns away people who BET MISHPACHAH, founded by
come. 7-9 p.m. 11810 Sunrise Valley members of the LGBT community,
can’t pay, and has even bartered for payment. Due to the holds Friday evening Shabbat services
Drive, second-floor bar. For more infor-
mation, visit dullestriangles.com. Center’s small size, the class is limited to 10 people. Enrollees in the DC Jewish Community Center’s
will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Community Room. 8 p.m. 1529 16th
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker St. NW. For more information, visit
“We talk a little bit about what kinds of violations are betmish.org.
Health. 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and from 2-5
p.m. at 1525 14th St. NW, and 9 a.m-12 realistic,” she says. “Mostly from the media, people have very
p.m. and 2-5 p.m. at the Max Robinson unrealistic ideas of what their threats are, and there’s a lot of DC AQUATICS CLUB holds a practice
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE. For an session at Howard University. 6:30-8 p.m.
fear of ‘stranger danger’ and stuff like that.” Burr Gymnasium, 2400 6th St. NW. For
appointment call 202-745-7000 or visit
whitman-walker.org.
The class focuses on the daily harassment and micro- more information, visit swimdcac.org.
aggressions that often precede a physical attack, and how
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker
IDENTITY offers free and confidential to halt that behavior to prevent it from escalating. The rest
HIV testing at two separate locations. Health. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at 1525 14th St.
Walk-ins accepted from 2-6 p.m., by
of the class examines scenarios where participants might NW. For an appointment call 202-745-
appointment for all other hours. 414 encounter harassment, with the remaining time dedicated to 7000 or visit whitman-walker.org.
East Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg, Md. physical strikes and other techniques.
or 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite METROHEALTH CENTER offers free,
Many of Taylor’s students have told her they found the rapid HIV testing. Appointment needed.
411, Takoma Park, Md. To set up an
appointment or for more information, class has increased confidence in their ability to defend them- 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700. To arrange
call Gaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or selves from various forms of harassment and violence. an appointment, call 202-638-0750.
Takoma Park, 301-422-2398. “You not only feel more safe,” she says, “but you take up PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free, more space in the world and ask for what you want, and set affirming social group for ages 11-24.
rapid HIV testing. Appointment needed. limits, and live a more authentic life.” —John Riley 4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road NW.
1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700. To arrange Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, layc-
an appointment, call 202-638-0750. dc.org.
Lauren Taylor’s “Get Empowered!” self-defense workshop
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5 for women, LGBTQ, and gender-nonconforming people is SMYAL’S REC NIGHT provides a
p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for social atmosphere for LGBT and ques-
Wednesday, July 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The DC Center, tioning youth, featuring dance parties,
youth 21 and younger. Youth Center, 410
7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or testing@ 2000 14th St. NW. The class is open to ages 16 and up. To reg- vogue nights, movies and games.
smyal.org. ister, visit defendyourself.org. For more info, email catherine.chu@
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COURTESY OF THE ESTATE OF WHITNEY E. HOUSTON
Movies
Family Portrait
documentary, as opposed to the equally
worthy Can I Be Me?, was authorized
by the Houston family, and was exec-
utive produced by Gary’s wife, Patricia
Whitney zeroes in on the Houston family dynamics that played a part Houston. Consequently, the Houstons hog
in the singer’s rise and fall. By André Hereford a lot of screen-time, as Macdonald weaves
stark audio and talking-head interviews
H
with peak-Whitney performance footage,
OUSTONS, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WATCHING WHITNEY HOUSTON’S music videos, and truly revealing home
brothers Michael and Gary in the maddening new documentary Whitney movies and backstage video.
(HHHHH), it’s mind-blowing to note the difference in how they describe The Newark, New Jersey clan abso-
doing drugs with their superstar little sister, versus describing how they felt about what lutely worked and sacrificed so that their
she might have been doing in the bedroom. golden-throated princess could become
On the subject of sharing blow with the Grammy-winner, known to family and America’s princess. And she made it,
friends as “Nippy,” the siblings’ candor seems laced with a mix of loss, and nostalgia for reigning gloriously with talent, beauty,
coke-fueled family time. They appear wistful for good old days that weren’t all good. and chart-topping success. Her father
But when the discussion turns to the possibility that Nippy might have been bisexu- John ruled the roost with smarts and
al or gay, a wall goes up, and their tone changes sharply. They sound angry, defensive, savvy. But make no doubt about it, accord-
and even a bit cruel addressing the topic of sexuality and Whitney’s relationship with ing to Whitney and several sources within,
her former friend and assistant Robyn Crawford. the queen behind the throne was Nippy’s
Despite the fact that Crawford, by every account, tried to keep Whitney focused on mom, revered gospel and soul singer, Cissy
performing, not on drugs, she was, in the brothers’ eyes, an evil, wicked influence — Houston.
not them. It’s a darkly telling glimpse of what one associate in the film refers to as the While Whitney’s notorious ex-hus-
strictly religious Houston family’s homophobia. band, Bobby Brown, doesn’t show up until
Whether or not the late singer enjoyed romantic or sexual relationships with late in the film to pointedly refuse to
women, Whitney, directed by Oscar-winner Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of talk about drugs (whatever, Bobby), the
Scotland), makes clear that her family was hellbent on preventing her from being her- film kicks off with plenty of input from
self, whomever that was. Viewed together with Nick Broomfield’s 2017 documentary Cissy, in interviews and on the soundtrack.
Whitney: Can I Be Me?, both films make a strong case that she never found a proper way Centering their fraught mother-daugh-
to answer that question. ter dynamic, the film traces a neatly pre-
Much more a portrait of Whitney and the Houstons than a focused survey of the scribed narrative of Whitney’s rise under
Motown Moves
Four Seasons (Summer, On Your Feet! and
Jersey Boys). For Ain’t Too Proud, Trujillo
has infused the sharp synchronization of
the original Temptations choreography
A stellar quintet recreates The Temptations in the Broadway Bound with a sexy and elegant contemporary
Ain’t Too Proud at the Kennedy Center. By André Hereford edge.
In full flight for performances of hits
I
like “My Girl,” the cast portraying the
T’S A TRICKY BUSINESS PACKAGING A SONGBOOK OF SUCCESSFUL POP Classic 5 — Ephraim Sykes as combustible
tunes into a theatrical musical that both tells a substantive story and serves the lead David Ruffin, James Harkness as
audience’s thirst for nostalgia. The show’s cast also has to deliver concert-style soulful Paul, Jeremy Pope as cocky tenor
versions of seminal, well-known songs that capture what was so great about the tracks Eddie, Jawan M. Jackson as smooth bass
in the first place, while avoiding plain imitation of the originals. Melvin, and the aforementioned Baskin
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations ( ) has a leg up on — produce their own magic together. The
most jukebox musicals with just the sheer number of potentially substantive storylines dancing these five guys conjure while sing-
comprising the Motown group’s biography. As one of the Temps notes late in the play, ing full-out, dressed to dapper perfection
some two dozen members have, at one time or another in the group’s long history, in costume designer Paul Tazewell’s ward-
donned a natty suit to perform in the R&B quintet. There might be countless takes on robe, is more than impressive. Although,
what it means to be one of the Temptations. for show-stopping entertainment value,
The take Ain’t Too Proud is running with derives from the point of view, and the Next 5, i.e., the Temptations minus
published memoir, of the group’s last surviving founding member, Otis Williams. Ruffin and with new lead singer Dennis
Remarkably, Williams, now 76, still performs with the group, so he’s seen all those Edwards (Caliaf St. Aubyn), hit a mighty
other Temptations come and go for over 50 years. But based on his story, he’d be high with their sizzling performance of “I
the first to acknowledge that the group’s “Classic 5” lineup, established in 1964, was Can’t Get Next to You.”
untouchably the best. The entire cast, including Candice
Director Des McAnuff does a breathtaking job of demonstrating exactly why that Marie Woods leading the Supremes as
particular five — Otis, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, and Paul Diana Ross, nail their performances.
Williams (no relation to Otis) — were so magical together. However, the magic of rivet- Pope’s falsetto doesn’t really sound like
ing biography isn’t necessarily in the show’s book, by acclaimed playwright Dominique Kendricks’, but he still sounds great. Sykes
Morisseau, whose piercing drama Skeleton Crew was presented recently in a fantastic doesn’t much look like Ruffin, but he cap-
production at Studio. Hailing from Motown herself, Morisseau’s dialogue sparkles tures the singer’s fire, his explosive talent
with authenticity and wit. But the behind-the-music plotting, narrated directly to the for expressing emotion through a song,
audience by Otis (Derrick Baskin), barrels ahead with a pace that starts to feel routine. and the pain he carried from a dark child-
Fights between Temptations, and assorted wives and girlfriends, roll across stage hood and his tragic love story with fel-
with a steady “and-then-this-happened” rhythm, as if stuck to the built-in conveyor low Motown star Tammi Terrell (Nasia
belts that move the actors around Robert Brill’s sparse but imaginative sets. Otis and Thomas).
wife Josephine (Rashidra Jones) play different versions of the same scene several Harkness transcends notes about
times. She wants him home, he won’t leave the road, repeat, until finally they move on. sounding or looking like the man he’s
The most effective onstage moves come not from the narrative, but Sergio Trujillo. portraying. He’s simply the Paul Williams
The Tony-nominated choreographer seems to be the go-to guy for reimagining the of the group, a moving embodiment of the
stage moves of acts from Donna Summer, Gloria Estefan and Frankie Valli and the real-life singer’s enigmatic sensuality and
vulnerability. Following the shape and evolution of his perfor- fans of the music and the group with the highlights and lowlights
mance, knowing in advance Paul’s full trajectory in this story, they arrived expecting to witness. Thought the script might dole
yields strong dramatic impact. those bits out too dutifully, the singing and dancing of these
Like most such musicals, Ain’t Too Proud rewards longtime Temptations put those moments across beautifully. l
Ain’t Too Proud runs to July 22 at Kennedy Center Opera House. Tickets are $39 to $159.
Call 202-467-4600, or visit Kennedy-Center.org.
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“I want to give
a lesson to the world of tolerance and respect
”
towards oneself and towards others,
— ANGELA PONCE, speaking after she was crowned Miss Universe Spain 2018. Ponce has made history as the first transgender
winner of the regional competition, and will compete in the Miss Universe final in the Philippines later this year.
“Everyone in this country should feel safe and happy to be who they are, and to
love who they love, without judgement or fear.”
— PENNY MORDAUNT, Britain’s Minister for Women and Equalities, in a statement responding to a government survey which found
that British LGBTQ people are less happy than their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Mordaunt said it was “very disturbing”
that more than two-thirds of those surveyed wouldn’t hold hands with a same-sex partner over fears of negative reactions, while a
majority of trans and non-binary people say they avoid expressing their gender identity due to fear of negative reactions.
— Actor JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME, responding on French television show On n’est pas couché to a question about same-sex
marriage. Van Damme was criticized by French minister for Gender Equality Marlène Schiappa, another guest on the show.
“I find this shocking,” she said. “There are people who are beaten and insulted because they are homosexual,
we need to support them rather than mocking them, saying they are dogs."
“Instagram spoon feeds us with rainbows and hashtags to appear in solidarity but it seems
real people in love have no place here.”
— JORDAN BOWEN, the subject of an image by photographer Stella Asia Consonni in which he kisses his partner Luca Lucifer,
writing on Instagram after the photo was taken down from Consonni’s Instagram profile for “violating community guidelines.”
Bowen noted: “My relationship of seven years [has been] reduced to a Community Guideline.”
Instagram subsequently apologized, saying the photo was “removed in error.”