Not This Time? - Express

E22 | EXPRESS | 12.20.2012 | THURSDAY
December 13, 2012–August 11, 2013
Smithsonian
American Art
Museum
Exploring the sculptures,
videotapes, installations, and
archives of the “father of
video art”
Nam June Paik: Global Visionary
is organized by the Smithsonian
American Art Museum with generous
support from: Sheila Duignan and Mike
Wilkins, Barney A. Ebsworth, Marilou
and Ken Hakuta, Maureen and Gene
Kim, Korea Foundation, Wendy and
Jerry H. Labowitz, Paula and Peter
Lunder, Share Fund of The Community
Foundation for the National Capital
Region, The Starec Trust, Roselyne
Chroman Swig, Barbara & Howard Wise
Endowment for the Arts.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th and F Streets, NW Washington DC
AmericanArt.si.edu
Image credit: Paik sitting in TV Chair, 1968/1976, at Nam June Paik Werke, 1946-76: Musik, Fluxus, Video,
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, 1976. Photo by Friedrich Rosenstiel © Friedrich Rosenstiel
Weekend Pass
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for the Arts Concert Hall, 4400 University
Drive, Fairfax; 703-993-8888, Cfa.
gmu.edu.
My Fair Lady: Molly Smith, the director
of last season’s hit “Oklahoma!,” returns
with a staging of George Bernard Shaw’s
musical about a man who sets out to
turn a woman into a lady by ridding her
of her accent, through Jan. 6. Arena
Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW; 202-488-3300,
Arenastage.org.
Pullman Porter Blues: Set in 1937
and with a soundtrack of new and traditional
blues songs, this world premiere
follows three generations of porters as
they struggle to survive, through Jan. 6,
$45-$94. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW;
202-488-3300, Arenastage.org.
Seasonal Disorder: Washington
Improv Theater stages sketches with
a holiday theme, through Dec. 31, $10
online, $15 at the door. Source, 1835 14th
St. NW; 202-204-7800, Sourcedc.org.
LAST CHANCE Seasons of Light: The
many holidays and traditions that are
observed during this period are highlighted
in this show, through Friday, $8,
$6 children. S. Dillon Ripley Center, Discovery
Theater, 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW;
202-633-8700, Discoverytheater.org.
Seussical: A person’s a person, no mat-
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ter how small, and Dr. Seuss is the one
who tells that to all. The family-friendly
musical is based on the works of Dr.
Seuss. Here you’ll find Horton the Elephant,
the Whos, Gertrude McFuzz and
other enchanting characters, through
Jan. 6, $10-$25. Imagination Stage,
4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda; 301-280-
1660, Imaginationstage.org.
Shear Madness: The audience plays
armchair detective in the record-breaking
comedy, at the Kennedy Center for
more than 20 years, indefinitely, $48.
Kennedy Center, Theater Lab, 2700 F St.
NW; 202-467-4600, 800-444-1324,
Kennedy-center.org.
LAST CHANCE Step Afrika! Holiday
Performance: The stepping company
hosts a holiday party and performance,
through Sunday, $35, $20 seniors and
students, $12 age 17 and younger. Atlas
Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE;
202-399-7993, Atlasarts.org.
LAST CHANCE The Aliens: A teenage
coffee shop employee attempts to kick
out a couple of loitering slackers and
instead begins to appreciate their ways,
through Sunday, $39-$72. Studio Theatre,
1501 14th St. NW; 202-332-3300,
Studiotheatre.org.
THURSDAY ONLY The Magic Toy Shop:
Bob Brown Puppets holiday show,
TO APPRECIATE STUDIO THEATRE’S production of Annie Baker’s
“The Aliens,” it helps to like the poems of Charles Bukowski. KJ (Scot McKenzie,
above), a college dropout with huge artistic ambitions, is a big fan.
CAROL PRATT