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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
‘HOLLA’ IF YA Popular entertainer talks about life, Detroit in new stand-up n
Actor/comedian Sinbad will star in a one-day-only stand-up event as “Make Me Wanna Holla” plays in movie theaters across the country. Locally, the show will play in Germantown, Bowie, Alexandria and Fairfax, Va.
WILL C. FRANKLIN
NATALIE BRASINGTON
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A high-school quartet gets a chance to live its dream in the musical “Forever Plaid” running from Aug. 24 to Sept. 15 at the Olney Theatre. From left are Brandon Duncan as Smudge, David Landstrom as Sparky, Austin Colby as Frankie and Chris Rudy as Jinx.
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HEAR ME!
Whether fans remember him as coach Walter Oakes from “The Cosby Show” spin-off “A Different World,” his role as Andre Krimm beside Scott Bakula in the movie “Necessary Roughness,” or dozens of stand-up specials, Sinbad has been a part of most people’s lives since the 1980s. The comedian is hitting new territory now, bringing his show “Make Me Wanna Holla” to movie theaters across the country for one night only. Fathom Events will screen the special locally at 8 p.m. Aug. 22. The film will feature Sinbad’s classic style of comedy and showcase his love of funk music. SINBAD: MAKE Sinbad spoke with A&E to talk about the show, his love of music and ME WANNA how basketball changed his life. A&E: First off, what can you tell
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me about “Make Me Wanna Holla?” Sinbad: Man, that’s a big question! It’s funny and we shot some really good film. Why don’t you break it down and tell me what you wanna know.
HOLLA
n When: 8 p.m. Thursday n Where: Germantown 14, 20000 Century Blvd., Germantown; Bowie Crossing 14, 15200 Major Lansdale Blvd., Bowie
A&E: Along with the music, is it a little about your life or is it stuff that you’ve noticed over the past few years? What’s the big theme for it? n Tickets: $15 Sinbad: It’s a mix of everything. n More information: Just like with all comedians, it’s a mix fathomevents.com of life, it’s a mix of stuff you’ve seen and stuff you’re tired of seeing. Some of it’s about Detroit — my home’s in Michigan. I’m from Benton Harbor. It’s about things happening in Detroit. My show is just a mixture of everything — my life, what’s going on around me, what I’ve observed and what I see. Some of it’s just me talking crazy. A&E: Talking a little about the music, you’ve incorpo-
See SINBAD, Page A-15
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Teenage quartet comes back from the dead to perform in Olney
HARMONY BY
VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER
The four guys were kind of nerdy in high school, but they were friends and really liked singing together as the Plaids. Their dream was to perform in public like their idols, four-part harmony groups like the Mills Brothers, the Ames Brothers and the Four Aces. The Plaids were driving to their first gig when, tragically, they ran into a bus filled with Catholic schoolgirls on their way to see the Beatles perform on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964. The girls were fine but the guys didn’t make it. Up to the stratosphere they went and there they’ve stayed until Saturday, when they de-
FOREVER PLAID n When: Aug. 24 to Sept. 15 (call for show times) n Where: Historic Stage, Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney n Tickets: $25-$35 n For information: 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org
scend through a hole in the ozone layer to the historic stage at Olney Theatre Center for one last chance to realize their dream. “The universe has allowed them 90 minutes to do the show,” said director and choreographer Bobby Smith about Olney’s production of the off-Broadway hit musical “Forever Plaid.” The show is about how the four singers overcome their insecurities, and together somehow manage to put on the concert they’ve always envisioned. “It’s their chance to get over what held them back when they were younger,” Smith said.
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Folklore Society ends summer on a Celtic note BY
CARA HEDGEPETH STAFF WRITER
Starting Saturday, The Folklore Society of Greater Washington will celebrate the end of summer with a series of concerts deemed the Celtic “triple threat.” The series gets underway Saturday night at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Silver Spring with The Big Reel No. 1, a performance from The New Century American Irish-Arts Company. Sept. 20 will feature the Ocean Celtic Quartet in Falls Church, Va., and Ireland’s own South Roscommon Singers will cap off the series with a performance at Glen Echo on Sept. 22. “We’re thrilled to offer these three concerts,” said Marty Summerour, program chair for The Folklore Society. The Folklore Society of Greater Washington
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The New Century American Irish-Arts Company executive director Peter Brice.