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"Urinetown the Musical," with music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis, is provocative to its core. The show ridicules the legal system, commercialism and even other populist Broadway musicals while juxtaposing happy toe-tapping songs with a grim plot.

HBO satire starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus debuts Sunday night

A backstage look at the making of "VEEP" in Baltimore.

Aaron Sorkin's "The West Wing" notwithstanding, prime-time television has never gone as far into the deep end of the political pool as it is about to do this year. At least four Washington-centric shows are in the works or set to premiere, including Maryland-based "VEEP" and "House of Cards."

Marin Alsop to conduct Baltimore Symphony, choruses, actors in Honegger's 'Joan of Arc at the Stake'

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