Arts + Entertainment
-
A Woman Speaks: Arena Stage’s “At Wit’s End” (review)
We’ve come a long way since the days of Erma Bombeck’s candidly comic newspaper column on the trials and tribulations of motherhood. Down-in-the-trenches mothering blogs...
-
New Order yields yet another fine crop of pop
New Order's Music Complete is a faithful rendition of their distinct aesthetic, without expanding their sonic palette
-
Flamenco Fellas
Edwin Aparicio showcases male dancers in GALA's Fuego Flamenco Festival
-
Generations of Dance
Dance is a family affair at this year's Fall Festival of South Asian Dance and Art
-
“Turn of the Screw” original cast recording
Earlier this year, the Virginia theater company Creative Cauldron presented a world premiere musical adaptation of The Turn of the Screw — Henry James’s classic gothic novella...
-
Children’s book about transgender teddy bear gets global publisher
Jessica Walton seized upon a simple idea after a revelation in her family. When her father came out as transgender, eventually transitioning to become Tina, his...
-
Ellen DeGeneres: “I didn’t think I was going to come out. Period”
Ellen opened up to Oprah Winfrey about her struggle with being open about her sexuality
-
Disclosure Banged That at Echostage (review)
Two years ago, the dance-pop duo Disclosure blew away a sweaty, sold out crowd at the 9:30 Club with a top-notch show, a live concert...
-
Finely Crafted
This weekend's American Fine Craft Show will feature plenty of stunning handcrafted art
-
Naked and Afraid: Yael Farber’s “Salomé” (review)
The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Salomé is a challenge on several fronts, but it's one you consider accepting
-
Janet Jackson’s “Unbreakable” (review)
Unbreakable is a welcome return -- and return to form -- for Janet Jackson
-
High Note: Randy Graff at the Kennedy Center
Having made her Kennedy Center debut in 1986 with Les Miz, Randy Graff returns with a one-woman cabaret
-
Fame Fatale: Suzanne Westenhoefer
Suzanne Westenhoefer paved the way for the latest generation of female comics to be fully out in their careers
-
Tove Lo Stayed High at the 9:30 Club (review)
Word on the street — or really the radio, Hot 99.5 — was that Tove Lo was sick Monday night. But the woman born Ebba...
-
Gothic Creep: Crimson Peak (review)
Guillermo del Toro’s visually ravishing Crimson Peak terrifies you in ways you least expect
