Arts + Entertainment
-
5 Actresses Who Could Play the Lead Role in NBC’s Remake of Rosemary’s Baby
I’m most certainly not going to say I was jumping up and down with anything remotely resembling joy when I read that NBC was moving...
-
Remembering John Lennon 33 years after his death
John Lennon was shot down on a New York City sidewalk 33 years ago today, December 8, 1980, and the world lost one of the...
-
Town Tonight Offers a ‘Crack’ at Global Travel
“Crack Trip” is the latest zany offering to come from the gay self-described low-budget theater group Crack DC, founded by Chris Farris, Karl Jones (aka...
-
Final Weekend for Ford’s Theatre’s Matthew Shepard Exhibition
It’s final days for the Ford’s Theatre exhibition Not Alone: The Power of Response. Subtitled Letters of Support to the Parents of Matthew Shepard Following His Murder,...
-
Right Now, If/Then Is Only A Conditional Success
The creators of the new musical If/Then have given D.C. theatergoers many reasons to be thankful, I wrote in a Thanksgiving week review for Metro Weekly. The...
-
The 30 Best Albums of 2013
As the year rapidly winds to a close, it’s time to look back at the best music that 2013 had to offer. This was not...
-
Family Misfortunes
There's a menace poisoning the modern Hollywood drama. It's wearing an unfamiliar face, but the symptoms are easily identified. The lazy use of narrative cliché....
-
Hearing a Who
No doubt you first heard Betty Who a few months ago, courtesy of Spencer Stout's elaborately choreographed marriage proposal to his boyfriend, Dustin. You know,...
-
Hear Them Roar
''And that's the time I bought the gun.'' Rita Lyons drops that hysterical bombshell in the midst of recounting a sordid family story in Nicky...
-
Stars of Spunky Synth-Pop
''People think our music is really fun,'' says JD Samson of the indie electronic/punk group JD Samson and Men. ''But then when you listen to...
-
World AIDS Day 2013 via music
The power of music is its universal ability to express feelings and emotions in a way that touches us all on any possible subject imaginable....
-
Russia’s RT airs documentary about transgender woman: “His Name Is Julia”
“I’m convinced that our thoughts materialze. If you’re afraid of something, sooner or later you’ll have to face it. There’s no point hiding. And why...
-
Conditional Success
The creators of the new musical If/Then have given D.C. theatergoers many reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. The most obvious three: a grand return...
-
Personal trainer Bob Harper comes out on “The Biggest Loser”
In a move that will surprise few and delight many, Bob Harper — a personal trainer on NBC’s The Biggest Loser — came out publicly on...
-
MetroStage’s Holiday Musical Spoofing Broadway, Dickens
Last week Metro Weekly offered a roundup of many of the holiday-themed shows and events on tap this season. But there are just so many...
