Arts + Entertainment
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Modern Marriage
''It's a musical I never thought I'd end up directing, that's for sure,'' says Jack Marshall of I Do! I Do! ''I actually avoided seeing...
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Madonna’s self-titled debut, 30 years later
Thirty years ago this week an album was released that would end up changing the course of pop music forever. It would have been impossible...
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Icona Pop to Return to Area with Stop at Virgin FreeFest
This year’s Capital Pride headlining duo Icona Pop are on a tear, striking while the iron — aka that little ditty called “I Love It”...
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Hear Queer
{Cheyenne Jackson (Photo by Karl Simone)} THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN able to turn on the radio without hearing the soaring work of...
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''To Do List'' Scores
The To Do List isn't perfect. It moves in fits and starts, slipping in and out of rhythm in clumsy, amateurish ways. It's wildly enthusiastic,...
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Hooking Up: The Musical
Last year Eric Tipler spent a weekend in New York City. While there he took in a Broadway musical, but otherwise spent most of his...
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Station Master
On the morning of Jan. 1, 2009, Oscar Grant was shot in the back by a police officer. He was neither armed nor dangerous. He...
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Mayer Hawthorne’s sexy new album “Where Does This Door Go”
California-based singer/songwriter and talented multi-instrumentalist is back today with his 4th album, “Where Does This Door Go.” It’s a smooth collection of R&B flavored pop...
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David Bowie premiers video for “Valentine’s Day”
David Bowie this morning unveiled his 4th video from “The Next Day,” his first album in nearly a decade. The song about a would-be school...
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Fun.’s Boost for Tegan & Sara
One day soon here’s hoping we’ll see an American pop hit from a bona fide out LGBT artist or act. You don’t have to look...
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Songs of Summer 2013 Sampler
Just in time for your weekend, Metro Weekly has assembled a Spotify playlist of the leading contenders as Song of Summer 2013. That is, at...
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Duplex Diner Celebrates 15 Years Tonight
Over the past 15 years, D.C.’s restaurant scene has grown by leaps and bounds — in number, in quality, in variety. The bar scene has...
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Fortune Feimster at Arlington Drafthouse This Weekend
Is it as fun working for comedian Chelsea Handler as it would appear? “Oh for sure,” Fortune Feimster tells Metro Weekly. “We’re all lucky because...
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Monster Mashup
There is only one reason why anybody would want to endure Pacific Rim. That reason happens midway through the movie, when a giant robot faces...
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Alien Visitation
Right now, Washington is awash with tourists. They're trying to take in too much in too little time, and will end up getting at least...
