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  • Show Explorer

    By on September 27, 2012

    ''Playing that role early on in my career actually helped me to come to terms with myself,'' Antonio Vargas says of playing Paul in a...

  • 'Brel' Done Well

    By on September 27, 2012

    Jacques Brel's ''Ne Me Quitte Pas,'' usually translated in English as ''If You Go Away,'' stands as one of the best songs ever written, holding...

  • Big Government

    By on September 27, 2012

    An utterly giggle-worthy mix of satire, irreverence and fuel-injected wit, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's souped-up take on Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector seriously raises the...

  • Cocksure

    By on September 27, 2012

    Offering plenty of curb appeal in the form of wit, slapstick, a libidinous thundering bass, damsels in distress, sword fights and a reasonably gratifying comeuppance,...

  • Teenage Idols

    By on September 27, 2012

    We've all been there. Those moments -- almost always among friends -- when everything fits together in a fit of transcendental bliss. They're fleeting, of...

  • David Byrne and St. Vincent live at Strathmore

    By on September 26, 2012

    Quirky pop mastermind and Talking Heads founder David Byrne teamed up with introspective, indie darling St. Vincent to create the idiosyncratic album Love This Giant,...

  • Cirque du Soleil’s Totem

    By on September 26, 2012

    Totem, Cirque du Soleil’s latest traveling show, dazzles in the typical way, mostly language-free and multicultural, down to its musical roots. Totem loosely interprets various...

  • Tickets are still available for Madonna’s Monday night show at the Verizon Center.

    By on September 23, 2012

    In his review of the North American debut of Madonna’s MDNA Tour in Philadelphia, Metro Weekly’s Yusef Najafi noted that the visuals were stunning, but...

  • Cult Classic

    By on September 20, 2012

    The Master is a magnum opus of conflict. No man, attitude, sight or sound is immune to its discord. Paul Thomas Anderson uses every millimeter...

  • Queen for a Day

    By on September 20, 2012

    Timed perfectly for the Tudor fever generated by author Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and its sequel, the Washington National Opera's season-opener of Donizetti's Anna Bolena...

  • Show Pieces

    By on September 20, 2012

    What do you call a farce that's not particularly funny? The real Mackay. Of course, what you want is the real McCoy – something from...

  • Passionate Feeling

    By on September 20, 2012

    Melissa Etheridge ends her new album 4th Street Feeling in a state of heat, plain and simple. ''I think I'm ready to try my hand...

  • Rock Starr

    By on September 20, 2012

    To set the record straight, Garrison Starr is not the girl Katy Perry kissed and told about in song. ''No, no, it wasn't,'' Starr laughs....

  • Intimate Festival

    By on September 20, 2012

    ''We've had crazy responses from people already worried about whether or not they're going to be able to get in,'' says Angela Lombardi, general manager...

  • Adam Lambert comes to the 9:30 Club for Maryland Marriage Equality

    By on September 19, 2012

    The openly gay pop star and former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert has announced a surprise concert next Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the 9:30 Club...