Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Magic Tricks

    By on June 28, 2012

    Possibly you've seen the tiny synopsis for Magic Mike and you have groaned. One stripper, Mike (Channing Tatum), takes newbie Adam (Alex Pettyfer) under his...

  • Making Merry

    By on June 27, 2012

    Though it is without doubt intended to please the hopeless anglophile – and slides in just in time for the post-Jubilee afterglow of the alarm...

  • Brave is not Pixar’s finest, but it’s ruddy lovely

    By on June 23, 2012

    Brave is like nothing Pixar’s made before, but not for the reasons you might expect. For starters, it’s a straightforward fairy tale, and for the...

  • Titanic: 100 Year Obsession at NatGeo

    By on June 22, 2012

    Titanic: 100 Year Obsession showcases the importance of the Titanic and its sinking on April 15, 1912, taking visitors through the history of the ship...

  • The Washington Chorus

    By on June 21, 2012

    Commissioned by Carnegie Hall, acclaimed young Italian composer Paola Prestini’s folk opera Oceanic Verses is a multimedia opera concert event with scenic installation. Julian Wachner...

  • Razzle Dazzle

    By on June 21, 2012

    Chicago. Cabaret. Liza with a ''Z.'' Certainly gays are familiar with the musical output of the showy songwriting duo John Kander and the late Fred...

  • Carlile's Cause

    By on June 20, 2012

    Of the perks that come with increasing fame, lesbian folk rocker Brandi Carlile is most honored by the aspiring musicians who seek out her counsel....

  • Heartache: 'The Normal Heart'

    By on June 20, 2012

    The power of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart lies not only in its incisive, witty and emotionally honest account of the birthing pains of New...

  • Sister Mary hauls out her ruler at American Century

    By on June 20, 2012

    Christopher Durang’s controversial and satirical 1979 comedy, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You skewers religion, dogma and the Catholic Church in a way...

  • Spanglish

    By on June 20, 2012

    Puerto Rico can be a peculiar experience for visitors, with its confusing mix of cultures and commercialism, of Spanish and English – Spanglish – of...

  • Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles at Wolf Trap

    By on June 19, 2012

    Wolf Trap welcomes back the national tour of the Broadway hit production RAIN, featuring Beatlesmania performers re-creating live every note, song, gesture and nuance of...

  • Beauty and the Beast: Tale as old as time.

    By on June 18, 2012

    It’s not a tale as old as time, but it’s definitely been told many times: The 1994 musical Beauty and the Beast, based on the...

  • Master Class with Barbara Cook at the Kennedy Center

    By on June 17, 2012

    If you missed her namesake cabaret shows last Friday, fear not. You can at least see why Barbara Cook, a 2011 Kennedy Center honoree, is...

  • Scissor Sisters: 'Magic' Moves

    By on June 17, 2012

    ''I'm gonna let you have it,'' the Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic says halfway through Magic Hour. And on ''Let's Have A Kiki,'' the self-described drag...

  • Crock Rock

    By on June 17, 2012

    There are two kinds of people in this world: those who think hair metal is good, and those who realize it isn't. If you're allied...