Metro Weekly

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  • Deborah Cox Headlines Capital Pride Main Stage

    By on May 14, 2012

    Gay-popular singing sensation Deborah Cox will close this year’s Capital Pride festivities as headline performer on Sunday, June 10. The festival Main Stage lineup also...

  • Hair-Raising Tale

    By on May 14, 2012

    When Everett Maroon puts his mind to writing, there's no telling what might come out. Take the novel Super Queers he's shopping around. It's your...

  • Theatre Alliance “Hums” along

    By on May 13, 2012

    The Theater Alliance presents the world premiere of Nicholas Wardigo’s Hum, an allegory of Orwellian proportions following a couple’s journey to discover what life is...

  • Stewart Lewis at Busboys and Poets

    By on May 12, 2012

    Recently transplanted to D.C., this gay singer-songwriter offers a soulful blend of pop and folk that has been featured on many TV shows, including Dawson’s...

  • In previews: The Music Man

    By on May 12, 2012

    Arena Stage’s Molly Smith picks up where she left off with last year’s stunning revamp of Oklahoma!, this time reviving Meredith Wilson and Franklin Lacey’s...

  • Masculine Impressions closes tomorrow.

    By on May 12, 2012

    “Masculine Impressions,” the current titillating exhibit to come to Vitruvian Gallery, the gallery devoted to male figurative art, closes tomorrow, so if you’ve wanted to...

  • Golden Tribute

    By on May 12, 2012

    Maybe you don't love Judy Garland. Maybe you don't understand or – gasp! – respect her ties to the gay community, or why she still...

  • Gershwin Jukebox

    By on May 12, 2012

    They're no Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, but Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Broderick make quite the dancing pair in the new Broadway musical Nice Work...

  • Pool Party

    By on May 10, 2012

    ''Some of the front rows of the audience ,'' says Constellation Theatre Company's managing director A.J. Guban. ''Just a little splash, just a little...

  • Westward, Shrew!

    By on May 10, 2012

    The West is more mild than wild in Folger Theatre's new production of The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare's so-called comedy that revels in...

  • Swing Time

    By on May 10, 2012

    This summer, Steven Reineke will perform with Idina Menzel at Wolf Trap, supporting the Broadway and TV star with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops. But...

  • The Hole Truth

    By on May 10, 2012

    You often hear about pop artists and bands partying hard, being reckless with life and drugs. But you rarely see it. ''I didn't really want...

  • Blood Sucking

    By on May 10, 2012

    Stop me if any of this seems familiar: Johnny Depp wears makeup and an odd costume to play a quirky man with an accent. Tim...

  • Video: Electric Guest sizzle on Letterman

    By on May 9, 2012

    The up-and-coming Electric Guest recently appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman. If you missed the performance of their single “This Head I Hold,”...

  • New Video: Nelly Furtado, Big Hoops

    By on May 9, 2012

    Nelly Furtado will release her fifth album, The Spirit Indestructible on June 19. The first single — Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) is available on...