Arts + Entertainment
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Sampson’s Intimate Evening of Comedy
Local standup comedian Sampson performs “Live Love Laugh” along with special guests for a performance at the DC Center to benefit the local theater arts...
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Civilization at Woolly Mammoth
Six hungry city-dwellers scramble for sustenance in Civilization (All You Can Eat), a scathing satire — or “provocative vaudeville,” to quote the press release —...
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Just announced: Radiohead at DC’s Verizon Center
Radiohead is coming to D.C.’s Verizon Center on Sunday, June 3. The ongoing world tour is in support of their new album, The King of...
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Lights at the 9:30 Club
Canadian electro-rock singer Valerie Anne Poxleitner has actually changed her legal name to Lights. A child of missionary parents who grew up in remote places...
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The Hamilton’s Perpetual Groove
Variously described as a band playing “improv rock” and “trance arena rock,” the Athens, Ga.-based Perpetual Groove has become popular on the rock festival circuit...
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SMYAL Youth Arts Ensemble at Intersections
The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League’s Youth Arts Ensemble offers a work-in-progress this weekend at Intersections: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas. Dance...
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First Look: GMCW’s Frank-N-Furter
It’s not conventional by any means — then again, Rocky Horror never is — but the Gay Men’s Chorus has gone in a somewhat different...
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Bobcat Goldthwait tonight at Riot Act Comey
Yes, he’s like that all the time — or at least, the high-pitched comedian Bobcat Goldthwait has been doing standup since he was still in...
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12th Annual Flamenco Festival
For 12 years, the Flamenco Festival USA and Lisner Auditorium have showcased the best of flamenco music and dance from Spain. This year’s highlights center...
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Shakespeare in Klingon II: The Wrath of (Michael) Kahn
Victor Shargai of theatreWashington and local broadcast news celebrity couple Joe Palka and Sue Palka join the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Michael Kahn in a fundraising...
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From Shuffle to Show Boat
From Shuffle to Show Boat: Prelude to the American Musical explores how the musical came to be, drawing from vaudeville, operetta, blues and Tin Pan...
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Review: Imperial Teen
''Pumped up pecs and sticky skin, floors unswept and walls are thin,'' the four members of Imperial Teen sing in unison on a jaunty new...
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Sunday Arias
''By nature, cabaret is an evening of song, of stories, of fun in an intimate space, where there's a direct connection with the audience,'' says...
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Review: Justin Utley
Justin Utley is still on a mission. The former Mormon missionary, later a pop star in the church's own Utah-based entertainment industry, may no longer...
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Tom Goss, Potomac Fever and The Pushovers at Atlas
This Friday, March 2, Atlas Performing Arts Center is offering what it’s billing as a gay night of performances as part of its Intersections: A...
