Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Midori plays with the NSO

    By on December 2, 2011

    The National Symphony Orchestra conductor Christoph Eschenbach reunites with renowned violinist Midori for Britten’s Violin Concerto in D Minor. Also on the program is is...

  • Bonfire Night

    By on December 1, 2011

    He must be tickled: Just as Bill Cain's latest play, Equivocation, opens here in Washington, another Mr. Cain, this one a presidential hopeful, is ''attempting...

  • A Carol Christmas

    By on December 1, 2011

    ''There are more choirs here per capita than any other city,'' says Amy Stahmer, executive director of the City Choir of Washington (301-572-6865, thecitychoirofwashington.org). In...

  • Love Shots

    By on December 1, 2011

    It's tough to say what director Tomer Heymann wanted out of I Shot My Love, an hour-long documentary about identity, family and desire. He opens...

  • Over Sexed

    By on December 1, 2011

    In Shame, everything starts with a look. All sorts of possibilities exist in each one -- this time, maybe they'll do it pinned up against...

  • Flamenco Male Call

    By on December 1, 2011

    Edwin Aparicio is testing the waters, trying to shift perceptions about flamenco. ''American audiences are used to seeing the typical company with lots of...

  • The 9:30 Club’s beneficial raffle

    By on November 29, 2011

    The 9:30 Club is raffling off 2 tickets to every one of its shows in 2012. All you have to do to enter is donate...

  • Alexandra Silber at the Kennedy Center

    By on November 28, 2011

    Alexandra Silber is Barbara Cook’s latest performer in the Spotlight cabaret series, highlighting those singers Cook considers among Broadway’s best today. Silber, with her sweet...

  • The Infection Monologues

    By on November 28, 2011

    On World AIDS Day, Thursday, Dec. 1, the DC Center HIV Working Group and Us Helping Us will present a reading of The Infection Monologues,...

  • Two local World AIDS Day Benefits from Kimpton Hotels

    By on November 28, 2011

    Two area Kimpton properties offer events benefiting local AIDS organizations this Wednesday, Nov. 30, on the eve of World AIDS Day. The Urbana Restaurant at...

  • Pride and Prejudice, now at Round House

    By on November 27, 2011

    Jane Austen’s world of desperate spinsters, determined bachelors, nosy neighbors, embarrassing relatives and a smarmy cad or two is brought to life in this adaptation...

  • A Second Chance at Signature

    By on November 27, 2011

    Shirlington’s Signature Theatre offers yet another world premiere musical this season — A Second Chance, with book, music and lyrics by Ted Shen (director of...

  • John Eaton, tonight at Wolf Trap

    By on November 26, 2011

    The music of Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael kicks off this year’s three-part series on American pop and jazz standards at Wolf Trap, ably led...

  • Ford’s Theatre tradition: A Christmas Carol

    By on November 26, 2011

    Ford’s Theatre remounts its music-filled production of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Michael Wilson and directed by Michael Baron. Edward Gero returns...

  • They Might Be Giants at 9:30

    By on November 25, 2011

    Patrons interested in this weekend’s They Might Be Giants concert at the 9:30 Club are informed by the club that they “must be 14+.” For...