Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Lynda Carter at Tyson’s Corner

    By on May 12, 2011

    It’s been four decades since her iconic character first twirled her way across American television sets, and two years since Lynda Carter — a.k.a. Wonder...

  • Sondheim that Sates

    By on May 11, 2011

    You love Stephen Sondheim, the gay genius behind such masterful musicals as Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion......

  • Ten-Minute Masterworks

    By on May 11, 2011

    ''As far as we know it's probably the first time anyone in town has done something similar to this,'' says Jeff Scott, marketing and events...

  • Auntie Hero

    By on May 11, 2011

    At first glance, the upcoming OutWrite ''Pioneers'' event at The Center, the area's LGBT community center, is already substantial, celebrating re-releases of two powerful books:...

  • The Glory and the Gloom

    By on May 11, 2011

    With Placido Domingo singing his last role as general director of the Washington National Opera, it's hard not to take the somber – at times...

  • Clark Bars

    By on May 11, 2011

    Jeremiah Clark was weaned on sad contemporary Christian songs. But now that's he secular? '' doesn't have to be Jesus on a cross...

  • Stand Back

    By on May 11, 2011

    Stevie Nicks is back with her first album in 10 years – 30 years after her solo debut. She almost sounds like she never left....

  • Cheers to Beer

    By on May 11, 2011

    While living in England nearly 30 years ago, Garrett Oliver developed a taste for beer. Real beer. Not beer mass-marketed in America, or what he...

  • Funniest Fed Competition

    By on May 10, 2011

    Once a week through June 24, twenty-seven contestants from a variety of federal agencies, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Army and Marines will compete...

  • Editor’s Pick: Liberty Smith

    By on May 10, 2011

    One of the largest and most expensive shows Ford’s Theatre has yet mounted, Liberty Smith features 20 glorious singing actors, reenacting and reinterpreting the history...

  • Win tickets to Raphael Saadiq at the 9:30 Club

    By on May 9, 2011

    We’re giving away a pair of tickets to Raphael Saadiq at the 9:30 Club! Enter directly at metroweekly.com/win or using the form below.

  • La Mission at Film Forward Festival

    By on May 9, 2011

    Benjamin Bratt plays a traditional Latino father who struggles to come to terms with his teenage son’s homosexuality in La Mission, which screens as part...

  • Win tickets to Britney Spears!

    By on May 9, 2011

    Britney Spears is coming to the Verizon Center this summer and we have a pair of tickets to give away! Fill out the form below....

  • The District’s proposed 6% tax on ticketed arts events

    By on May 9, 2011

    A source at the Helen Hayes Awards sent out this email alert on Friday regarding the district’s proposed six percent tax on ticketed art events....

  • Court Yard Hounds at Sixth & I

    By on May 9, 2011

    Without leader Natalie Maines, the Dixie Chicks might sound a lot like Sheryl Crow. At least that’s the impression left by the music of the...