Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Hot Pick: Jil Aigrot

    By on March 26, 2011

    Charming French vocalist Jil Aigrot, who provided the singing voice for Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose and specializes in chanson francaise,...

  • Hot Pick: Elton John’s Greatest Hits

    By on March 25, 2011

    Legendary piano popster Elton John brings his “Greatest Hits Live” concert to our area this weekend. The concert boasts number one chart hits and classic...

  • Hot Pick: The Whiz at Dance Place

    By on March 25, 2011

    The Whiz is a loosely based adaptation of The Wizard of Oz for the Obama generation, featuring choreography by Nicolas Leichter and a commissioned adapted...

  • The Tennessee Williams Centennial Festival

    By on March 25, 2011

    Georgetown University, in partnership with Arena Stage, offers a festival with famous guests in tribute to the legendary gay playwright, whose father called him “Miss...

  • Ricky Martin launches world tour

    By on March 24, 2011

    Ricky Martin launches his “Musica+Alma+Sexo” world tour tomorrow, his first in over three years and certainly the first since he came out. Giorgio Armani is...

  • Hot Pick: The Agony and the Ecstacy of Steve Jobs

    By on March 24, 2011

    Following his smash hit monologue The Last Cargo Cult, Mike Daisey pulls back the curtain veiling America’s most mysterious technology icon. With a wickedly funny...

  • And the Curtain Rises: Signature’s Pride Night

    By on March 23, 2011

    Part Three of Signature’s American Musical Voices Project, aimed at nurturing new shows, focuses on this valentine to musical comedy, a classic backstage comedy about...

  • Scoring Sondheim

    By on March 23, 2011

    Anthony De Mare prefers to know the score before seeing a show. '' I used to just go to the record store and...

  • Feeling Alright

    By on March 23, 2011

    Jennifer Hudson has done it. She's managed to persevere through some of the most tragic personal experiences a human can face -- chiefly, the murder...

  • Cutting Crew

    By on March 23, 2011

    Last year Cut Copy turned down Lady Gaga. ''We were literally in the middle of making our record and we couldn't commit to a year...

  • Bountiful Journey

    By on March 23, 2011

    There's a key reason to see The Trip to Bountiful currently at Round House Theatre in Bethesda and it's not what you might think. Or...

  • Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, dead at age 79

    By on March 23, 2011

    Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor passed away today, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at the age of 79. An advocate for AIDS research, Taylor was a friend...

  • Hot Pick: Penelope at Studio Theatre

    By on March 23, 2011

    As part of Studio Theatre’s New Ireland: The Enda Walsh Festival, the company invited the Druid Theatre of Ireland to perform Penelope, Walsh’s extraordinary riff...

  • Now playing: Paul

    By on March 23, 2011

    British funnymen Simon Pegg and Nick Frost left their mark on zombie movies with Shaun of the Dead (hysterical) and buddy cop movies with Hot...

  • Paul Taylor Dance at The Kennedy Center

    By on March 22, 2011

    A Kennedy Center Honoree in 1992, Paul Taylor and his company return with Three Dubious Memories, Brief Encounters and Also Playing. Wednesday, March 23, at...