Metro Weekly

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  • Maria La O & Pagliacci at The InSeries

    By on January 22, 2011

    The In Series’s latest “pocket opera” powerhouse double-bill of passion, betrayal and revenge, features Ernesto Lecuona’s Cuban zarzuela masterpiece Maria la O and Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s...

  • The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

    By on January 21, 2011

    What if Mr. Darcy was just Darcy? That question is essentially answered in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, a pre-Victorian era lesbian love...

  • Genesis at The Warehouse

    By on January 21, 2011

    Winner of Best Drama at the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival, Genesis returns for an eight-show engagement at the Warehouse at an opportune time, as it...

  • Symmetries at Long View Gallery

    By on January 20, 2011

    “Symmetries” features photographs from Ernesto Santalla’s collage series, uniquely documenting Washington’s record-breaking snows of 2010. Santalla trudged through the inhibitive landscape, camera in hand, capturing...

  • Yo La Tengo at the 9:30 Club

    By on January 20, 2011

    Based in Hoboken, N.J., Yo La Tengo, the long-lasting indie-rock band with an extensive catalogue and a devoted fan base will perform a set that...

  • Chicago City Limits at Wolf Trap

    By on January 20, 2011

    Hailed by the New York Times as “perfect masters of improvisation,” Chicago City Limits relies on the audience for inspiration in America Idles, a new...

  • Chely Wright at The Birchmere

    By on January 19, 2011

    Country star Chely Wright returns for a second area performance since she came out and energized last year’s Capital Pride — which happened right after...

  • The B-52s at the 9:30 Club

    By on January 19, 2011

    The B-52s, the frolicking foursome from Athens, Ga., with three gay members — Keith Strickland, Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson — are as festive and...

  • ABT at the Kennedy Center

    By on January 19, 2011

    The American Ballet Theatre performs a premiere by Alexei Ratmansky, “The Bright Stream,” as well as a mixed-repertory program part of a Center-wide celebration of...

  • Lost Horizon

    By on January 19, 2011

    Being credited as a seminal contemporary American play doesn’t make Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon easy to watch. In fact, the best approach to this...

  • On the Wright Track

    By on January 19, 2011

    Life after coming out may be liberating, but that doesn't mean there won't be some speed bumps along the way. When Chely Wright came out...

  • A Good Year

    By on January 19, 2011

    Have you ever had one of those years that seems to fly by and it's only at the end that you realize just how much...

  • Bully for That

    By on January 19, 2011

    ''It just broke my heart, and I felt a little helpless,'' says Eboné Bell of last fall's spate of news stories surrounding gay teen suicides....

  • Stung

    By on January 16, 2011

    After a path to the big screen that bounced around more than one of Billy's trips in a Family Circus cartoon, The Green Hornet has...

  • The Bach Sinfonia presents Gut, Wind and Wire

    By on January 15, 2011

    The Sinfonia’s annual chamber concert features Gut, Wind and Wire, a trio made up of three founding and current members of the Baltimore Consort, in...