Metro Weekly

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  • Cheryl Wheeler at The Birchmere

    By on November 18, 2010

    A natural storyteller with a fantastic sense of humor and spontaneity, Cheryl Wheeler performs many songs in concert that haven’t even been recorded on one...

  • Opposites Attract

    By on November 18, 2010

    On the surface, it might seem Signature Theatre's world premiere comedy Walter Cronkite is Dead and Studio Theatre's production of Tracy Lett's Superior Donuts have...

  • House of Games

    By on November 18, 2010

    A semi-hallucinogenic, unapologetically creepy fantasia on the life and unsolved murder of pre-pubescent beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, House of Gold is a play that withers...

  • Crazy Good

    By on November 18, 2010

    Last year, British star Lily Allen caused a stir with an impossibly sweet-sounding song called ''Fuck You.'' The title alone was an attention-grabber, of course....

  • Mr. Wizard

    By on November 18, 2010

    You're a tease, Harry Potter. That's right, you heard me. A great big wizard tease. Just when things really get rolling in Harry Potter and...

  • Crystal City

    By on November 18, 2010

    ''The question we've had all week long,'' says Lia Halloran of the large ''crystals'' currently on display at Arlington's Artisphere, '' what are these made...

  • Angels in America Part I at Shenandoah Conservatory

    By on November 18, 2010

    This weekend, Shenandoah Conservatory, part of Shenandoah University in conservative Winchester, Va., mounts a production of the first part of Tony Kushner’s award-winning 1993 masterpiece,...

  • Special Agent Galactica lands tonight at ACKC

    By on November 18, 2010

    Special Agent Galactica, DC’s “Chanteuse of Sync,” presents an intimate cabaret performance at ACKC tonight for two half-hour sets of “Galactica and the Chocolate Factory.”...

  • Hair at the Kennedy Center

    By on November 18, 2010

    Equal parts revival and outright rave, there is something slightly bizarre about mounting Hair in the red velvet box that is the Kennedy Center’s Opera...

  • Girlyman at the Barns at Wolf Trap

    By on November 18, 2010

    Girlyman, a sweet and sensitive queer quartet of three girls and a boy creates its own soaring three-part harmony in the acoustic-leaning folk-pop manner of...

  • Laramie Project at Arena Stage

    By on November 17, 2010

    New York theater troupe Tectonic Theater stops at the brand new Arena Stage as part of the national tour of both the original Laramie Project...

  • GALA’s 6th Annual Flamenco Festival

    By on November 17, 2010

    Part of GALA Theatre’s ArteAmericA series in collaboration with the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Flamenco Festival explores the diversity and depth of flamenco and...

  • Annie at Olney Theatre

    By on November 16, 2010

    Yep, the sun’ll come out tomorrow — in a manner of speaking — as Olney christens its new main stage with Annie, the popular musical...

  • The Suzanne Farrell Ballet at The Kennedy Center

    By on November 16, 2010

    The Suzanne Farrell Ballet returns to The Kennedy Center with two mixed-repertory programs featuring works of Balanchine, Robbins and Bejart. Plus, the company performs its...

  • Salman Rushdie at the Sixth & I Synagogue

    By on November 16, 2010

    Luka and the Fire of Life revisits the magic-infused, intricate world Salman Rushdie first brought to life in the modern classic Haroun and the Sea...