Arts + Entertainment
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Well Done
If ever a jukebox hit was made for a Shakespearian play, it is Diana Ross' ''I'm gonna make you love me,'' as applied to All's...
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Moon Shine
Marry for money? Why not? If one marries up, life can be that much better. That, at least, is the guiding philosophy of Susy Branch,...
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Rocking Out
Men will be at Phase 1 this weekend. And by men, organizers don't just mean MEN, the queer electro band featuring JD Samson of Le...
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Blocks Party
The construction that had crowded parts of 17th Street NW since December is gone. Accordingly, it's time to celebrate. This Saturday's 17th Street Festival does...
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Now at City Gallery
“Night Goat and Other Flights of Fancy” features pastel paintings and pen and ink drawings by Ellen Cornett. On display through Sept. 25. City Gallery,...
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The Other City at Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Susan Koch’s documentary The Other Cityexplores Washington, D.C., with its highest-in-the-nation HIV/AIDS rate, and what that says about our country and our compassion. Now playing...
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Un Ballo in Maschera at The Washington Opera
An austere production, perhaps appropriate to tough economic times both at the Washington National Opera and at large, Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera is more...
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The Lost Songs of Broadway at Signature Theatre
Signature opens its cabaret season with the songs that got away during the decade that gave us Gypsy, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, My...
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M*A*S*H at AFI’s Silver Theatre
The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre screens a new 35mm print of this 1970 film revolving around the antics of Hawkeye (Donald Sutherland) and Trapper...
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Making the Grade
There can be an inherent danger in movie titles. It's the risk of being saddled with a title that critics can easily twist around with...
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Sound, but No Vision
An austere production, perhaps appropriate to tough economic times both at the Washington National Opera and at large, Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera is more...
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Dancing at Lughnasa at Shenandoah University
The Second Stage Theatre Series of Shenandoah Conservatory Performances opens with Brian Friel’s Tony Award-winning Dancing at Lughnasa. Based loosely on the lives of Friel's...
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The Saint Plays at Factory 449
John Moletress directs The Saint Plays, incorporating six short plays, including two written for this cycle, by Erick Ehn. The production offers a theatrical journey...
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The Great Game: Afghanistan
The Shakespeare Theatre Company presents a two-week, limited run of the internationally lauded production The Great Game: Afghanistan, offering perspectives on current and historical conflicts...
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Abba – The Music at Wolf Trap
Waterloo, a tribute band to the Swedish disco fab four, returns to Wolf Trap to entertain with note-for-note recreations of hits including "Dancing Queen," "Fernando"...
