Spotlight
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Matt Conner Plays the Christmas Hits at Signature Theatre
One of two holiday music cabarets this season at Signature Theatre, A Matt Conner Christmas features local gay actor and musical composer Matt Conner (Crossing,...
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Town Tonight Offers a ‘Crack’ at Global Travel
“Crack Trip” is the latest zany offering to come from the gay self-described low-budget theater group Crack DC, founded by Chris Farris, Karl Jones (aka...
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Final Weekend for Ford’s Theatre’s Matthew Shepard Exhibition
It’s final days for the Ford’s Theatre exhibition Not Alone: The Power of Response. Subtitled Letters of Support to the Parents of Matthew Shepard Following His Murder,...
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Right Now, If/Then Is Only A Conditional Success
The creators of the new musical If/Then have given D.C. theatergoers many reasons to be thankful, I wrote in a Thanksgiving week review for Metro Weekly. The...
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MetroStage’s Holiday Musical Spoofing Broadway, Dickens
Last week Metro Weekly offered a roundup of many of the holiday-themed shows and events on tap this season. But there are just so many...
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Landless Theatre Reprises Its ‘Prog-Metal’ Frankenstein
After a run over the summer at GALA Theatre, D.C.’s quirky Landless Theatre Company reprises for one night a concert version of Mary Shelley’s classic...
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Mayor Gray to Officially Open the DC Center Today
Almost a year after the official announcement of its new location in the Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center, The DC Center, the city’s LGBT community...
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David Crabb’s Goth and Gay Days Deep in the Heart of Texas
A two-time winner of the storytelling organization The Moth’s StorySLAM, the New York-based David Crabb offers a local presentation of his off-Broadway one-man show all...
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Maurice Hines Is Tappin Again for ‘Warm’ D.C. Audiences
“I love the D.C. audiences. They’re very, very warm,” Maurice Hines tells Metro Weekly. “Certain cities are not. You have to warm them up…I don’t...
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Don’t You Know Molly Ringwald Sings Jazz?
Wonders never cease. Not only can the actor best known from seminal John Hughes films of the ’80s sing, but Molly Ringwald is now, improbably...
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Lincoln Theatre’s 2014 Dates with Sharon Jones, Neil Finn
Starting tomorrow, the Lincoln Theatre is selling tickets for a pre-Valentine’s Day funk date and a spring pop fling. The Valentine treat is the Brooklyn-based...
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She Still Bop: Cyndi Lauper at Warner Tonight
It’s hard to believe, but the LGBT champion and pop icon Cyndi Lauper turned 60 this year, and her solo debut album She’s So Unusual turned 30....
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Vampires at the Ballet: Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
Provocative British choreographer Matthew Bourne — best known for his mostly male, Tony-winning version of Swan Lake — returns with his company New Adventures to...
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Folger Theatre Toasts Its Legacy with Lynn Redgrave Tonight
Twenty-two years ago the Folger Shakespeare Library invited the late, great actress Lynn Redgrave to share anecdotes from her Shakespeare-steeped family, led by her father,...
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“Same Love,” LGBT themes at GALA’s Flamenco Festival
GALA Theatre’s flamenco festival kicks off its ninth year this weekend with a premiere piece by gay choreographers Edwin Aparicio (pictured, right) and Aleksey Kulikov,...
