Spotlight
-
Mamma Mia at Wolf Trap
The popular ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia reportedly has more productions playing internationally than any other musical. Catherine Johnson’s sunny tale set on a Greek...
-
The Terminator Gets the Raspberry Treatment
The Raspberry Brothers, a trio of Brooklyn comedians, return to the Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse to offer commentary, Mystery Science Theater-style, during a screening of...
-
Editor’s Pick: David Cale’s History of Kisses
David Cale’s one-man show The History of Kisses focuses on seaside shanties, or work songs that sailors sing to help distract them from their arduous...
-
The “No Scrubs” ’90s Dance Party
D.C.’s most-visible straight-club DJ, Will Eastman, of Bliss and Blisspop dance parties fame, has teamed with Brian Billion for this popular event of “guilty pleasures...
-
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts find love in Larry Crowe
In Larry Crowne, an aimless, unemployed man, played by Tom Hanks, goes back to college and gains more than just book smarts. He also gains...
-
The Transformers are Back, and they’re gearing to fight
More Michael Bay-sized explosions are promised in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the third installment of the popular franchise. The movie takes the 1969 Apollo...
-
City Dance Conservatory at Wolf Trap
The Dreaming Tree is a modern-dance journey to the mystical — and musical — world of the Brazilian Amazon, complete with dolphins, monkeys and jaguars...
-
Editor’s Pick: Bootycandy
“The work should be work,” admonishes gay playwright-director Robert O’Hara’s semi-autobiographical avatar in Bootycandy, a collection of 10 short plays receiving a snazzy, saucy world-premiere...
-
Eric Roberson at The Birchmere
Just two months ago, the Philadelphia-area singer-songwriter Eric Roberson performed on a double-bill with Vivian Green at the Birchmere under the title “Soul Survivors.” Now...
-
Music Sample: Radiation City’s The Color of Industry
We like the ’60s vibe of the emerging Portland-based group Radiation City. Their debut single, “The Color of Industry,” calls to mind a cross between...
-
Editor’s Pick: Pictures of the Years at the Newseum
Pictures of the Year features the best news images from last year, courtesy of the Pictures of the Year International, the oldest photojournalism contest in...
-
Editor’s Pick: Jared Ball at Busboys and Poets
Jared Ball’s I Mix What I Like!: A Mixtape Manifesto analyzes the increasing corporate control in the music industry and suggests that popular homemade hip-hop...
-
The Cornel West Theory
A D.C.-based ensemble, the Cornel West Theory combines spoken word, instruments, electronics and vocals, and draws from genres ranging from D.C.’s own go-go to jazz...
-
Editor’s Pick: Race to the End of the Earth at NatGeo
Race To The End of the Earth follows the race to reach the South Pole a hundred years ago between Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and...
-
It is easy being Green
Green: the Color and the Cause is the second exhibit in The Textile Museum’s year-long exploration of the ties between textiles and environmentalism, following on...
