Spotlight
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Oliver Sacks at Sixth & I Synagogue
In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks offers case studies of people who have lost certain cognitive abilities yet who nonetheless lead fairly normal lives as...
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Tragedy offers all-metal Bee Gees
If you can stomach the Bee Gees’ signature falsettos, maybe you can stomach anything, including heavy metal’s signature screeching guitars courtesy Tragedy: An All-Metal Tribute...
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Dave Koz and Friends at Strathmore
The 2010 Smooth Jazz Christmas — the 13th edition of the tour — features gay saxophonist Dave Koz alongside South African singer/guitarist Jonathan Butler, keyboardist...
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every tongue confess at Arena Stage
On the surface, Marcus Gardley has written a kind of Southern fairy tale about hatred and racism and rejection in every tongue confess, the world...
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Logan Circle Holiday House Tour
Twelve eye-popping homes are featured in the Logan Circle Holiday House Tour, sponsored by the Logan Circle Community Association, which concludes as always with a...
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WIT’s Seasonal Disorder
Washington Improv Theater’s annual holiday extravaganza features shows based on audience suggestions, showing you the good, the bad and the ugly of the season —...
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The Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Seven years ago The Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre refashioned The Nutcracker to be a tribute to the nation’s capital, starring George Washington as the heroic...
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The Antlers at The Black Cat
Started as a solo project of New Yorker Peter Silberman, The Antlers, a Radiohead-influenced, Arcade Fire-esque experimental, orchestral rock band is popular in D.C., where...
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Swingtime! at the In Series
The InSeries presents a holiday encore of Swingtime!, first staged over the summer. Written and directed by Tom Mallan, with music direction by Burnett Thompson,...
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Walter Cronkite is Dead at Signature Theatre
The hysterically funny Walter Cronkite is Dead takes place here in Washington, where two women — representing red state vs. blue state — have been...
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Now playing: Black Swan
Even when things are most bizarre and confusing, Black Swan, which stars Natalie Portman as a tormented (in so many ways) ballerina, is gripping and...
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Now Playing: Burlesque
Burlesque is like a sequin. It’s shimmery. It looks best from a distance. It’s flat and kind of cheap. And it will likely end up...
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Elisabeth Withers at Blues Alley
Shug Avery from the original Broadway cast of The Color Purple, Elisabeth Withers is a Tony-nominated R&B singer/songwriter. She sang backup for Celine Dion and...
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Pianist Louis Lortie with the NSO
Emmanuel Krivine conducts pianist Louis Lortie playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program is Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, Liszt’s Les Préludes and...
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Peter Hook at the 9:30 Club
After a hissy-fit departure from New Order a few years back — just the most dramatic of several recent musical flare-ups — the venerated bass...
