Metro Weekly

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  • Spiderspoof

    ''It seems like a lot of theaters take themselves a little too seriously,'' says Mickey DaGuiso. That's certainly not true of Landless Theatre, the company...

  • Scary Carrie? Barely

    Once you see it, you can't un-see it. That's the parting message of Carrie. Unfortunately, there isn't much to see or un-see at the Lucille...

  • Eastern Edge: 'Brother Russia'

    While 1776 celebrates the Declaration of Independence at Ford's Theatre, revolution is brewing at Signature Theatre, too, in the world premiere of the musical Brother...

  • American Overture: '1776'

    Why should the National Archives have all the fun? For the next couple of months, Ford's Theatre has cornered the market on celebrating the Declaration...

  • Hearts Afire

    We can all be forgiven a bit of nostalgia for that kinder, gentler time when ''American values'' and all they connote, were more an organic...

  • Review: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

    Last August, Stephen Sondheim took to the New York Times to attack Diane Paulus, Suzan-Lori Parks and Audra McDonald for being arrogant and disrespectful in...

  • The Vanishing

    There are three things you should know about Theater Alliance's How to Disappear Completely And Never Be Found: It's too long, too manic and, ultimately,...

  • Generating Sparks

    Last weekend, Hal Sparks helped Chely Wright launch an LGBT center in Kansas City, Mo. Of course, Fred Phelps and his nearby Westboro Baptist Church...

  • Amsterdamned

    Who over 30 hasn't thought at some point that know-it-all twentysomethings -- lounging in their skinny jeans, tweeting about their favorite CW shows -- will...

  • Rocky Concert

    Craig Cipollini, and Anthony Preston as Rocky, photographed by Todd Franson, Friday, Feb. 24 If Lady Gaga were to stage The Rocky Horror Show, the...

  • Beyond Bare

    When Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi killed himself in 2010, Carl Menninger might have been more disturbed than most. As a gay assistant professor at...

  • Bad Company

    In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, ''There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all...

  • Cree-ative Calling

    This Friday, Feb. 24, the National Museum of the American Indian will open its doors after hours for a special treat ''recommended for mature audiences.''...

  • Review: Blood Wedding

    Over the past few years Constellation Theatre Company has made its name staging ambitious productions of old plays, and stunning you with a terrific acting...

  • Review: Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers

    In No Rules Theatre Company's adaptation of Peter Pan, the actors don't actually fly -- not even in suspended fashion. There's no physical Tinker Bell,...