Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • “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,...

  • Post-Halloween Gory Theater at Round House

    Halloween and the Day of the Dead may be over for another year, but gory tales never really go out of fashion in a season when...

  • Grand Style

    Steve Grand has been hyped as ''the first openly gay male country star.'' But while it has helped the singer-songwriter generate significant attention in almost...

  • On Tap

    Maurice Hines doesn't remember how old he was when he first performed as a tap dancer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson alongside his...

  • Lasting Legacy

    Already this fall there have been several local performances of Verdi's Requiem. The beloved masterwork, as Scott Tucker puts it, ''is often presented kind of...

  • Lahti’s Pride

    In Dustin Lance Black's 2011 play 8, Christine Lahti played one of the lesbians who sued the state of California over Proposition 8's denial of...

  • Sophie's Choice

    ''Sophie, are you okay?'' Phillip asks at the end of The Argument. Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros's 90-minute drama is about an unexpected pregnancy and a woman's right...

  • The Atlas Presents Gay Camber-Pop Group Tonight

    The Atlas presents a multimedia concert by The Irrepressibles, an intriguing 10-piece chamber-pop band from London led by gay singer-composer Jamie McDermott. The strings-oriented group...

  • Solange Brings Her Quirks to Lisner Tonight

    Though late last year’s True wasn’t as stirring as the 2009 set Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, the EP did prove that Beyoncé’s little...

  • Jessie Ware is Tonight’s Treat at the Fillmore

    It’s Halloween, but if you feel like keeping it classy tonight, instead of a trick head to the Fillmore Silver Spring for a real treat,...

  • REVIEW: Disclosure Proves Revealing at 9:30 Club

    This past Monday night’s show at the 9:30 Club sold out well in advance, and the crowd was far more responsive and enthusiastic than usual,...

  • Beefed-Up Ballet

    {Giselle (Photo by Steve Vaccariello)} ''Men in tights.'' Septime Webre laughs after he says that, the first thing that springs to mind when asked what's...