Metro Weekly

All posts by Randy Shulman

  • Loretta Lynn Postponed

    The Loretta Lynn concert set for this Thursday, March 17 has been rescheduled. The new date is Oct. 15, 2011. Tickets will be honored. Refunds...

  • Whores and Hard Candy

    This weekend the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington presents a fully staged, all-male production of the Broadway musical The Best Little Whore House In Texas...

  • The Big Uneasy at AFI Silver

    Simpsons castmember — voice of Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders and Principal Skinner, among others — and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer will appear...

  • Theatre J’s The Chosen

    Aaron Posner directs his adaptation of this beloved play based on the novel by Chaim Potok about two boys, two fathers and two very different...

  • Outtake: Edward Albee on why critics should read plays

    In creating a final cut of this week’s Edward Albee cover story, we had to lose a few passages for space. One of those was...

  • Play in a Day

    Teams representing six D.C.-area professional theater companies will write, direct, rehearse and perform six original plays in a 24-hour period in this seventh annual event...

  • Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life

    Originally broadcast on PBS, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life focuses on the composer, arranger and pianist who was Washington-native Duke Ellington’s right hand man for decades,...

  • Team DC Fashion Show

    The popular annual Team DC Fashion Show and Model Search raises funds for the LGBT sports association’s College Scholarship Program benefiting LGBT student athletes. The...

  • You Should Meet My Son

    First-time feature film director Keith Hartman’s You Should Meet My Son is rife with cliche, most of which are pretty funny — because they’re true....

  • What’s up at Gallery Plan B

    Works by three painters comprise the Gallery Plan B‘s latest exhibition: Kathy Beynette, offering fun, whimsical narrative paintings, Patrick Campbell, with complex, color-saturated paintings, and...

  • Tom Goss CD Release Party!

    Though it won’t get official release until next month, Tom Goss will give his hometown crowd a sneak peek (and advance sales) of his third...

  • Howling good comedy: The Second City stops at Wolf Trap

    Chicago’s infamous comedy improv troupe, known for introducing a slew of celebrity talent, from Mike Myers and Amy Poehler to John Belushi and Tina Fey...

  • Sade to play Verizon Center on June 22

    LiveNation just announced that Sade is coming to the Verizon Center, Wednesday, June 22. She’ll be appearing with special guest John Legend. Writing about her...

  • Who's Afraid of Edward Albee?

    Molly Smith remembers well her first encounter with the work of Edward Albee. ''The Zoo Story is one of the first plays I ever read,''...

  • Outspoken, Ep. 25: Lesbian Health & Favorite Stereotypes [video]

    Outspoken, Ep. 25: Lesbian Health & Favorite Stereotypes This week, host Ebone Bell stops by the Mautner Project Gala on Saturday, March 5, to ask...