All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Revisiting the Honorees
With the 2013 Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner around the corner, it's a perfect time to check in with...
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Heart of Darkness
Adapting an adaptation, The American Century Theater puts an intelligent and provocative spin on Orson Welles's Voodoo Macbeth, itself a radical interpretation of Shakespeare's Scottish...
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Days of Miracle and Wonder
''These are the days of miracle and wonder,'' sings the American, backed by African rhythms as a vast crowd dances. Paul Simon was not talking...
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Thank You, Sen. Portman
Family is defined in many ways. It's a couple with kids, a couple without, maybe some pets, or maybe a network of friends who are...
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Seeing the Light
In January 1959, only three months into his pontificate, John XXIII called for the convening of Vatican II, which actually opened in October of 1962...
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''Xanadu'' by The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington
Metro Weekly was at a dress rehearsal for the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington's all-male production of Xanadu on Wednesday, March 13 and ventured backstage...
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Spring Travel Special 2013
Sure, there's a slight chance that Mother Nature might have a surprise up her sleeve. But it's not likely. Instead, it's just been a pretty...
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Sea of Red
''I would warn Orlando that you're right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's...
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Room to Share
For loads of gay people throughout the mid-Atlantic region, having a summer share at a house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., is a must. It gets...
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Forgiving Bill Clinton
Gay opinions on Bill Clinton were always mixed. On election night in 1992, Washington's Shoreham Hotel – where gay activists had zapped the American Psychiatric...
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Who's That Girl?
In the words of Jean Genet, ''Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.'' And anyone who likes their...
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Perfect Storm
It's no surprise that Synetic would turn its hand (and bodies) to The Tempest as one of its Silent Shakespeare series. The dreamy, island-bound narrative,...
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Economic Outlook
Now that the dust has settled on the 2012 election, the fiscal cliff and budget sequestration, the business of governing in President Obama's second term...
