Arts + Entertainment
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Film: Fall Arts Preview 2025
The fall arts slate spans highbrow to high camp, with queer comedies, historical epics, and cinematic heavyweights vying for your attention.
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Stage: Fall Arts Preview 2025
A fearless fall on D.C. stages -- classics reimagined, new voices amplified, and bold premieres that insist live theater matters now.
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Popular Music: Fall Arts Preview 2025
Pop, rock, folk, blues, and jazz converge as national tours and local favorites turn the region into a nightly choose-your-own concert.
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Classical & Choral Music: Fall Arts Preview 2025
From Poe-tinged tone poems to Handel and carols, a season of range and ritual with bold new works and film-with-orchestra spectacles.
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Dance: Fall Arts Preview 2025
‘Tis a season for celebrating significant milestones in dance, including an amazing honor for one of the most revered names ever to be associated with...
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Above & Beyond: Fall Arts Preview 2025
Washington’s fall arts season bursts with comedy, readings, exhibits, lectures, and more.
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Mehro Makes Music That Is Haunting, Hypnotic, and Heartfelt
Unlocking the carefully guarded secrets of one of pop's brightest and most enigmatic new artists.
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Merry Wives Review: Shakespeare Gets a West African Twist
Lively and colorful, Jocelyn Bioh's "Merry Wives" at STC blends Harlem culture and Shakespearean farce with mixed results
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Everything Is Wonderful Review: Stirring but Stilted Amish Drama
Chelsea Marcantel’s Amish family drama Everything Is Wonderful gets a finely crafted but uneven production at Keegan.
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The History of Sound Review: Powerful, Poignant Gay Romance
Music is the elixir drawing together two scholars in this beguiling period romance starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.
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Carol Channing, Legendary: The Full 1995 Metro Weekly Interview
In 1995, we spoke with Carol Channing about Hello, Dolly!, female impersonators, and Broadway's response to AIDS.
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Twinless Director James Sweeney: ‘I Dated an Identical Twin’
Twinless director James Sweeney opens up about queer friendship, sibling loss, and Buffy inspiration behind his genre-bending new film.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman Review: GALA’s Caged Heat
GALA spins a web of taut drama, intrigue, and sexual tension in a spellbinding "Kiss of the Spider Woman."
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Dodi & Diana Review: Mosaic’s Peek at Fame, Love, and Loss
A sexy portrait of a marriage, Mosaic's "Dodi & Diana" gets all dressed up but doesn't really go anywhere.
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The Long Walk Review: Stephen King’s Dystopian Horror Stumbles
Stephen King’s The Long Walk is well-acted but bogs down in a grueling, monotonous trek through violent dystopia.
