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  • Last weekend to catch Pop! at the Studio Theatre

    By on August 12, 2011

    Billed as a “musical murder-mystery extravaganza,” Pop! takes as its jumping-off point the real-life, non-fatal shooting of Andy Warhol. Pop! is played to the hilt...

  • Video: Breaking Bones by VHS or Beta

    By on August 11, 2011

    Well it’s kinda catchy… if a little nasally… VHS or Beta “Breaking Bones” from Graham Hill on Vimeo. Follow @metroweekly Metro Weekly

  • Video: New dance single from Merlin Moon

    By on August 11, 2011

    Merlin Moon just released a video for his promo-only dance single “Believe/Born Slippy Remix.” The song is a free download if you sign up here....

  • O.A.R. at Merriweather

    By on August 11, 2011

    The five-piece rock band O.A.R., from Rockville, Md., has a devoted national following — selling out New York’s Madison Square Garden twice, for starters —...

  • Reality Check

    By on August 11, 2011

    Ruben Fleischer's 30 Minutes or Less should be a perfectly serviceable buddy movie. Sure, it falls for some typical pitfalls -- a slacker trades bro-laced,...

  • Greek Love

    By on August 11, 2011

    In one Greek myth, Hercules is overcome with emotion at permanently losing the young Hylas to nymphs. The question is: Was Hercules Hylas's father, or...

  • Gays and Dolls

    By on August 11, 2011

    ''It's one of the great gay musicals of all time,'' Gordon Greenberg asserts of Guys and Dolls. No, there's nothing gay per se about Frank...

  • Soviet Disunion

    By on August 11, 2011

    Love hurts. Work is pointless. Authority is a joke. Life in Uncle Vanya may not be grand, but Chekhov certainly is -- particularly in the...

  • Luck Be a Lady! Guys and Dolls at Wolf Trap

    By on August 10, 2011

    Guys and Dolls, Frank Loesser’s spirited, Tony-winning musical from 1950 is packed with hits, from “Luck Be A Lady” to “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the...

  • Southwest DC Waterfront Boat Home Tour

    By on August 9, 2011

    Ever wonder what a lived-in floating boat looks like on the inside? Well, here’s your chance to sneak a peek. Twenty-three houseboats, housebarges, cabin cruisers,...

  • Glee’s Telly Leung performs at the Blue Moon

    By on August 8, 2011

    Telly Leung appeared on the last season of Glee, as Wes, part of the all-male a cappella Dalton Academy Warblers. His Broadway credits include Flower...

  • The Phillips explores Wassily Kandinsky

    By on August 7, 2011

    “Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border” provides a fascinating, in-depth look at Wassily Kandinsky’s creative process during the five months leading...

  • INXS with Berlin at Wolf Trap

    By on August 6, 2011

    The Australian pop-rock group INXS has been trying to rekindle its ’80s-era hitmaking magic for years now. In 2005 they even appeared in a reality...

  • Step Afrika’s Summer Steps

    By on August 6, 2011

    The Washington Performing Arts Society presents a Summer Steps program with young members of Step Afrika!, showcasing the traditions of stepping and other percussive dance...

  • Death Cab for Cutie rides into Merriweather

    By on August 6, 2011

    For a decade now, Seattle-based Death Cab for Cutie has been an enormously popular alt-rock band whose silly name actually captures its sound: cute but...