Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Loving Lucy

    Lucy Wainwright Roche was going to be the exception. ''I had grown up with all around me, and grown up being on the road,''...

  • Time Warp

    When writing his 1995 play Mojo, playwright Jez Butterworth could hardly have suspected that fewer than five years later a certain dentally challenged swinging super...

  • Dave Koz and Friends at Strathmore

    The 2010 Smooth Jazz Christmas — the 13th edition of the tour — features gay saxophonist Dave Koz alongside South African singer/guitarist Jonathan Butler, keyboardist...

  • every tongue confess at Arena Stage

    On the surface, Marcus Gardley has written a kind of Southern fairy tale about hatred and racism and rejection in every tongue confess, the world...

  • Logan Circle Holiday House Tour

    Twelve eye-popping homes are featured in the Logan Circle Holiday House Tour, sponsored by the Logan Circle Community Association, which concludes as always with a...

  • WIT’s Seasonal Disorder

    Washington Improv Theater’s annual holiday extravaganza features shows based on audience suggestions, showing you the good, the bad and the ugly of the season —...

  • The Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker

    Seven years ago The Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre refashioned The Nutcracker to be a tribute to the nation’s capital, starring George Washington as the heroic...

  • The Antlers at The Black Cat

    Started as a solo project of New Yorker Peter Silberman, The Antlers, a Radiohead-influenced, Arcade Fire-esque experimental, orchestral rock band is popular in D.C., where...

  • Swingtime! at the In Series

    The InSeries presents a holiday encore of Swingtime!, first staged over the summer. Written and directed by Tom Mallan, with music direction by Burnett Thompson,...

  • Walter Cronkite is Dead at Signature Theatre

    The hysterically funny Walter Cronkite is Dead takes place here in Washington, where two women — representing red state vs. blue state — have been...

  • Now playing: Black Swan

    Even when things are most bizarre and confusing, Black Swan, which stars Natalie Portman as a tormented (in so many ways) ballerina, is gripping and...

  • Now Playing: Burlesque

    Burlesque is like a sequin. It’s shimmery. It looks best from a distance. It’s flat and kind of cheap. And it will likely end up...

  • Elisabeth Withers at Blues Alley

    Shug Avery from the original Broadway cast of The Color Purple, Elisabeth Withers is a Tony-nominated R&B singer/songwriter. She sang backup for Celine Dion and...

  • Pianist Louis Lortie with the NSO

    Emmanuel Krivine conducts pianist Louis Lortie playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program is Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, Liszt’s Les Préludes and...

  • Musical Holiday

    Maybe I overdid it as a kid, and ruined Christmas forever? Every year as a kid I would exhaust myself, spinning through my parents' collection...