Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Vocal Glee

    ''I'm really excited about sharing the stage with Marvin Hamlisch,'' says Idina Menzel. ''We might even do a song together. I'm trying to get him...

  • Jolly Holiday

    For every Lion King, there is a Little Mermaid. For every Beauty and the Beast, there is a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. There is perhaps...

  • Lip Service

    Special Agent Galactica is every woman – figuratively. The lip-syncing character whose attire usually entails a pink wig, short dress, heels and subtle makeup, ''channels''...

  • Capital Fringe Festival

    Now in its fifth year, this festival of offbeat theater, music and art is bigger than ever, with 140 performing arts groups and 800 individual...

  • Sting with the Royal Philharmonic

    British pop superstar Sting offers a “Symphonicity Tour,” with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, recreating many of his most popular songs, both as lead singer of...

  • Mamma Mia at Wolf Trap

    The popular ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia! is the latest to take the stage at Wolf Trap. July 9, 10 and 11, at 8 p.m....

  • Wise Guy

    ''I'm still working this out.'' If you walk away from Theater J's production of David Ives's play New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza...

  • Club Cutlery

    ''What if music hadn't stopped dead in its tracks? What if you could pick up where that left off?'' Those were the questions that...

  • Life's a Cabaret

    In a few weeks, Colleen McHugh will perform ''Friend of Dorothy: The Songs of Judy Garland'' at Signature Theatre. ''I mean, that's so stereotypical, but...

  • Babes in Arms

    Virginia’s American Century Theater offers a concert presentation of the Rodgers and Hart’s musical Babes in Arms. Forget the plot — all you need to...

  • Pop Lite

    ''It's all I wanna do, so won't you dance?'' Kylie Minogue asks on her new album's first single, ''All The Lovers.'' ''I'm standing here with...

  • Monster Trash

    To say that the third installment in the Twilight Saga is the best one is like saying the Korean War was the best war, or...

  • Glamourpusses

    If, since hearing about Studio Theatre's decision to mount a new production of Legends! starring James Lecesne and John Epperson (aka Lypsinka) in the leading...

  • True Blues

    Just the thought of it makes you dubious. Cyndi Lauper producing a blues album? Oh sure, the all-covers Memphis Blues, her 11th studio set, follows...

  • Unsaintly Actions

    When Proposition 8 was passed in California during the 2008 elections, not only did it put a stop to marriages for same-sex couples in the...