Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Freak Show

    By on October 21, 2009

    As the vampire-version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Willow liked to say, ''Bored now.'' Maybe that's not completely true for every minute of Cirque du...

  • Creative Transfusion

    By on October 21, 2009

    With their original blend of high-impact dance, crystal-clear storytelling and keen sense of what entertains, it's hard to imagine being disappointed by anything generated by...

  • Comedy and Tragedy

    By on October 21, 2009

    The biggest problem with the farce is that it has become so much part of the high school theatrical trunk. It's a potent mix for...

  • Dancing with Vasudevan

    By on October 14, 2009

    Like most Indian dance pieces, the Bharata Natyam tells a story. Aniruddhan Vasudevan, who is gay and one of the dancers performing the classical Indian...

  • Heavy Metal

    By on October 14, 2009

    Although Michael Kahn has an exceptional talent for injecting antique plays with contemporary flair, his take on Ben Jonson's comedy The Alchemist makes one long...

  • Songbirds

    By on October 7, 2009

    Washington, D.C., is a city built on two unstable foundations. The first (and most commented on during the summer swelter) is a swamp, though serious...

  • Leading Man

    By on October 7, 2009

    ''I love the play. I love what it says. I love the fact that it's sort-of perfectly tied into what's going on in my personal...

  • Seriously Sweet

    By on October 7, 2009

    The folk-pop trio Girlyman is serious about living up to its name – in being sweet and sensitive, even a little silly. But these two...

  • Ungrateful Dead

    By on September 30, 2009

    I'm gonna live forever. Baby remember my name.... In a cutthroat world where luck is just as important as skill, only a few survive. And...

  • Love Hangover

    By on September 30, 2009

    Have you ever been in love, really in love – but still felt unsatisfied? Like it takes too much work, when it should be effortless?...

  • Past Presence

    By on September 30, 2009

    David Dower wants to make one thing perfectly clear about The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, an Epilogue. ''It's a new play,'' says the Arena...

  • Phase Set to Stun

    By on September 23, 2009

    ''One of my biggest fears is that this year we're going to have to turn people away,'' says Angela Lombardi, lead organizer of PhaseFest. The...

  • Hit Parade

    By on September 23, 2009

    Summer is officially over, which means you should hear less of the season's leading club anthem. And that's all to the good. Because if you...

  • Quality Issues

    By on September 23, 2009

    There are some plays that should come with a warning sticker and Jane Anderson's The Quality of Life, is one of them. If you have...

  • Scare Tactics

    By on September 23, 2009

    ''The philosophy behind Dorian Gray is that Dorian lives in a time when no one can be shocked, and he's trying to rebel against that,''...