Metro Weekly

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  • She Males

    To borrow from Victor/Victoria, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Juliet is a man, pretending to be a woman.... Oh. Wait. That's it. No need to borrow from...

  • Flying High

    Oh, the drama. A would be king takes to a stage dressed in the pageantry of ancient Rome to greet his throngs of loyal followers....

  • Visiting Hours

    In David Mamet's play Squirrels, the character Arthur describes the act of storytelling as going ''From nothing to nothing.... 'Nothing.' Rising action. Climax. Falling action....

  • Men Uplifting

    Resurrection, Daniel Beaty's ode to the lives, hearts and souls of five African-American men and a son, is both everything you would expect it to...

  • Witty Repartee

    The trick of improvisational theater is taking a few ideas and stitching them together on the fly before an audience. Success can be measured in...

  • Torture Garden

    The first thing to note about The Catalyst Theater Company's production of George Orwell's 1984 is that it does not feel like high school. I...

  • Sticky Fingers

    Contemplation of the Post-Industrial Family surely ranks as one of the most indispensable themes of the modern playwright. What writer worth their salt can resist...

  • Teen Tunes

    As if high school wasn't hard enough. Imagine a private, Catholic boarding school where two teenage boys fall in love in that familiar ''opposites attract''...

  • Hakuna Matata

    The lion might sleep in ''the mighty jungle,'' but at American University's Greenberg Theater, on Monday, Aug. 11, the lion will be rocking to the...

  • Yuks and a Uke

    It's not a tall order, but with any luck Ben Lerman's three D.C. shows will have little in common with the low point of his...

  • Shock Operas

    Normally, there is nothing more irritating (to some at least) than a creative work that feels the need to announce itself upon arrival, to clarify...

  • Devilish Behavior

    In its native Britain, Jerry Springer: The Opera, was a hit. With many, however, it was also a miss. When the BBC aired a televised...

  • Positively Quixotic

    If you've not seen the ads yet, the next reality show inspired by a musical to warm your heart will be ABC's High School Musical:...

  • Sandy Claws

    Between high gas prices and fear of losing your job in this economy should you take a vacation, maybe you've not yet made it to...

  • Stand-up Guy

    There's no doubting Eddie Sarfaty is a funny man. Maybe you've heard his unique style of connecting the dots that, for example, begins with gays...