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Perfect Storm: Thanks to Synetic's dazzling, rich production, there is now...
Stage: It's no surprise that Synetic would turn its hand (and bodies) to The Tempest as one of its Silent Shakespeare series. The dreamy, island-bound narrative, in which an alternately wrathful and...
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Skate Away: GMCW takes on the campy, roller-skating fantasy ''Xanadu''
Stage: ''I remember my dad taking me to the roller-skating rink when I was a kid, and I did have roller blades in college,'' James Ellzy says when asked about his experience on skates. ''I'm very...
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Political Animal: Richard Schiff stays connected to political roles
Stage: Having West Wing withdrawal? House of Cards DTs? Richard Schiff has the answer for you. It's called Chasing the Hill, and it's a political Web series the former West Wing star serves as an...
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Who's That Girl?: WNO presents soprano-watcher's Norma, and a fine evening...
Opera: In the words of Jean Genet, ''Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.'' And anyone who likes their betrayal operatically ecstatic must seek out...
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Magic Show: ''Burt Wonderstone'' is a comedy that isn't quite as funny as it...
Film: What happened to Steve Carell? He set the comedy world on fire with his naive-fool shtick in The Office and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, sweetening his performances with a lovely, disarming warmth....
View ArticleForgiving Bill Clinton: Former president's DOMA turn gets mixed reaction...
Opinion: Gay opinions on Bill Clinton were always mixed. On election night in 1992, Washington's Shoreham Hotel – where gay activists had zapped the American Psychiatric Association 21 years earlier –...
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Keeping Games Out of Will & Grace-land: Video games don't need to follow...
Opinion: Confession time: I never really watched Will & Grace. There are a number of small reasons for this — including the fact that I wasn't watching much television when the show was on the air...
View ArticleStein Club Fielding Forum Questions: LGBT Democratic club culling questions...
News: The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club is now accepting your questions. In a recent email blast, the Stein Club, among D.C.'s most prominent local political clubs, announced it is accepting questions...
View ArticleGLAA Rates D.C. Special Election Candidates: Matthew Frumin gets top score,...
News: The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) of Washington, D.C., a nonpartisan, nonprofit political organization advocating for LGBT equality since 1971, released ratings Wednesday for...
View ArticleMaryland Gender-Identity Bill Killed: Bill fails to pass Senate Judicial...
News: The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee failed Thursday to pass SB 449, the Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2013, which would have prohibited discrimination in employment, credit,...
View ArticleSo You Think You're a Drag Queen? Season 2, Episode 2: Seven contestants drop...
Video: The second monthly installment of D.C.'s amateur drag competition was held again at Town Danceboutique. Hosts Shi-Queeta-Lee and Lena Lett preside over five new contestants and two returns from...
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''Xanadu'' by The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington: A preview dress rehearsal...
Video: Metro Weekly was at a dress rehearsal for the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington's all-male production of Xanadu on Wednesday, March 13 and ventured backstage to talk with the cast members. The show...
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Coverboy: Jesson: He's with the DJ
Coverboy Interview: Jesson grew up in a college ''party town,'' which may explain his fearlessness and sense of independence compared to others his age. Despite the advice of his family, the native of...
View ArticlePride Parade Switching Paths: Capital Pride shares route change at ANC meeting
News: The local blog Borderstan reported Monday that Capital Pride has proposed a route change for this year's Capital Pride Parade. The proposal was submitted at a March 14 meeting of Advisory...
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UPDATED: Uganda in the Spotlight: Nebraska thespian orchestrating U.S. debut...
News: Sarah Imes Borden and her husband, Ian, usually spend their evenings with MSNBC. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln theater academics try to get in a daily dose of left-leaning news, Borden...
View ArticleD.C. Celebrates ''Sheroes'': Office of GLBT Affairs to honor five women for...
News: As part of Women's History Month, the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs will honor five women who have made a significant contribution to the LGBT community. The awards ceremony, now in its second...
View ArticleBrother, Help Thyself Board Takes Office: New executive board kicks off...
News: The new executive board of Brother, Help Thyself Inc. (BHT), a community organization providing support to nonprofits that serve the LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities in the Baltimore-Washington...
View ArticleD.C. Moves To Protect Transgender Residents from Insurance Discrimination:...
News: The District's Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) has issued a bulletin prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity or expression by insurance companies who underwrite...
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