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Stage
Great Wet Way
A woman wades into the man-made pool. The water reaches her shins. You can see the bottom, you can see her feet — and then she disappears, dropping away beneath the surface,...
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Stage
On the Spot: Ron Litman
Your trashman knows all of your secrets. But don’t worry, writer/actor/trashman Ron Litman won’t spill what he’s learned from your tossed yogurt cups and discarded love ...
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Film
Counseling Compromise
Dror Moreh, documentarian, believes in asking for what he wants. “Everybody told me, ‘You are crazy. Shin Bet will never speak to you. What are you talking about?’ ”...
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Stage
Out of Africa, a Play is Born
Danai Gurira takes no prisoners. Not as zombie-shredding, katana-wielding Michonne on AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” and not in the plays she writes. She tackled sex slavery ...
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Stage
The Poetry of Profanity
Before the lights go down at Studio Theatre for “The Mother[expletive] With the Hat,” audiences will probably be chattering about the language in the title. And, yes, anyo...
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Stage
On the Spot: Tonya Beckman
There are a lot of Shakespeare-focused companies in D.C. but only 38 Shakespeare plays to go around, so theaters will often overlap, producing the same show in the same season...
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Stage
Living (and Flying) in the Past
A treadmill. A cage. A bar. The visual metaphors on the set of “The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century),” an experimental theater piece at Arena Stage, suggest a grim view ...
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Stage | Television
Toby or Not Toby?
Attention “West Wing” nerds! (This is D.C.; we know your numbers are legion.) It’s a Toby Ziegler red alert! Bethesda native Richard Schiff, the actor who indelibly port...
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Books
Second Bananas
As vice presidents who did not become president go, Al Gore gives hope to those who have held a job that basically consists of checking whether the president’s still alive a...
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Books
Inside Scientology
The secrets of Scientology are not so secret anymore. Magazine articles, personal testimonials and even a “South Park” episode have exposed the deepest doctrines of the be...
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Etc.
Go Out Before the Swearing In
The upcoming four-day weekend offers something to suit you, whether you’re apolitical or a political junkie. Use our highly scientific matrix to find weekend events that fit...
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Stage
Occupational Hazards
How far would you go to keep your job? That’s the question asked (again and again) of Emma (Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan) in Studio Theatre’s U.S. premiere of “Contractions.”...
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Exhibits
On the Spot: Keith Wilson
When Paul Singer died in 1997, he left a two-bedroom apartment in New Jersey stuffed with history. Not his own: Singer, a psychiatrist, was a collector of ancient Chinese arti...
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Food & Drink
The Tastes of the Tropics
It’s hard to believe there are cuisines D.C. has yet to experience, but chef Javier Duran believes he’s found one. “You don’t really see Hawaiian food out here,” say...
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Etc.
Got New Year’s Eve Plans?
Click here to download a PDF of our New Year’s Eve planning flowchart. The numbers on the chart correspond with the details below. 1. Yoko Ono’s “Wish Tree for Washi...
