Doug Rule

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Freelance writer/editor covering the arts, music, food and culture for various publications, most notably the GLAAD Media Award-winning Metro Weekly

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John Grant Happily Talks About Everything and Everyone

2 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | Doug Rule

John Grant – Photo: HoĢrĆ°ur SveinssonāI was talking to a couple of homosexuals down in Melbourne, and they were talking to me about listening to Kylie,ā John Grant says rather gleefully, clearly relishing this anecdote from his recent tour of Australia. āAnd I was like, āShe came and guested at my show at Royal Albert Hall, and came on stage during āGlacier.āā The Aussiesā response? āThey were just looking at me like I had two heads on my shoulders.
Cherry 2025 Wields the Dance Power of the Elements

2 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | Doug Rule

Cherry 2024 – Photo: Ward Morrison“We’re expecting it to be more of a local crowd than typical, just because we have WorldPride around the corner,” says Sean Morris of next weekend’s Cherry — dubbed The Cherry Element — which is aiming for a more intimate vibe than usual. “And since it’s going to be a more local crowd,” the board president of the Cherry Fund continues, “we wanted to embrace the local DJ community and give our local DJs more opportunities.
Classical & Choral Music: Spring Arts Preview 2025

3 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | Doug Rule |Ryan Leeds |Randy Shulman

National Symphony OrchestraThe Spring-into-Summer offerings this year in the classical realm are as rich, diverse, and extensive as ever. There’s even a WorldPride-affiliated event here and there, including a two-day festival that will close out May in surely the gayest way ever up at Strathmore. But don’t think for a second that the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington is gonna take that lying down.
Broadway: Spring Arts Preview 2025

3 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | Ryan Leeds |Doug Rule |Randy Shulman

The Last Five Years: Nick JonasClassic tales with Hollywood heavy hitters dominate Broadway marquees this spring, along with two musicals about corpses, two other tuners with Latin flair, a beloved animated book character come to life, a singing cave dweller, a show based on a show, a family drama on politics, and a new twist on a Gilbert and Sullivan classic.
Above & Beyond: Spring Arts Preview 2025

3 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | Doug Rule |John Riley

Hillwood Museum & GardensHard to believe, but WorldPride 2025 is almost upon us. It’s sure to be a pride for the ages, with more — a whole lot more — than any before in our city’s now 50-year history of Pride. Yet, denizens of D.C. and the National Capital Region have plenty of reasons to be prideful all season long, thanks to a steady and ever-flowing stream of LGBTQ and allied artists, authors, comedians, celebrities, drag acts, DJs, storytellers, and extraordinary entertainers galore.
Popular Music: Spring Arts Preview 2025

3 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | Doug Rule |Randy Shulman |John Riley

Perfume Genius at the 9:30 ClubFor true fans of live music, and the whole concert-going and festival-going experience, Spring 2025 in the DMV is shaping up to be a banner season. And for those who’re also fans of queer music and of seeing LGBTQ performers live in concert? Well, we’re about to experience a real embarrassment of riches in that regard. And no, not just because of all those coming to town for WorldPride 2025.
Dance: Spring Arts Preview 2025

3 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford |Ryan Leeds |Doug Rule |Randy Shulman

Weinberg Center for the Arts: The Great Gatsby – Photo: Will Bucquoy A robust fall/winter for dance in the DMV gives way to a lighter but still bountiful spring, with an impressive variety of utterly inviting events and performances to choose from — from Decolonized Beatz Indigenous World Pride at Atlas Performing Arts, and international troupe Compañía Medusa exploring queer themes at Dance Place, to several collaborators melding tap dance with different genres of movement and music to keep...
'It's a Motherf**king Pleasure' is a Breath of Fresh Hilarious Air

1 month ago | metroweekly.com | Kate Wingfield |Ryan Leeds |Doug Rule

It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure – Photo: Cameron WhitmanArriving at a particularly tense time for the nation’s capital, Woolly Mammoth’s funny, subversive It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure is a breath of fresh air. It’s inoculated in that this is British-born and performed theater — and the Brits really do get something of a pass when it comes to the kind of irreverence that would otherwise raise eyebrows and hackles.
Principle Gallery: Washington Society of Landscape Painters

1 month ago | metroweekly.com | Randy Shulman |Doug Rule

Jill Basham: Into the Blue“The Washington Society of Landscape Painters is one of the oldest functioning organizations in the greater Washington metropolitan area that focuses on painting. You can trace their origins back to 1913,” says Clint Mansell, director of the Principle Gallery in Alexandria, Virgina. “They focus on realism and plein air painting. This is the third time we’ve actually held their exhibition.
The Purrr-fection of Miss Kitty

1 month ago | metroweekly.com | Doug Rule |Randy Shulman

Miss Kitty – Photo: Sarah Laughland“It was in high school that the theater bug hit me,” says Miss Kitty. “I started as a singer before, and then, once I got to college, that’s when I really started getting into dance.” By the time she graduated from college, she notes with a flourish, “you could say [I] became a triple threat.”The local performer’s potential to become a triple threat was intimated early on by key officials in the drama department of her alma mater, Catholic University.