Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Coming Around Again

    By on February 28, 2013

    ''I'm, out of my mind. It's taking me over,'' Rich Morel sings in the bridge of ''Low Lying Dreams.'' And the song might have the...

  • Paige Turns

    By on February 28, 2013

    Ask Elaine Paige to reflect on her legacy, and she responds expressing awe. ''Well, it's fantastic really, isn't it?'' she says. ''When I look back...

  • Haunted House

    By on February 28, 2013

    IT'S ALMOST AS hard to describe why The House of the Spirits at GALA Theatre is so satisfying as it is to document the presence...

  • Magical Metamorphoses

    By on February 21, 2013

    Mary Zimmerman is a professor at Northwestern University, and her show Metamorphoses had its genesis as an academic exercise there nearly two decades ago. But...

  • Going Weill

    By on February 21, 2013

    ''I'm not sure the new generation really knows who he is, or his place in musical theater history,'' Abel Lopez says of Kurt Weill. The...

  • And the Oscar Goes To…

    By on February 21, 2013

    There are only three things certain in life: death, taxes and petty arguments about the Oscars. (Well, four if you count Joan Rivers. She will...

  • By Design

    By on February 21, 2013

    Douglas Burton has spent well more than a decade focused on showcasing and celebrating the latest designs and designers. ''I'm passionate about design, and I...

  • Sony Announces PlayStation 4

    By on February 20, 2013

    Sony did it. They managed what Nintendo failed to do last year — make next generation gaming something to be genuinely excited about. In a...

  • Misanthropic Mamet

    By on February 14, 2013

    Round House Theatre does very well by playwright David Mamet with its new production of Glengarry Glen Ross, which many consider to be Mamet's best...

  • The One Who Got Away

    By on February 14, 2013

    If there is a way to think of Margaret, the indefatigable protagonist of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, it might be with the words of columnist...

  • Die Hard Death Knell

    By on February 14, 2013

    Almost a quarter-century after Die Hard premiered, the travesty of John McClane lives on. He's bruised and balder, wrinkled and wearier. Whatever once seemed charming...

  • Oscar! Oscar!

    By on February 14, 2013

    ''With Lena Lett commenting on people's outfits, I think it's going to be better than Joan Rivers,'' says Michael Fowler, co-chair of this year's...

  • Nordic Adventures

    By on February 14, 2013

    Alicia Adams has a dream job. As vice-president for international programming at the Kennedy Center, Adams serves as curator for the center's international festivals, travelling...

  • Science As Art

    By on February 14, 2013

    Tobias Klein is not one of those people who argue that modern society has become too obsessed with technology. ''Our electronic environment is becoming part...

  • Oscar-Nominated Short Films

    By on February 11, 2013

    Once again Landmark’s E Street Cinema, in partnership with ShortsHD, offers two feature-length programs of the short films nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards. A...