Metro Weekly

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  • Superstars

    By on May 31, 2012

    A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, WSC Avant Bard's spring rep of Euripides's The Bacchae and Sam Shepard's The Tooth of...

  • Vice Squad

    By on May 31, 2012

    It's worth knowing that Bachelorette has made playwright Leslye Headland a very, very popular woman. This was the play, after all, that attracted Hollywood goofballs...

  • Skype Video Chat: Phil Hartnoll of Orbital

    By on May 28, 2012

    On April 19, I was fortunate to interview Phil Hartnoll of the pioneering electronica band, Orbital. He was in his home in England, me in...

  • The Dan Tepfer Trio at Atlas

    By on May 27, 2012

    A New York-based pianist and composer, Dan Tepfer is a formidable jazz musician on the international stage. He’ll perform at the Atlas with bassist Thomas...

  • National Memorial Day Concert at the Capitol West Lawn

    By on May 26, 2012

    Daughtry, Natalie Cole, Trace Adkins and this year’s American Idol finalist Jessica Sanchez will perform along with the National Symphony Orchestra as part of the...

  • Joey Arias returns to L’enfant

    By on May 26, 2012

    L’Enfant Cafe and Bar’s Speak Easy transforms the space into a Prohibition Era venue — complete with back door entrance, dim lighting and drawn shades...

  • Do the Electric Guest puzzle! Stream Jenny!

    By on May 25, 2012

    Successfully put all the pieces into place on the “puzzle” at the Electric Guest website and you’ll get some exclusive streams — a pleasantly strummed...

  • Kylie Minogue wants you to dance on her new “Time Bomb” [video]

    By on May 25, 2012

    Kylie Minogue released the video for “Time Bomb,” her latest dance music single.  The Australian singer and actress turns 44 on May 28, and she...

  • Double Serving

    By on May 24, 2012

    At one point in the middle of the complicated hijinks of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's The Servant of Two Masters, Truffaldino, the servant in question,...

  • Retro Grooves: Electric Guest

    By on May 23, 2012

    There's a new R&B-flavored electronic rock band on the scene, and there's a reason listening to Electric Guest's debut album will remind you of contemporary...

  • Heated Verbiage

    By on May 23, 2012

    There is power in words. D.C.'s Regie Cabico knows that. Just read a few lines of his poem ''Love Letter from Andrew Cunanan.'' I have...

  • Black Out

    By on May 23, 2012

    Men in Black III shouldn't have happened. That's not to say that it was a particularly bad idea – it doesn't even approach the terrible...

  • Maps and Mythology

    By on May 23, 2012

    The specter of AIDS haunts Steven Dietz's Lonely Planet – and yet the disease is never mentioned by name. But it is AIDS causing the...

  • Gay Skate: Xanadu

    By on May 23, 2012

    ''It appeals to more than just the gay audience, but for some reason it appeals to our sensibility the most,'' says Matthew Gardiner. In fact,...

  • All Skate

    By on May 23, 2012

    Leg warmers, roller disco, an Aussie pop star cavorting on the big screen as a muse from Greek mythology…. Gee, the '80s got off to...