Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Reassembled Lives

    By on May 12, 2010

    ''As a child growing up in Missouri I would play in old, abandoned Victorian homes,'' says Mike Weber. ''I think that's where my fascination started...

  • Young Bucks

    By on May 5, 2010

    There is nothing rotten – though there are some slightly malodorous bits – in Folger Theatre's state of Denmark. Folger's new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet...

  • Icelandic Surprise

    By on May 5, 2010

    How is the singer-songwriter Jon Thor ''Jónsi'' Birgisson similar to the Icelandic volcano that shut down air traffic in Europe for days on end last...

  • Iron Fortified

    By on May 5, 2010

    When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) takes the stage at an Expo at the beginning of Iron Man 2, he does so in a manner...

  • Drive Time

    By on April 29, 2010

    In the moments before an accident, some people relate the experience of having their entire life flash before their eyes. But that has always seemed...

  • Marital Bliss

    By on April 29, 2010

    Truth be told, most comic operas are funnier in theory than in reality. The buffo, over-rouged in a teetering wig, capers about the stage and,...

  • Sia Change

    By on April 29, 2010

    Sia Furler is honored to be Christina Aguilera's ''bitch.'' Furler, who records under her first name, just wrapped up work co-writing for Aguilera, as well...

  • Tapped Out

    By on April 21, 2010

    Always remove one item before leaving the house. This was the advice of the godmother of the little black dress Coco Chanel. Do the hair....

  • Jewish Ham

    By on April 21, 2010

    Harvey Fierstein in Fiddler on the Roof? At first, you may hope he's playing the matriarch Golde in drag. Or better, a drag Yente, the...

  • Gay Wedding Singers

    By on April 21, 2010

    Some singers were just made for each other. Take ''baritenors'' Jon Arterton and James Mack. ''We're told that when we sing in unison our voices...

  • King Sized

    By on April 21, 2010

    Did you hear the one about Kaki King collaborating with Miley Cyrus? ''That would be hilarious,'' laughs King. ''I mean, of all people.'' In fact,...

  • Death Match

    By on April 21, 2010

    Can a British black comedy about a family successfully translate to an American comedy about a black family? Bloody hell, yeah! In 2007, the Frank...

  • Heroic Deeds

    By on April 15, 2010

    The least offensive thing about Kick-Ass is its title. The most offensive? That's way too hard to pinpoint. Kick-Ass is flat-out, balls-to-the-wall funny. Now, if...

  • Fool's Goldfrapp

    By on April 15, 2010

    ''Oh-oh-oh, I've gotta rocket,'' Alison Goldfrapp wispily sings on the first single of Head First, her eponymous duo's fifth album. She knows just what she...

  • Musical Roots

    By on April 14, 2010

    ''You've got to let the story in, let the silliness wash over you until you giggle,'' says Coy Middlebrook, director of Little Shop of Horrors....