Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Review | Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom

    By on October 22, 2008

    Just as things reach a feverish, high-pitched frenzy in Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom, you pray Mary J. Blige will pop up to tell everyone,...

  • Passage to India

    By on October 22, 2008

    Aniruddhan Vasudevan started dancing when he was 6 years old. Twenty years later, it's become a vocation. ''My family is very interested in the arts,...

  • Obstructed View

    By on October 15, 2008

    At the risk of being an uncharitable party-pooper, it must be said that Daniel MacIvor's A Beautiful View doesn't quite cut the proverbial mustard. As...

  • Kid Rock

    By on October 15, 2008

    Altar Boyz is an incredibly funny show. Honest to the big G.O.D. In fact, heartfelt shout out to the Big G.O.D. Dude, thanks for the...

  • Soundwaves

    By on October 15, 2008

    OBAMA POP... The pop stars are coming out loud, proud and in droves for Barack Obama. Of course, that's not really news. It'd be news...

  • Bush Whacked

    By on October 15, 2008

    is Oliver Stone's answer to the George W. Bush administration -- and actually the Bush dynasty as a whole, since Bush 1 makes a series...

  • Dancing Duality

    By on October 8, 2008

    Economic turmoil. War. Chaos and totalitarianism. You think things are bad now? Let the In Series and the Washington Ballet transport you back to a...

  • Wonderful World

    By on October 8, 2008

    There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind who click on that Gossip Girl blog posting with wild abandon despite the spoiler...

  • Fading Dream

    By on October 8, 2008

    Jennifer Hudson says she had no particular concept in mind when developing her debut album. ''I wanted it to show flexibility and versatility,'' she says...

  • Tune Town

    By on October 8, 2008

    Teenage waist-land:(L to R)Cera, Yoo, Dennings, Jonathan Wright, and Gavron The infamous mix-tape. Admit it, you've made one and given it to a crush. Though...

  • Bloodbath

    By on October 1, 2008

    Contrary to what the old wives tale would want you to believe, cats do not actually have nine lives. A visit to Google quickly reveals...

  • Lovelorn Lads

    By on October 1, 2008

    Rich Morel has remixed and played Soft Complex's music at Blowoff. And yet the independent D.C. band remains relatively unknown among gays. ''We typically play...

  • Happy Phase

    By on October 1, 2008

    Ani DiFranco takes a cheap shot as her new album, Red Letter Year, opens. ''And representing the white race, a man with a monkey for...

  • She Males

    By on September 24, 2008

    To borrow from Victor/Victoria, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Juliet is a man, pretending to be a woman.... Oh. Wait. That's it. No need to borrow from...

  • Passion Play

    By on September 24, 2008

    With the Jumbotron extravaganza barely behind us, one must wonder, just a little, why the WNO did not chose this production of Bizet's The Pearl...