Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Geek Love

    By on April 18, 2007

    First of all, it's okay if your first reaction to hearing about a show that parodies Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals is, ''How will I know...

  • Serving Up Evil

    By on April 11, 2007

    A headline catches your eye. Or maybe its America's Most Wanted and suddenly you are immersed in the graphic details of an unspeakable crime. It...

  • Looney Tunes

    By on April 11, 2007

    He may sing ''I've gone identity mad!'' on his debut album's opening tune and single, ''Grace Kelly,'' but Mika doesn't actually sound as confused about...

  • Culture Club

    By on April 11, 2007

    A voice-over narration that condescends to the audience isn't the most auspicious start for a film, particularly for Boy Culture, the story of a Seattle...

  • Monsters and Mayhem

    By on April 11, 2007

    Wake up, moviegoing America! Right before your eyes last weekend came an original: a witty, exceedingly well-crafted tribute to the exploitation flicks of the '70s,...

  • Stumbling 'Regiment'

    By on April 4, 2007

    As soon as Placido Domingo, wearing his Washington National Opera General Director hat, stepped on stage to tell us that former Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist JiYoung...

  • Classic Failings

    By on April 4, 2007

    How is it that two strong leads, a romantic love story and a few catchy musical numbers combine to make such a mediocre production? However...

  • Conquering Comedy

    By on April 4, 2007

    Only see Woolly Mammoth's production of She Stoops to Comedy if you want to laugh. Only see this show if you enjoy intelligent humor. Only...

  • Scene Stealer

    By on April 4, 2007

    I don't want to be premature about this, but it seems Joseph Gordon-Levitt has completely conquered the ''Curse of the T.V. Sitcom Child Actor.'' Many...

  • No Secrets

    By on April 4, 2007

    After opening night of Sherry Glaser's one-person hit Family Secrets in New York, in 1993, her father bought out the entire theater for the next...

  • Soul Provider

    By on March 28, 2007

    It's hard to believe that Amy Winehouse, a 23-year-old white girl from London, is the voice behind the 11 soulful tracks that comprise her second...

  • Taking Flight

    By on March 28, 2007

    This is a drop everything moment. If you live for opera, if you occasionally go, if you have even a fledgling interest in it, you...

  • Switch Blades

    By on March 28, 2007

    To steal the tagline from another skating film, Blades of Glory is a movie about a love/skate relationship. What makes this one unique is that...

  • Lost in Translation

    By on March 28, 2007

    How's this for irony? In The Pillowman, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh creates a fascinating, multi-layered drama/fantasy that brilliantly navigates all manner of socially dangerous topics....

  • Long Life Journey

    By on March 21, 2007

    Five and a half years. Is it still too soon for a 9/11 themed movie? And, in the case of Reign Over Me, is this...