Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Roman Meal

    By on April 25, 2007

    Knobbly English knees, homoerotic grappling and an awful lot of heavy breathing filled the Eisenhower Theater's stage for opening night of the Royal Shakespeare Company's...

  • Sissy Fuss

    By on April 18, 2007

    A freak and a sissy. Not to mention an orphan and, most challenging, a Southerner. Such was the childhood of Kevin Sessums, best known for...

  • Chronic Heidi

    By on April 18, 2007

    Well, the pressure is on. With Arena Stage reviving The Heidi Chronicles, the seminal and much lauded play of cultural icon Wendy Wasserstein, ''in loving...

  • More Is Less

    By on April 18, 2007

    If you stayed awake in 10th-grade history, then correctly answering, ''What was the fate of Sir Thomas More?'' is a no-brainer: He crossed the King,...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...