Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Eastern Influences

    By on June 1, 2005

    Once upon a time -- roughly 150 years ago -- there were ''Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea,'' as Stephen Sondheim's opening...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 25, 2005

    DURAN DURAN HOPES FOR TOMORROW... You are aware that Duran Duran is back in action, aren‘t you? In a twisted way, the band is actually...

  • Double Header

    By on May 25, 2005

    So baseball has finally returned its home plate to Washington, D.C. Leave it to the patently savvy leadership of The Studio Theatre to capitalize on...

  • Star Turn

    By on May 25, 2005

    So this is it. Barring Episodes VII, VIII and IX, we're done with Star Wars movies. That's not to say we're done with some Star...

  • Lost in the Crowd

    By on May 25, 2005

    There are times, unfortunately, when an exceptional and beauteous piece of art nonetheless finds itself dismissed as not quite good enough, simply because it finds...

  • I Remember Nomi

    By on May 18, 2005

    There is a cliché in the popular-culture lexicon: the German performance artist. Klaus Nomi is one of the pillars of this oft-parodied caricature, though his...

  • Who's the Diva?

    By on May 18, 2005

    Dana International is nowhere to be found on Offer Nissim's U.S. debut album, First Time. Know how you can tell? The first transsexual, first Israeli...

  • Tosca Tops the Charts

    By on May 11, 2005

    How do you calculate the tenor X-factor? Let's take Salvatore Licitra. We saw him already this season in the title role of Andrea Chenier, where...

  • Sound-a-likes

    By on May 11, 2005

    No two pop bands sound exactly the same of course, but all pop music is derivative. So every new or unknown band must face the...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 11, 2005

    Gauthreaux GAUTHREAUX'S AMBITION... Joe Gauthreaux intends his new compilation Party Groove: Cherry Volume 2 to stand the test of time. “Five or 10 years from...

  • Wax Works

    By on May 11, 2005

    The only similarities that the new incarnation of House of Wax shares with its 1954 wellspring of inspiration that starred Vincent Price and was shot...

  • Sobering Material

    By on May 4, 2005

    Just so we're clear, The Colorado Catechism is not a comedy. Yes, there are moments of humor, and yes, there are a few witty exchanges...

  • Piano Power

    By on May 4, 2005

    Skott Freedman's new self-released album, Judge A Book, is a collection of his covers of other people's songs. But the bisexual indie rocker's cover of...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 4, 2005

    SUPERSTARS, NEW AND (ESPECIALLY) OLD…Who would have ever expected Kelly Clarkson as a dance-pop sensation? It could be just a temporary high, a one-hit dance...

  • Soundwaves

    By on April 27, 2005

    DIGITAL MUSIC POPS… Pop artists are having a particularly good year. Green Day, for starters, is at the high point of its career, the band...