Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 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...

  • Blood Relations

    By on April 27, 2005

    So you think you know Electra? You may recall Sophocles' intricate version of the Greek tragedy, the bloodbath where Electra, born to King Agamemnon and...

  • Martial Artistry

    By on April 27, 2005

    I went into Kung Fu Hustle with a massive headache, one of those throb jobs that nearly debilitates you. I left, 95 minutes later, with...

  • Fischer King

    By on April 27, 2005

    There are albums that you like, and bands you at least want to like. But finding both at once? Well, U2 continues to do it,...

  • Indecent Proposal

    By on April 20, 2005

    No matter how hard you squeeze a lemon, it will never yield luscious wine. Neither red wine, nor white, no Chardonnay, Zinfandel, or blush. The...

  • Soundwaves

    By on April 20, 2005

    DEPECHE REFRESHED... Talk about a change of heart. A year and a half ago, Dave Gahan told Rolling Stone he had no interest in continuing...

  • Punk'd by Nostalgia

    By on April 20, 2005

    New Order just might have more influence on today's electronica scene than it's ever had in the 25 years the ever-influential band has been together...

  • Future Plans

    By on April 13, 2005

    August Wilson doesn't just sit down and write a play. He delicately composes a small symphony of musical prose, a theatrical retelling of history as...

  • Lacking Magic

    By on April 13, 2005

    My advice to anyone who joined the ticket-purchasing frenzy when they saw the words ''magic'' and ''flute'' in the same sentence as Washington National Opera...

  • Sinfully Delicious

    By on April 13, 2005

    It should come as no surprise that Robert Rodriguez's production company is called Troublemaker Studios. The director, whose bracing, electrifying style of filmmaking appears to...