Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Rhythm Method

    By on June 15, 2005

    There are similarities, sure. But suggesting that Nikka Costa is Joss Stone sassed up with Anastacia attitude does none of the three any favors. Fans...

  • Male Bonding

    By on June 8, 2005

    Finally, Father really does know best. It takes a piece of theater all the way from Down Under to at last depict a healthy, loving...

  • Soundwaves

    By on June 8, 2005

    MADONNA'S COMEBACK... Apparently it's not uncommon these days to be puzzled by the mere mention of Madonna's name. In fact, her handlers sounded testy in...

  • Past to Present

    By on June 8, 2005

    When you see Michael Wichita's photography, chances are you're going to have a few questions. That's the point. ''They are going to be dumbfounded, baffled...

  • Wild Boys

    By on June 8, 2005

    The one and only time I tried my hand at skateboarding was during the mid-seventies. I was a 16-year-old growing up in Ohio and a...

  • Baring it All

    By on June 1, 2005

    Gay entertainment has had no problem embracing full-frontal nudity in the pursuit of artistic expression. Who could blame anyone for thinking that Robert Seeley's choral...

  • 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...

  • Moving Pride

    By on June 1, 2005

    It's Thursday and the French Riviera beckons. Trade the D.C. climate for a Mediterranean breeze and fields of lavender. If you're reading this, chances are...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...