Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Heat Wave

    By on May 26, 2004

    Make no mistake about it, Orpheus Descending is hot. Molly Smith's triumphant, glorious resurrection of Tennessee Williams' lesser-known drama can only be described as sizzling,...

  • Unheard Of

    By on May 26, 2004

    If you hunger for great music beyond the obvious choices such as OutKast, Melissa Etheridge, JC Chasez and Loretta Lynn, how do you choose among...

  • Blockbuster Season

    By on May 26, 2004

    The summer movie season officially launched three weeks ago. The unfortunate among us have already been to dreary Transylvania and a godless Troy, while the...

  • Undesirable

    By on May 19, 2004

    For better or for worse, Tennessee Williams penned characters who give such credit to stereotype and light caricature that they have become a part of...

  • Piercing Wit

    By on May 19, 2004

    The Catalyst Theater's opening of Nicky Silver's The Altruists took place on stormy night -- a perfect backdrop since Silver's ferocious wit comes fast and...

  • Magnum Opus

    By on May 19, 2004

    It's been years since we've heard from him, but Armand Van Helden wastes no time reasserting himself. That he has managed to do it almost...

  • Legendary Ladies

    By on May 19, 2004

    ''It's not a huge evening, '' says A. Cornelius Baker of ''A Celebration of Life, '' the Whitman-Walker Clinic's eleventh annual Spring gala. ''It's not...

  • Grecian Formula

    By on May 19, 2004

    ''May the gods be with you, '' says Trojan King Priam (Peter O'Toole) to his eldest son Hector (Eric Bana), as the young, handsome, extremely...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 19, 2004

    DONNA SUMMER REVIVAL?… Will Jennifer Hudson and La Toya London -- and Fantasia Barrino too, if the worst happens -- get recording contracts after the...

  • In the Navy

    By on May 12, 2004

    Photo: National Archivesand Records Administration ''Most of the good stuff is in Greenbelt, '' says Evan Bachner. Of course, he's talking about the collection of...

  • 2004 Helen Hayes Awards

    By on May 12, 2004

    ''Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I'm Joy Zinoman. '' Oh, but it wasn't. For the second year in a row, Rick Hammerly crashed the 20th...

  • Brotherly Love

    By on May 12, 2004

    No matter how you look at it, Passing the Love of Women is not, at heart, a gay play. Sure, the two central characters are...

  • Monster Hash

    By on May 12, 2004

    It must have seemed like a good idea to someone, somewhere, in some altered state: Combine Universal's three biggest movie monster properties -- Dracula, Frankenstein...

  • Handsomely Revived

    By on May 12, 2004

    Aficionados will be intrigued to hear that the Washington National Opera continues this year's season with a production of Giuseppe Verdi's classic La Traviata based...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 12, 2004

    A DJ'S NO SPIN ZONE… Dance music makers are a competitive lot, since there are a great number of them, chasing after the same fame...