Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Master Class

    By on June 30, 2004

    Gorgeously written and meticulous in its detail, Colm Toíbín's The Master is a thoughtful exploration of the life of one of America's great writers: Henry...

  • Soundwaves

    By on June 30, 2004

    MOVIE-CUM-MUSICAL MADNESS… The runaway success of Mel Brooks' The Producers and John Waters' Hairspray has ushered in the trend of turning Hollywood movies into Broadway...

  • Stand-Up Man

    By on June 23, 2004

    Earlier this year several very straight comics at Nanny O'Brien's in Cleveland Park made gay jokes during their open-mike routine. So Zach Toczynski began his...

  • Groin Busters

    By on June 23, 2004

    ''If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball,'' barks professional dodgeball champ Patches O'Houlihan as he proceeds to fling wrenches at a...

  • Catatonic

    By on June 23, 2004

    Yes, it's a play about many things -- many people, many ideas, many themes. Big Daddy is dying of cancer on his 65th birthday and...

  • Short Circuit

    By on June 16, 2004

    Shhhhh. The wives of Stepford have a secret. Actually, they have two secrets. The first is that they're featured in a bland, empty-headed farce that...

  • Read His Lips

    By on June 16, 2004

    John Epperson has a revelation to share. ''I'm ready to shed the character of Lypsinka,'' he says of the drag alter-ego he's been portraying since...

  • Darker, Richer, More Adventurous

    By on June 16, 2004

    Watson, Radcliffe and Grint With Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, director Alfonso Cuaron imparts a bold and frank new sensibility to the ongoing...

  • Masterpiece Theatre

    By on June 16, 2004

    One of the most memorable, exquisite moments in post-classical theater is the bittersweet serenading of Roxane by her witty wordsmith cousin, Cyrano de Bergerac. The...

  • Soundwaves

    By on June 9, 2004

    POP POLITICS… This Sunday, we can hope for some political agitation from musicians at the Capital Pride Festival pulpit. And pop stars of various stripes...

  • Circle Jerks

    By on June 9, 2004

    According to The Politician, there are only two kinds of women: the kind you sleep with, and the kind you marry. Deborah Hazlett has the...

  • Big Trouble

    By on June 9, 2004

    Let's dish. Toby Griffin, the twenty-something narrator of Tom Dolby's first novel The Trouble Boy is spoiled, immature, whiny and shallow. He trips through life,...

  • Group Notes

    By on June 2, 2004

    Whether you're preparing to throw a party at your beach house, at your summer home, at your pool party, or in your car -- celebrating...

  • Festival Occasion

    By on June 2, 2004

    ''The Reel Affirmations Pride Film Festival started six years ago,'' says One In Ten's Joe Bilancio. ''It was done as a way for us to...

  • Box office juggernaut

    By on June 2, 2004

    That box office juggernaut known as Shrek 2 also features a few revelations of its own, notably a new swashbuckling tornado named Puss-in-Boots who disarms...