Metro Weekly

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  • Killer Diller

    By on January 8, 2003

    Razzle-dazzling: Gere A musical is only as great as its songs. Which would make John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago one of the greatest musicals...

  • Domestic Drama

    By on January 8, 2003

    Maternal instinct: Coleman as BettyAnn (Photo by Carol Pratt) ''You don't have a family,'' says the successful R&B singer Paul (Sekou Laidlow) to BettyAnn (Rosalyn...

  • Mad About Musicals

    By on January 8, 2003

    ''Whatever happened to class?'' Just like the delicious duet ''Class'' sung by prison matron Mama Morton and celebrity double-murderer Velma Kelly, that's a question a...

  • Soundwaves

    By on January 8, 2003

    Electro Nouveau Various Artists Moonshine Soul Sessions 2 Various Artists Giant Step Records Has this happened to you? A friend asks you to recommend your...

  • Film

    By on January 1, 2003

    Was it my imagination or were movies actually better in 2002? Certainly, the record-breaking box office reflected the willingness of moviegoers to give an big...

  • Going Mental

    By on January 1, 2003

    Probing for answers: Mendenhall, Roy and Brown. Photo by Stan Barouh      Existential farce.      Now there's a couple of words to strike terror in...

  • Sorry Sunday

    By on January 1, 2003

    Poor Alice Ripley. The Tony-nominated Broadway veteran made such a charming impression last summer in the Sondheim Celebration as the rattled bride-to-be Amy in Company....

  • Stage

    By on January 1, 2003

    Head of the Class: The Shape of Things (Photo by Carol Pratt) Another year, another hundred shows scrutinized. Luckily for local audiences, there was a...

  • Music

    By on January 1, 2003

    Trey Anastasio Millions of people heard -- and continue to hear -- the worst album of the year. Very few heard the best. Maybe this...

  • Soundwaves

    By on January 1, 2003

    There was plenty of good music in danceland in 2002, but it just wasn't selling. So record labels large and small cut back on dance...

  • Towering

    By on January 1, 2003

    Hobbit hunt: Wood Kneel, George Lucas, to the shrine of Peter Jackson. Ye have met your match. With The Lord of the Rings: The Two...

  • Shore to Please

    By on December 18, 2002

    On the halfshell: Redmond as Luther Billis. Photo credit: Scott Suchman For all the familiarity such a hit-laden musical theatre warhorse brings with it, Arena...

  • Soundwaves

    By on December 18, 2002

    Mad'House Absolutely Mad Radikal Records Puretone Stuck in a Groove V2/BMG Picture Jennifer Love Hewitt making a tribute album to Madonna: It's not at all...

  • Soundwaves

    By on December 11, 2002

    INXS The Best of INXS Atlantic/Rhino Vic Latino Vic Latino Presents 80's Now Tommy Boy INXS only briefly lived up to its name in the...

  • Space Waste

    By on December 11, 2002

    Picard on someone your own size: Stewart The real nemesis faced by the crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek Nemesis is not the angry...