Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • Broadway Carols

    ''I was the first gay Scrooge they ever had,'' says Michael Sharp, who starred in Kathy Feininger's A Broadway Christmas Carol when it was originally...

  • Review: LMFAO party rocks through town

    Is LMFAO a fad? Well, if the dance-rap crew that goes by the Internet acronym doesn’t prove to have staying power, it’s at least taking...

  • Jay Brannan Could Be a True Folk/Pop Star

    Why isn't Jay Brannan more of a true folk/pop star? Certainly the gay community could use more of the sort. There does seem to be...

  • Transcendent Disco

    ''The great irony is the fact that we're so associated with the gay dance world and the queer scene -- we're actually pretty much...

  • Lasting Value

    ''Sometimes I'll look into the audience and I'll see people crying,'' says Suzanne Vega. ''Or I'll talk to someone after the show and they tell...

  • Desert Oasis

    ''And there you have it, a preview of coming attractions,'' Polly Wyeth (Stockard Channing) says, roughly 30 minutes into Other Desert Cities. The line is...

  • Shopping Spree

    ''I go every year and do lots of shopping. It's one of my favorite events,'' says Monica Jeffries Hazangeles of Stathmore's Museum Shop Around. And...

  • Acting Out

    'There were no men not wearing dresses in show business,'' says Jason Stuart, referring to Hollywood 20 years ago when he first contemplated coming...

  • Tribal Journey

    Someone once called DJ Paulo a ''pots and pans'' DJ. ''People who don't understand what I do and who don't understand rhythm as much, they...

  • Soap Box

    Growing up in a small town in central Florida, Kalup Linzy was obsessed with soap operas. ''In high school, I ran track and watched the...

  • Heartfelt Tribute

    Holly Twyford almost chokes up recalling the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, when fear and death ran rampant. ''I still have a kind of...

  • Band Camp

    DC's Different Drummers: Symphonic Band (Photo by Rob Mesite) Have you ever seen classical musicians lip-synch to pop songs – in drag? ''You're seeing members...

  • We Were Here at the West End

    David Weissman and Bill Weber’s powerful, captivating and carefully crafted We Were Here — having just screened at Reel Affirmations — is so much more...

  • Review: Moby at the Fillmore

    Moby admitted to being a former raver at his concert at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday, Oct. 26. He said he was even one...

  • Thriller Night

    Not everyone likes to dress up for Halloween. Some people dress up enough already the rest of the year. But you certainly get more chances...