Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • In Tune

    ''I think a lot of people weren't even sure what a cappella music was before The Sing Off,'' says Eliza Berkon. Berkon's D.C.-based a cappella...

  • Fringe Follies

    Over the next couple weeks you can see a theatrical spoof of Fox-TV's Glee, in which troublemakers are forced to form a comedy club. Also...

  • Coming to Terms

    ''And the world that I see is returning once more, to the world that I knew it be long before,'' Mary Chapin Carpenter sings on...

  • Young, Black and Leading the Way

    Frank Walker thought his life's work was with the Chicago Cubs. ''Growing up I was such a huge Cubs fan, and all I wanted to...

  • Shears Force

    {Scissor Sisters (Photo by Neil Krug)} Do you know what a ''kiki'' is? If not, it's just a matter of time. ''I really had no...

  • Robyn's Musical Nest

    Why do gays around the world love Robyn? ''I think it would be ignorant of me to assume all gay people are the same, and...

  • Cinematic Details

    Patrick Watson creates what you could call ''chamber-rock music'' – something like a more expansive and happier Antony & The Johnsons, or a dreamier, more...

  • Anything but Comatose

      {Girlina Coma (Photo by JoshHuskin)} ''It was very surreal at times, being in France or in Scotland, and opening for one of our icons,''...

  • Razzle Dazzle

    Chicago. Cabaret. Liza with a ''Z.'' Certainly gays are familiar with the musical output of the showy songwriting duo John Kander and the late Fred...

  • Carlile's Cause

    Of the perks that come with increasing fame, lesbian folk rocker Brandi Carlile is most honored by the aspiring musicians who seek out her counsel....

  • Spanglish

    Puerto Rico can be a peculiar experience for visitors, with its confusing mix of cultures and commercialism, of Spanish and English – Spanglish – of...

  • Scissor Sisters: 'Magic' Moves

    ''I'm gonna let you have it,'' the Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic says halfway through Magic Hour. And on ''Let's Have A Kiki,'' the self-described drag...

  • Ring Them Bells

    Ever see a gender-bending twist on ''Cell Block Tango'' from Chicago? ''I think that is so typical of what the show is,'' says Eric Schaeffer...

  • Gods and Monsters

    ''There's this really ambiguous sexual attraction,'' says Christopher Henley, referring to the relationship between the god and ruler in The Bacchae. At one point, the...

  • Stringed Along

    ''Germany in general, and specifically Berlin, is a very, very open and diverse place now – a very creative place,'' says classical musician Avi Avital,...