Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Billy Porter: From Kinky Boots to Top of the Pops?

    By on May 21, 2013

    “I feel like the Internet and social media have created a world where theater can transcend New York, and get out in a way that...

  • And the Stephen Schwartz Nod Goes to…Nathan Lane in The Nance

    By on May 20, 2013

    In a Metro Weekly cover feature as part of our Special Broadway Edition, celebrated composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz discussed the 10th anniversary of Wicked and...

  • “The Wii U is crap” tweets EA engineer

    By on May 17, 2013

    Things aren’t going well for Nintendo. After announcing less-than-stellar sales of their Wii U console, the follow-up to the massively successful Wii, they were dealt...

  • Star Trek Returns

    By on May 16, 2013

    What does it mean to make a Star Trek movie? Director J.J. Abrams skirted this question when he brought the U.S.S. Enterprise back to life...

  • All for One

    By on May 16, 2013

    Though the urge to wax lyrical is almost overpowering (and follows below), let's cut to the chase: Synetic's The Three Musketeers is a joyously accessible...

  • Arid and Overwhelming

    By on May 16, 2013

    It's always a little disconcerting when you don't get what all the fuss is all about. A case in point, Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert...

  • Gilgamesh Follies

    By on May 16, 2013

    Right now, there's a work of art gracing the stage at the Source on 14th Street. And I don't mean Gilgamesh, the fantastical show created...

  • Faith in Humanity

    By on May 16, 2013

    Chris Stedman's mother rifled through her teenage son's diary and read about his struggles with homosexuality. But unlike many other parents, her response was to...

  • Star Trek (Review): Star Dreck

    By on May 16, 2013

    Star Trek is one of America's greatest exports. Revered by millions worldwide, the sci-fi pop-culture phenomenon has dazzled fans for 50 years -- and with...

  • Wretched Excess

    By on May 9, 2013

    What kind of maniac tries to adapt The Great Gatsby? Few books are legitimate touchstones in American culture, and for better or for worse, F....

  • Texas Hold 'Em

    By on May 9, 2013

    A decade ago, when Texas-based filmmaker Yen Tan regularly commuted between Dallas and Houston, he wondered if he was alone out there. ''I would stop...

  • Showy Boat

    By on May 9, 2013

    In a second act scene in Show Boat, the character Magnolia auditions to be a singer at Chicago's popular Trocadero Club. Magnolia was a star...

  • 26 incredible gaming worlds

    By on May 5, 2013

    Here’s something for a lazy afternoon — Dutch artist Tim Hijlkema has created a brilliant, beautiful video inspired by his 26 favorite gaming worlds. The...

  • Icona Pop, Cher Lloyd Added to Capital Pride Lineup

    By on May 3, 2013

    Swedish dance-pop duo Icona Pop and British singer/rapper Cher Lloyd will join Scottish soul singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé as headliners at this year’s Capital Pride Festival,...

  • Get a head start on the weekend with “The Simpsons: Tapped Out”

    By on May 3, 2013

    While you should be working, it’s Friday. And hasn’t the working class been toiling hard enough the past few years? All that is but our...