Metro Weekly

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  • Chain Male

    By on January 3, 2013

    Here comes Quentin Tarantino, galloping into the terrible history of American slavery with a shotgun in his hands and a bundle of dynamite slung across...

  • Gomez, Darling

    By on January 3, 2013

    When Marga Gomez dances, people think she's just trying to be funny. ''I dance really terribly,'' admits Gomez, whose own mother was a professional dancer....

  • DJ lil’e Divas Dance Party at the 9:30 Club

    By on January 2, 2013

    DJ lil’e (nee Erin Myers) continues to tweak her popular divas dance party. For its latest iteration at the 9:30 Club, it’s a “battle” between...

  • Million Dollar Quartet

    By on January 2, 2013

    Co-directed by Signature Theatre’s Eric Schaeffer, Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott’s hit Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet was inspired by the true story of the...

  • Kate Wingfield's Best and Worst Stage of 2012

    By on December 27, 2012

    {Strange Interlude: Francesca Faridany (Photo by Scott Suchman)} A good night at the theater is kind of like plane travel for brains. A really great...

  • Doug Rule's Best and Worst Stage of 2012

    By on December 27, 2012

    {Brel: Natascia Diaz, Sam Ludwig, Bobby Smith, Bayla Whitten (Photo by Christopher Banks)} Theater is generally intended to be a mentally transporting experience, but of...

  • The Fighting Baritone

    By on December 27, 2012

    ''Because my teacher knew that I could handle the higher notes,'' says singer-songwriter Ari Hest, ''he would stick me with the girls sometimes, or with...

  • The Best and Worst Music of 2012

    By on December 27, 2012

    {Scissor Sisters (Photo by Neil Krug)} The year 2012 goes down as a sad one, the year we lost both Donna Summer and Whitney Houston....

  • The Best and Worst Films of 2012

    By on December 27, 2012

    Don't be discouraged by Hollywood schlock -- we're living in a wonderful age of film. Even if there were a few duds in the last...

  • Vocal Prowess

    By on December 20, 2012

    I must confess: I've never seen Les Misérables onstage. Until a few weeks ago, when I finally threw myself into all things Schönberg, Javert and...

  • O, Tannenbaum

    By on December 20, 2012

    A man whose last name is best known from a Christmas song, leading a Jewish-themed show on Christmas Eve? It's not just funny -- Rob...

  • Singing Santas

    By on December 20, 2012

    Right now, there are surprise gifts in store for everyone at Signature Theatre. ''We're going to put songs in stockings,'' explains singer Bobby Smith, ''and...

  • Apples from the desert at Theater J

    By on December 16, 2012

    Theater J presents Savyon Liebrecht’s Apples from the Desert, a poignant drama about love and reconciliation, which was a hit in Israel. The play, directed...

  • 5 Days of Techmas – A Holiday Gift Guide: Games

    By on December 13, 2012

    Gaming transcends all other media. Films, television, comics, books — nothing can give such an interactive, immersive experience as playing a game. Want to be...

  • Hobbit Forming

    By on December 13, 2012

    I was ready to be underwhelmed by The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Nearly a decade after The Return of the King, director Peter Jackson hasn't...