Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Suffragette City

    By on June 17, 2010

    For those who tend to think of late Victorian/early Edwardian feminism in terms of the insuppressibly cheerful suffragette mother in Mary Poppins, George Bernard Shaw's...

  • Electro Buzz

    By on June 17, 2010

    On new single ''Dancing On My Own,'' Robyn catches her boyfriend cheating on her at a club. ''I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her,...

  • Tony Fever

    By on June 9, 2010

    In a recent episode of Glee, Kristin Chenoweth cued up a little Burt Bacharach in an effort to once again woo Matthew Morrison's character. She's...

  • Lady Like

    By on June 9, 2010

    Enrique Divine, who just celebrated a birthday last week, laughs off questions about his age. ''You never ask that to a woman!'' The character of...

  • Slumber Dome

    By on June 9, 2010

    So maybe you know about the dome. Or, maybe you don't know about the dome. Maybe, when looking at advertisements and posters for Arena Stage's...

  • Bionic Vanity

    By on June 9, 2010

    Is Christina Aguilera the greatest singer in the world? Well, she sure thinks she is. Neither modesty nor subtlety is her strong suit. ''Everyday I...

  • Soul Activism

    By on June 9, 2010

    Unlike a lot of soul singers, Goapele didn't get her start singing in talent shows or church. ''When I first started singing in public as...

  • Money Girl

    By on June 9, 2010

    Several years ago, when Joan Rivers starred in a GEICO commercial where the whole concept centered on her plastic surgery, it seemed like a wonderful...

  • Raising the Barre

    By on June 9, 2010

    ''The dance world is relatively small, and many people know each other, so this is like a reunion,'' says Meg Booth, lead organizer for Ballet...

  • Greek Comedy

    By on June 3, 2010

    Two years ago, Forgetting Sarah Marshall was a hit not just because of Jason Segel's full frontal shot, but because it was a highly entertaining,...

  • Storytellers

    By on June 2, 2010

    In the opening moments of Ricky Ian Gordon's musical Sycamore Trees, now premiering as part of Signature Theatre's ''American Musical Voices Project,'' lead character Andrew's...

  • Women in Love

    By on June 2, 2010

    A modern sad-funny tale of a love that fails to launch, Rajiv Joseph’s play Gruesome Playground Injuries ranks as a small but, in its way,...

  • Diva Mentality

    By on June 2, 2010

    ''I think Lady Gaga still hasn't quite reached diva status yet,'' says Christopher Peterson. ''She hasn't had the big hit yet. She was great at...

  • String Theory

    By on June 2, 2010

    Ever seen a human crochet? ''They'll crochet directly on bodies, and entangle and connect them,'' explains J.S. Adams of Laura Craig Mason and Cynthia Combs's...

  • New Age

    By on May 27, 2010

    The 28-year-old gay composer Nico Muhly is already starting to feel old. ''The fact that I have a body of work makes me feel like...