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  • Mummy Dearest

    By on June 17, 2009

    Truth is stranger than fiction. Truth that is stranger than fiction set to music becomes doubly so. Before you venture to see GALA Hispanic Theatre's...

  • Landmark Plays

    By on June 10, 2009

    ''We wanted to create a very relaxed atmosphere to celebrate and learn about ourselves and our history,'' says Ganymede Arts' Jeffrey Johnson. His theater's current...

  • Evita's Closet

    By on June 10, 2009

    Did you know Eva Peron's corpse was perfectly preserved? Or that her mummy was lost for years? ''I just knew part of her story before...

  • Great Company

    By on June 10, 2009

    Those sentient during the excesses of the 1980s may recall The The's memorable big-band pastiche Twilight of a Champion in which a scathing Matt Johnson...

  • Crossing Over

    By on June 10, 2009

    The band The Sounds makes music that's every bit as derivative as Lady Gaga's, and the Swedish band's ambitions seem every bit as bald as...

  • Feeling Loopy

    By on June 10, 2009

    Generally, when reading a theater review in Metro Weekly, you don't see Many ''I'' statements. ''I liked this.'' ''I didn't like that.'' ''I had trouble...

  • New Heights

    By on June 3, 2009

    Have you made Ciara's acquaintance yet? No doubt you've heard of her. After all, the Atlanta-based singer-songwriter -- born Ciara Princess Harris -- is a...

  • Dark Victory

    By on June 3, 2009

    ''I didn't know what was happening -- I thought he was having a mid-life crisis or something,'' says composer Michael Shaieb of a close friend...

  • The Morning After

    By on June 3, 2009

    Haven't we all had a hangover that hits in the morning like a ton of bricks being dropped on your head one at a time?...

  • Going Green

    By on May 27, 2009

    Five years ago, Green Day blazed a new path toward rock respectability with the release of American Idiot. The high-concept album instantly became a classic,...

  • Boxed In

    By on May 27, 2009

    Part of the issue with Constellation Theatre Company's production of Clive Barker's Crazyface is that it's the production of a play written by Clive Barker....

  • Uncovering Ivri

    By on May 27, 2009

    Ivri Lider kissed a girl -- and people liked it. ''Yeah, it was like it was written by a gay man,'' Lider laughs, referring to...

  • Hell Raiser

    By on May 27, 2009

    Recipe: Add one tablespoon of spittle from an old hag, three blond hairs from one young woman (preferable beautiful), and one fly with wings still...

  • Geared Up

    By on May 20, 2009

    Who would have thought that salvation would come in the form of a man with the self-ascribed moniker McG? But it has. McG, who made...

  • Rhoda Returns

    By on May 20, 2009

    ''She was so much more outrageous than I would ever think of being,'' says Valerie Harper of legendary actress Tallulah Bankhead. ''She would make Rhoda...