Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Unfinished Restoration

    By on November 22, 2006

    If it were a musical, maybe I would love it. But as it stands, Michael Kahn's premiere of the recently adapted The Beaux' Stratagem is...

  • Life Savers

    By on November 15, 2006

    While art may be famously hard to define, in the case of Art for Life it's easy to define it as a lifesaver. Over 12...

  • Homo Hop

    By on November 15, 2006

    Cazwell is not your typical rapper. As far as we know, Eminem has never admitted to masturbating via webcam, or to liking foreskin. Sure, maybe...

  • Unwelcome Guest

    By on November 15, 2006

    Sometimes you slip on a banana peel and the results produce laughter. Other times you slip and wind up in traction, taking meds for the...

  • Holiday Trip

    By on November 15, 2006

    Ah, the holidays, a time when all the old theatrical chestnuts come out. There's The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol. And don't forget this other...

  • Busload

    By on November 8, 2006

    ''There are so few American films that use sex in a complicated way,'' says Shortbus director John Cameron Mitchell on a recent weekday afternoon at...

  • Gift Horse

    By on November 8, 2006

    The experience of seeing the Washington Shakespeare Company's production of Equus really begins when you arrive at the Clark Street Playhouse. While technically in Crystal...

  • Taking Flight

    By on November 8, 2006

    ''See the sky, see the ocean!'' cry Butterfly's friends as they watch her boat approach with surreal slowness. Though they exclaim at the beauty surrounding...

  • Social Study

    By on November 1, 2006

    Rarely have I heard an audience erupt in the manner in which they did during a key scene in Borat. An explosive startled laughter quickly...

  • Halfway There

    By on November 1, 2006

    William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a perennial favorite, containing everything needed for a fun night of theater: a broad range of characters, an...

  • Better Left Unsaid

    By on October 25, 2006

    James McGreevey's autobiography, The Confession, is as dismal as his approval ratings were in 2004 when he declared that he was a ''gay American'' and...

  • Cold Comfort

    By on October 25, 2006

    In times of change, it's common to seek out a source of comfort and stability. For some, that means indulging in a favorite childhood food....

  • Magic Free

    By on October 25, 2006

    In the world of movies, coming attractions are the ultimate sleight-of-hand, a misdirection to make you think that what you will be getting is better...

  • Criminal Intent

    By on October 25, 2006

    In 1924, Nathan ''Babe'' Leopold Jr. and Richard ''Dickie'' Loeb were sentenced to life plus 99 years for the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks. The...

  • Soundwaves

    By on October 18, 2006

    FROM THE SECOND TIME YOU GOT ME BA-BAY... You should already know the name Offer Nissim by now. And Maya Siman-Tov, too -- or at...