Metro Weekly

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  • Broadway Baby

    By on August 25, 2004

    The lyrical zinger from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Fiorello stings today in a way it didn't half a century ago when it was written: ''And...

  • Ladies Night

    By on August 25, 2004

    In case you didn't know, there's a great little feminist theater group here in our nation's capital that produces great little works of theater in...

  • Swept Away

    By on August 25, 2004

    Aloha, little brahs! Hawaiian coming of age brightens a beach afternoon Okay, okay, so I'm not a poet. But I do know good writing when...

  • Soundwaves

    By on August 18, 2004

    XTINA & MISSSY'S DISCO WASH… Three years after they made sweet marmalade together, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott are back. This time, they'll cover the...

  • Idol Fever

    By on August 18, 2004

    American Idol fever seems to have hit its peak in Washington: Last season's finalists appear at the MCI Center this Sunday, Aug. 22. And Simon...

  • Alien Wear

    By on August 18, 2004

    The question you have to ask yourself with regard to Alien Vs. Predator is why 20th Century Fox would hand over to Paul W.S. Anderson...

  • Soundwaves

    By on August 11, 2004

    POP'S SWINGING POLITICS… As recently as April, it seemed that save for a couple hip-hop impresarios it would be the usual four-year counterculture rumbling: an...

  • Tower of Bebel

    By on August 11, 2004

    Bebel Gilberto is not ''The Girl from Ipanema. '' Not quite: Gilberto was born nearly 40 years ago in New York and raised in Rio...

  • Pure Bliss

    By on August 11, 2004

    They just don't make good instinct like they used to. Most contemporary (read: young) actors trained in the modern theater demonstrate an annoyingly affected air...

  • Not So Chummy

    By on August 11, 2004

    Question: What's so scary about watching two people float around in the ocean for an hour or so? Answer: Nothing. In theory, a pair of...

  • Smooth Pop

    By on August 4, 2004

    The Kings of Convenience's sophomore album, Riot on an Empty Street, begins with a telling and referential reference: ''I can't stop listening to the sound...

  • Soundwaves

    By on August 4, 2004

    THE CURE AND MODERN-DAY REMEDIES… The Cure may be the headliner -- the chief reason most people would consider going, and more to the point...

  • 'Manchurian Candidate'

    By on August 4, 2004

    Jonathan Demme's choice of material has been a little bizarre as of late. His remake of the strangely winsome yet slightly edgy Audrey Hepburn-Cary Grant...

  • Into the Woods

    By on August 4, 2004

    I don't mean to sound boastful, but I figured out The Village's big twist a few days before actually seeing the movie. While it was...

  • Canadian Import

    By on July 28, 2004

    She's been accused of any number of things, given her A.D.D.-style of skipping from one musical genre to another -- as well as her sly...