Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Feline Trouble

    By on July 28, 2004

    If movies were kitty litter, Catwoman would be the kind that doesn't absorb very well and fails to clump. And it would be stinky. Really,...

  • 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...

  • Perfect Glass

    By on July 28, 2004

    With its delicate yet powerful staging of Tennessee Williams's sentimental classic, The Glass Menagerie, the Kennedy Center proves that, indeed, the third time's a charm....

  • Mr. Roboto

    By on July 21, 2004

    The most surprising thing about I, Robot, in which Will Smith uncovers a robotic conspiracy of unprecedented magnitude, is that it isn't half bad. Which...

  • Cutting Edge

    By on July 21, 2004

    The Scissor Sisters have been on a tear since the spring, topping the album chart, selling out prestigious concert venues and scoring hit after hit...

  • Wigged Out

    By on July 21, 2004

    The B-52's haven't garnered much attention in years. But the fun, frolicking foursome is gearing up for a major splash: After a 13-year absence, the...

  • Mass Hysterics

    By on July 14, 2004

    There aren't many actors who could get a huge laugh out of the line ''Milk was a bad choice,'' but count Will Ferrell among them....

  • Soundwaves

    By on July 14, 2004

    CHA-CHA CHARMS… New York's wildly successful holiday-weekend Alegria party has been since 2001 the province of Abel Aguilera, one of gay clubland's most popular and...

  • Rattle and Hum

    By on July 14, 2004

    There was no rain at this year's Capital Pride Festival, but rock-inspired folk singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick sure as hell brought on the thunder. Only Ferrick's...

  • Soundwaves

    By on July 7, 2004

    Angie Stone: Stone Love POP PROGNOSIS: GOOD… Don't let anybody tell you otherwise, but right now the prognosis for pop music is good. That is,...

  • Over and Out

    By on July 7, 2004

    Remember when you couldn't stop listening to George Michael? Maybe you don't. It's been a good six years after all since he received much airplay...

  • Time Warp

    By on July 7, 2004

    Whatever happened to Fay Wray? The legendary Queen of Scream gains life eternal through tribute from a very different queen of the night in another...

  • Soundwaves

    By on June 30, 2004

    MOVIE-CUM-MUSICAL MADNESS… The runaway success of Mel Brooks' The Producers and John Waters' Hairspray has ushered in the trend of turning Hollywood movies into Broadway...

  • Master Class

    By on June 30, 2004

    Gorgeously written and meticulous in its detail, Colm Toíbín's The Master is a thoughtful exploration of the life of one of America's great writers: Henry...

  • Super Hero

    By on June 30, 2004

    Let's just chime right in with the chorus, shall we? Spider-Man 2 is the greatest superhero movie ever made. It goes well past amazing --...