Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • Gay Altar

    ''He's described in the script as having a deep and abiding love for Cher and all things show tunes.'' Patrick M. Doneghy is talking about...

  • Classical Gas

    ''Everything -- everything is new,'' Antony Hegarty says, apprehensively, at the top of his new set Swanlights. What's new here? Well, not everything exactly. But...

  • Artistic in Arlington

    ''Artisphere is the kind of place where you come and hang out, bring your friends, find new friends,'' says Norma Kaplan, division chief of Arlington...

  • Making Porn

    ''It's definitely more of a fantasy when you watch than when you make it,'' says Adam Killian. ''But it can be a fantasy when...

  • Gleeful Melodies

    American Idol helped propel Sara Bareilles's career into the mainstream. Now, the California singer-songwriter is hoping Glee will sustain her fame. Those are exaggerated claims,...

  • Oh, Henry

    ''It's amazing how accessible and fun it is. It's not a dry, dusty, old, antique museum of an occasion,'' says the Folger Consort's Robert Eisenstein....

  • Hitched to Hillwood

    ''With the passage of the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in D.C., it just seemed like a great time to celebrate that newfound right for...

  • Leather in Laurel

    ''Wow, I really like this bar. It's so diverse.'' Those were Justin Terry-Smith's very thoughts when he first stepped into PW's Sports Bar in Laurel,...

  • Sweet Licks

    ''You're no one unless you're on television, baby,'' says Luke Cazwell, the New York performer who goes by his surname. ''You can get 13 billion...

  • Playing with Pierre

    ''I watched a lot of porn when I was younger, and I guess I thought I could do it, too,'' says Pierre Fitch. Just like...

  • Moon Shine

    Marry for money? Why not? If one marries up, life can be that much better. That, at least, is the guiding philosophy of Susy Branch,...

  • Rocking Out

    Men will be at Phase 1 this weekend. And by men, organizers don't just mean MEN, the queer electro band featuring JD Samson of Le...

  • Out of Hibernation

    ''I'm not just exclusively living a bear life,'' laughs Bob Mould. But gay bear life has certainly been good to Mould, who moved from D.C....

  • High Notes

    Falsettos is about a gay man – a father – who divorces his wife but vows to keep the family together. In 1992, during the...

  • Thrill Seekers

    Planet Snoopy will be closed next Saturday night, Sept. 11, during Brother Help Thyself's annual outing at Kings Dominion. '' is for the kids......