André Hereford

Washington, D.C., United States

Film Critic, Contributing Editor at Metro Weekly

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Gabriel Mata’s Journey From Immigrant to Dance Innovator

4 days ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Gabriel Mata – Photo: Rob Klug“Dance serves many capacities, and one of them is cultural preservation,” says D.C.-based dance artist Gabriel Mata. For Mata, who was born in Mexico, in the state of Guerrero, and immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was very young, dance also served as a stabilizing force as he grew up in Southern California. Although, it wasn’t until his junior year of public high school in Santa Ana that he took his first beginning dance class.
Studio's 'Paradise Blue' is a Sultry, Immersive Dream

5 days ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Paradise Blue – Photo: Margot SchulmanWith its smoky, seductive, immersive staging of Dominique Morisseau’s Paradise Blue, Studio Theatre turns up the heat and the suspense. Part of the playwright’s acclaimed Detroit Trilogy — which includes Skeleton Crew and Detroit ’67 — the narrative is set in 1949, in the city’s storied Black Bottom neighborhood, inside the fictional club, Paradise.
Constellation's 'Head Over Heels' is a Joyous Go-Go’s Romp

5 days ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Head Over Heels – Photo: DJ CoreyTo enter the fanciful kingdom of Arcadia, in Constellation Theatre’s delightful, if uneven, musical romantic-comedy Head Over Heels, is to fall in love again with the music of The Go-Go’s. If you ever loved them, and were around in the ’80s when the quintet was fresh and riding high on the charts, the songs sound solid here, maybe in need of a little octane.
GALA’s 'Choke' Confronts Loyalty and Love in a Polluted World

1 week ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Choke: Joi Kai and Giselle González – Photo: Daniel MartínezIt happens even in the best families. Gustavo Guerrero, proud paterfamilias of Emilio T. Infante’s poignant Choke: Sucede Hasta en las Mejores Familias, invokes the phrase practically in jest, but he’s not joking or making coded reference to his lesbian daughter Cassandra and her wife Zulema.
'Lavender Men' Director Lovell Holder Creates Queer Community

1 week ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Lavender MenWhether directing and co-adapting the new queer feature Lavender Men, producing upcoming Shudder horror-thriller The Surrender, or publishing his debut novel The Book of Luke later this spring, creating community is key for Lovell Holder. “Maybe this is just the only child in me,” he says, considering the emotional truths that connect his work.
'Thunderbolts*' is a Solid Return to Form for the MCU

1 week ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Thunderbolts*All superheroes are not created equal. Some wield the might of titans, defying physics with their fantastic abilities and godlike powers over the elements. Others “just punch and shoot,” as former Black Widow assassin, Yelena Belova, shrewdly observes taking stock of the crew she finds herself assembled with in Marvel’s anti-hero team-up Thunderbolts*.
A Fabulously Funny, Powerfully Felt 'Hedwig'

2 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Sawyer Smith – Photo: Daniel RaderAt this point, Hedwig and the Angry Inch has stood nearly as long as the Berlin Wall stood dividing East and West, repression and freedom. After 28 years — long years for Germans on either side of the Wall, yet relatively brief in human history — they tore down that blunt, brutal symbol of post-war Communist control.
'Egghead & Twinkie' Is A Colorful Queer Road Trip

2 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Egghead & Twinkie: Sabrina Jie-A-Fa and Louis TomeoHer parents call her Vivian, but she won’t stand for anyone else calling her that. She’s Twinkie, a 17-year-old, self-described “master of sarcasm” just poking her head out of the closet in writer-director Sarah Kambe Holland’s engaging autobiographical debut feature, Egghead & Twinkie.
Nick Cage: The Wizard of Art

3 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Nick Cave – Photo: John EdmondsNick Cave has graced the world with major exhibitions, design objects, sculptures, and installations filling public spaces from museums and gardens to the Times Square subway station. Internationally renowned for his signature Soundsuits, the artist, through singular skill and artistic alchemy, weaves fabric into majestic totems, and casts haunting, colossal figures in bronze. His artistic imagination seemingly knows no bounds.
Holly Twyford and Kate Eastwood Norris Shine in 'Bad Books'

3 weeks ago | metroweekly.com | André Hereford

Bad Books: Kate Eastwood Norris and Holly Twyford – Photo: Margot SchulmanA concerned mom in Sharyn Rothstein’s Bad Books raises a hell of a ruckus over a library book she deems obscene, but, in truth, neither her ensuing crusade nor Rothstein’s juicily enjoyable play are about bad books, whatever those might be. The book in question — bearing an amusingly suggestive title which won’t be spoiled here — seems only incidental to what’s really upsetting this Mother.