We’re thrilled to be back at San Diego Comic-Con for the second year in a row! From Thursday, July 21 to Sunday, July 24th, editors Kelly Bedard and Rachael Nisenkier will be hobnobbing with the stars and getting the scoop on all the best TV (and more) the con has on display. Check back here […]
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Heraclitus famously opined that you can never step in the same river twice. If he spent more time attending theater than stepping into rivers, he may have said you can never attend the same improv show twice. On the Spot, an improvisational performance at the Broadway Comedy Club, produced by Nathan Armstrong and directed by […]
Empathy is what defines Medea, a play that in its nervy, Hellenic way justifies filicide. Any adaptation will carry this legacy, from expressionism to the kitchen sink. Fury, by Soho’s resident writer Phoebe Eclair-Powell, goes working-class in a South London council estate through an inspired but patchy retelling. Sam (Sarah Ridgeway) is a single mother […]
That’s it, the network TV season is over. I would ask how you felt about it but, let’s be honest, you don’t watch network TV anymore. You watch Game of Thrones and, if you’re really cool, you maybe downloaded Horace & Pete (if you haven’t, you should). You’re a young, busy, hip person; you don’t […]
With a mixture of hope, tragedy, war and even a few laughs, Cargo forces audiences to tackle the subject of refugees and what happens when it hits close to home. The audience feels as though they have literally entered a cargo ship. Even the (tremendously uncomfortable) seats make everyone feel physically in the ship. As […]
Originally premiering off-Broadway in the late 70s, I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road tackles gender issues head on, exploring the stereotypes and labels given to men and women alike and the prejudices that existed for a ‘strong, independent woman’ during the musical’s setting. Despite being written nearly 40 years ago, many of […]
That’s it, the network TV season is over. I would ask how you felt about it but, let’s be honest, you don’t watch network TV anymore. You watch Game of Thrones and, if you’re really cool, you maybe downloaded Horace & Pete (if you haven’t, you should). You’re a young, busy, hip person; you don’t […]
Roald Dahl’s seminal children’s novel about a genius little girl growing up in a world of corrupt, unloving adults is one of the great texts of the 20th century. The wonderful 1996 film adaptation that Americanizes the heavily Thatcher-influenced book brought the story iconic stature among millennial kids. The 2010 musical adaptation of the novel […]