Twenty hours into this epic, with enough corpses and orgies to make Achilles blush, we, as an audience, seem to still be closer to the beginning than the end. Seasons are moving along like a blind tortoise as characters are still separated by oceans and ego. While this may seem unappealing, it is in fact […]
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Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. A consistent standout of the Stratford musical ensemble (and one of our 2010 Performers of the Year), Kyle Golemba has always caught our attention not just for his strong voice and comedic chops, but because he’s […]
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When I first saw the trailer for Admission, it bummed me out. Here was Tina Fey, funny, smart, bad ass Tina Fey, making another romantic comedy where she played the career gal who just couldn’t land a man. It was like a Liz Lemon joke of a movie. And it bummed me out that no […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Nominated for a second time in this category, the adorable Bethany Jillard (who was named one of our Performers of the Year last year) was the best thing about Stratford’s flagship 2012 production of Henry V, delivering a funny […]
For the past three years, the Adult Swim network has quietly been creating a new model of broadcast television. They produce parody sitcoms with a limited run time and next to no budget, and in return the creators and stars of these series get an enormous amount of creative freedom. The first show produced under […]
As we move into 2013 it is evident that every facet of the entertainment industry has changed dramatically. For the film industry, making films by traditional means has been replaced by computer images or graphics. The same can be said for the music business where computers have become a positive and a negative. A positive […]