The weekend of April 21-23rd was a phenomenal weekend of theatre in the BU community. I was lucky enough to see 3 excellent shows in two days on Thursday and Friday, all very different. Here’s a quick rundown of the awesome: Fallujah has become something of a huge success story for BU theatre in […]
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a new favourite cable series. Showtime’s Episodes is a masterpiece ode to/criticism of television, a nostalgia-fueled/thoroughly modern story of culture clash, assimilation, corruption, disappointment and the ways people let each other down. But it’s a comedy. A brilliant comedy- perhaps the funniest and smartest to hit cable in years. With […]
The newest film version of Jane Eyre is a cold affair. It’s gray-tinted, rain-soaked, slowly paced and underplayed. None of this is to an unforgivably negative effect. In fact, this gray sense of dismal circumstance works sort of perfectly for Jane Eyre, a dreary text in itself. It does, however, make for a rather unpleasant […]
I love The Actors’ Shakespeare Project, I really do, but this will prove a very short review because I far from loved their Antony & Cleopatra (playing until May 21st at The Modern Theatre). I could write for hours about Adrianne Krtansky’s clunky direction, the snail-like pacing and strange focus. I could complain loudly about […]
CBS has just announced that celebrity multi-hyphenate Ashton Kutcher will be the man to replace Charlie Sheen when they bring back Two and a Half Men. Here’s what executive producer Chuck Lorre had to say: “We are so lucky to have someone as talented, joyful and just plain remarkable as Ashton joining our family. […]
When a cab driver ruins The Amazing Race. Sure, I really hate it when contestants are rude to their cab drivers, but second only to that is my intolerance of the unfair realities of the game: Things like long waits that result in everyone getting on the same flight, making a lead hard to rollover […]
Tonight was the farewell episode of one of television’s most beloved characters. Like Michael J Fox’s farewell from Spin City, Steve Carell’s departure from The Office will probably be remembered as the series’ true finale, no matter how many years it continues on from here. Michael’s final arc had its ups and downs, as did […]
I went to see Eurydice with a friend who has never seen a show by the Independent Drama Society. The show was set to begin at 8pm. It took him until 7:58 to declare “I’m in love with this company”. My fandom for IDS has been growing exponentially with every production they’ve done, but, as […]