As crazy as the political landscape in America is right now, re-introducing the 1969 musical 1776 to the masses was one heck of a good idea. This version of the show, though, comes with a Twist: an all female and gender non-conforming cast.
The Guardians are a family. It’s about friendship – always has been – and finding acceptance and love, even when you’re not looking for it.
Mean Girls the Musical, Tina Fey’s adaptation of her hit 2004 film, is currently strutting its stuff at San Diego’s Civic Theatre and if you’re a fan of the film or Fey, it’s definitely a must see.
Jonathan Majors is freaking fierce. He’s got this calm, quiet rage that just feels like it wants to erupt.
If you’re a theater lover and looking to kick the New Year in high gear, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations is a great way to do that.
Each time I watch Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Pulitzer prize-winning musical, I walk away with a new found respect for it.
Florence Pugh is, as usual, great. She’s the rock here, grounding the whole film in reality.
What Fletch has going for it is the performances, especially Hamm’s and Annie Mumolo’s, who plays his certifiably crazy neighbor, Eve.
The real fun was watching Goldblum, Dern and Sam Neill’s characters together. As summer movies go, you can do worse.
Jazzfest: A New Orleans Story brings that energy and revelry you experience at the festival and showcases it in the theater.
The show won eight Tony Awards for the 2018-19 season, and it’s easy to see why. The talent on both on stage and off is fierce, man.
Even though the circumstances surrounding the events are tragic, the show manages to be uplifting and full of hope.
“Once not long ago, a group of musicians came to Israel from Egypt. You probably didn’t hear about it. It wasn’t very important.” Those sentences are projected on the stage as the show begins but don’t let those words mislead you. One of the wonderful things about theater is that
It’s dark, gritty and there’s never a wink to the audience. It’s also the first Bat-film that shows the character doing detective work.
The whole cast is really terrific, particularly Affleck and Comer. Every time he’s on screen, he lifts the scene with this wry smile.
Daniel Craig made his 007 an actual person, with nuance and sadness, longing, humor and even fear. It’s almost sad to see him go.
As a fan of the original Sopranos TV show, which ran on HBO from 1999 to 2007, I was eagerly awaiting The Many Saints of Newark, series creator David Chase’s prequel to the long-running series.
The lights are back on in the Great White Way and to help get you (us) back into the groove is a perfectly-timed documentary, On Broadway.
Shang-Chi was one of Marvel’s lower tiered heroes but that’s about to change with the super fun, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Who woulda thunk that Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt would make a great on-screen pair?
