Pantaloons & Tunics! Courtesans & Eunuchs!
I won’t name names (this is NSFW, as they say), but thanks for sharing. In my ongoing quest to demystify and deghettoize live theater by showing how ubiquitous it […]
NIMBS: Not In My Back Stage
Build a theater, annoy the neighbors. Earlier this year, Branford residents were getting bent out of shape due to plans to reopen the legendary Stony Creek Puppet House. Arts groups […]
How Do You Solve a Problem…?
This is a cherished photo—or rather, photobomb—from the opening night reception of the 1994 Marie Osmond tour of Sound of Music at the Shubert in New Haven. It was taken […]
The Riverdale Theater Group Presents Big Business
From “Role Model,” in Archie #454 (Dec. 1996). Script by Hal Smith, pencils by Stan Goldberg (the top-ranked Archie artist who died just last year), inks by Henry Scarpelli. In […]
Sweet Sabers
From the new issue of DC Comics’ Gotham Academy, about spooky adventures in a girls’ boarding school. Written by Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher, art by Karl Kerschl.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist on the Air
There’s a streaming rerun of BBC Radio’s 1992 adaptation of Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist. If you don’t know the play, it’s simply one of the greatest political […]
Flea TV
This is a really heartwarming theater story about how an enterprising New York City video production crew, VisualArtsTV, had an already comprised and cut-rate commercial shoot abruptly cancelled. […]
Ten Snow Shows
There’s a blizzard. Hartford Stage has cancelled its Tuesday performance of Private Lives, but hopes the Wednesday night show will go on as planned. The theater’s also added a performance […]
The Yale Cabaret Announces the Remaining Seven Shows in Its 2015 Spring Seasoner
I apologize (again!) for not attending the Yale Cabaret last semester. Living a few miles out of town and not yet being able to drive a car has […]
Theater MOJO
I love getting my theater news from MOJO—The Music Magazine. It’s an important British rock mag, renowned for its mix of historical articles and reviews of current releases. Recent issues […]