Ally McBeal turns 25 today!
Twenty-five years ago today, FOX debuted the dramedy Ally McBeal. Created by David E. Kelley at the absolute zenith of his career, the series was set at a fictional Boston…
Dominic Fumusa, Abigail Hawk, and Jessica Pimentel
New Play -Jasper – Debuts with Starry Cast: Q & A with Playwright Grant MacDermott
This September kicks off the new theatre season and an early highlight of this season is the World Premiere of the play Jasper, written by Grant MacDermott and directed by…
Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Hugo Speer, Steve Huison, (Paul Barber Photo by Everett/REX)
Happy 25th Birthday, “The Full Monty!”
Leave your hat on anytime for this excellent sleeper hit that made it all the way from Sheffield to be a Best Picture contender.
Catwoman in Batman Returns: Roaring Still, Thirty Years Later
In 1989, Tim Burton’s Batman was a shock to the cinematic ecosystem: a comic book adaptation directed by an oddball filmmaker whose previous two at-bats had featured Pee-Wee Herman and…
1951: A Place in the Sun turns 70!
Seventy years ago this weekend, George Stevens’ A Place in the Sun was released. It’s a darkly beautiful look at both the allure and the lie of the American dream,…
The Way of the Gun: “Unforgiven” Demystified the American Western
The Way of the Gun: “Unforgiven” Demystified the American Western Thirty years ago today, Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven was released, proving to be a powder keg during the doldrums of summer.…
Doug’s Fearless 2012 Tony Predictions
Below, my fearless predictions for the 2022 Tony Awards: BEST MUSICAL Girl from the North Country MJ Mr. Saturday Night Paradise Square Six A Strange Loop Will win: A…
Acclaimed Playwrights Oren Safdie’s play GRATITUDE gets New York Premiere
Urban Stages, one of Off- Broadway’s gems, is once again bringing the work of acclaimed playwright Oren Safdie to the stage with his newest play Gratitude. This smartly written…
Midori Nakamura and Harrison Chad. Photo by Russ Rowland (16)
Q & A with Harrison Chad
At eight years old, Harrison Chad was a working Broadway performer as part of the cast of Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby, followed by Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Les…