Belushi
Director R.J. Cutler has sculpted a gloves-off documentary on one of the first stars of Saturday Night Live; perhaps first falling star would be a more apt description of the eponymously named Belushi, an exposé on […]
Chelsea Peretti as Gaby in Spinster
Spinster
Spinster is a term that is fittingly out of fashion in the 21st century. In days gone by the word spinster referred to a woman who had aged out of the demographic in which […]
Giving Voice
The United States has produced a mighty amount of profound playwrights — among them Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Lillian Hellman — but the American bard who is […]
Meet the Unsung Heroes of Impro Theatre
Impro Theatre Unscripted series represents one of the most ambitious theatre companies presently entering the online environment with entertainment. Since I’ve already experienced a number of fledgling offerings on Zoom, one […]
A Pithy Encounter, Drama or Not?
I once had a theater director tell me “Drama belongs on the stage; that’s where it’s welcomed, not in my off stage life.” Or as Aristotle is believed to have said, violence onstage purges […]