Gilmore Girls may have ended nine years ago (#WeAreOld), but enthusiasm for the show has only grown in recent years. That enthusiasm exploded when Netflix announced it would be reviving the beloved show later this year (filming is happening as I type!). What’s more exciting: Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino, the creators who controversially left the show before its seventh and final season, have gotten on board with the Netflix revival. The revival will appear as four 90-minute episodes (à la Sherlock), with each episode being set in one of the four seasons.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet your newest Broadway obsession. Bright Star‘s Hannah Elless has it all: looks, talent, brains, warmth… and even a fabulously fashionable Pomeranian whose larger-than-life personality fills your Twitter and Instagram feeds with joy. Elless first arrived on the Broadway scene as part of the Godspell revival that rocked the Circle in the Square Theatre from 2011 to 2012. Though Elless has found success in New York City, she has also performed in her native Michigan, Chicago, San Diego, Washington, D.C., and many, many other places. In other words,
TBS’s new comedy, The Detour, has promise. Jason Jones and Samantha Bee–a dream team from Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show–have created a sometimes funny, sometimes just okay sitcom about a family and a road trip gone awry. The conceit is like many before it: family goes on a long road trip in a less-than-excellent car and has many mishaps and adventures along the way. The family may be wacky or offbeat, but they love each other and pull through (National Lampoon’s Vacation, we’re looking at you). Nate (an always funny Jason Jones) is taking his
Imagination theater is trending these days. From the magical production of Peter and the Starcatcher to the fun production of The Robber Bridegroom, audiences, more than ever, are being asked to actively use their imaginations. They are part of the act of creating a world rather than just witnessing a world the cast and company has already created. This is an integral part of The Woodsman–James Ortiz’s haunting and beautifully imaginative precursor to The Wizard of Oz. Before anyone steps onto the stage of The Woodsman, the show has begun. Walking into the small theater, audience members