You may think Jagged Little Pill is another jukebox musical, full of familiar songs to draw crowds in. Well, that is definitely not the case. Unlike jukebox musicals, Jagged Little Pill really embraces Alanis Morisette’s music and tells a brand new story: one that is complex and messy and real. The Healy family is picture perfect…but as we all know, pictures only show what the taker wants you to see. Matriarch Mary Jane (Elizabeth Stanley in a very solid and riveting performance) is the epitome of Suburban Mom. She goes
Aria Brooks is all that and then some. The quadruple threat acts, writes, sings, and dances. She’s unquestionably the future of Hollywood with past credits including Family, Nocturnal, and Harriet. Currently, she can be seen in not one but two projects: Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings and All That. Pop Culturalist caught up with Aria to chat about her thriving career. PC: How did you discover your passion for acting? Aria: My family is filled with performers, so it was second nature to me. I went on an audition about three years
After almost a decade away from the Star Trek franchise, Patrick Stewart is reprising his role as the iconic Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard on CBS All-Access’ aptly named series Picard. Set eighteen years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis, Picard follows Stewart as a retired Admiral living in a vineyard with a pitfall by his side named “Number One.” Patrick Stewart has always expressed his unwillingness to play Picard over the years, as he felt that the character story had “run its course” over the twenty-odd years in both
Theo Anthony is a writer, photographer, cinematographer, and filmmaker whose projects have premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, and SXSW. His debut feature, Rat Film, was released by Cinema Guild in 2017 to wide acclaim. He follows that success with the release of Subject to Review, a short for ESPN’s 30 for 30 program. The film tells the story of instant reply review in tennis, its history, its limits, and its place in our search for ultimate truth. Theo brought Pop Culturalist.com behind the scenes.