Alex Finke is making a splash in one of the hottest tickets downtown: an immersive, crazy-brilliant new production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. The show – which we love every time we see it – trades in intimacy, as the tables where audience members feast on meat pies (don’t worry: we don’t think Mrs. Lovett cooked them up) before the show double as part of the stage. As Johanna, a young woman whose guardian has locked her away so he can creepily marry her, Alex Finke and her killer voice are two
This week on Younger, Liza gets her promotion to Associate Editor (but, naturally, stays on as Diana’s assistant), there’s a lot of pink, and Kelsey gets a sexy banter partner. Shortly after meeting Empirical’s resident (and money-making) romance writer, Belinda Lacroix, Liza finds her dead in the bathroom. A very pink (her signature color) funeral ensues with a who’s who of the literary world. During the service, Kelsey tries to subtly poach a male spy author, Lachlan Flynn, from another house. His editor happens to be an extremely well-dressed and
If you’ve ever been a fan of a boyband (hello, Backstreet Boys) then you’ll enjoy Grace and the Fever by Zan Romanoff, a sweet coming-of-age young adult novel. Grace Thomas has just graduated from high school and is spending her summer days working at a coffee shop and keeping an eye on her favorite group since middle school, Fever Dream. Rather than go out with her two best friends, Lianne and Cara, to parties before they all head off to college in the fall, Grace stays home and spends time online
Audrey Smallman is one of the breakout stars of the hilarious new comedy, Date My Dad. Her character, Gigi, along with her sisters are working together to get their father, Ricky (Barry Watson), back on the dating scene. If you’ve watched the show (and you should!), you know we’re watching the emergence of a major talent. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to chat with Audrey about the show, her role, and what it’s like working with Barry Watson. PC: Tell us about Date My Dad and your character. Audrey: Date