Reviews of stuff I like – or don’t.
After a summer away from their usual home, Theater Undreground returns to Richmond with another edgy autumn offering. Anyone who thought that Shel Silverstein was merely an author of funny songs and children’s rhymes are about […]
Happy Halloween, everyone! I intend to spend as much of the day as I can watching monster movies and doing Halloween-related things. What will you be doing this Halloween? As a special treat, I’m sharing […]
A busy August kept me away from home for most of the month, with 2 conventions and a long-overdue vacation. Even when I was home, I had little available free time, and a lot of […]
Burlington’s Haylofters traditionally put on a musical every summer. They also have a tradition of staging challenging productions. Jesus Christ Superstar is challenging not only for the usual reasons, but also because of its origins. […]
7th Voyage of Sinbad TrailerSpecial effects master Ray Harryhausen had a profound effect on my life. His pioneering work was instrumental into steering me into fantasy story telling, and his movies (all of them) remain […]
Boldly venturing out on a limb once more, Theater Undreground (TUG) presents Dog Sees God, which — though funny in its own right — is best appreciated if you’re familiar with the popular comic strip […]
As those of you who follow my free newsletter know, I’m appearing at Capricon 2010, in suburban Chicagoland this weekend. (February 11-13, 2010) Here’s a rundown of the events/panels I’m appearing at. Hope to see […]
Tough times for sci-fi shows on TV right now. Shows that came on with great fanfare seem to be dropping like flies, and — largely — I find myself not caring so much. (Though I’m […]
It’s hard to do a sequel to a play where the basic premise is to take you off guard. The conceit in last year’s Theater Undreground Halloween show, Not What You Expected, was to lure […]
Some things are funny even after 2000 years — and this play is one of them. Stephen Sondheim’s musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is based on the plays of […]
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