Will Movie Theaters Become The Next Blockbuster Video Stores?
Walking into the last Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon is stepping into an aura of cinematic nostalgia. It may be a preview of the movie industry post-shutdowns.
Netflix’s ‘The Prom’ Reinforces Celebrities’ Extreme Disconnect From Flyover America
Netflix’s ‘The Prom’ raises small-town homophobia to such an extreme it undermines its own message of tolerance and inclusivity.
4 Reasons ‘Cats’ Was So Bad It Must Be A Secret Dog Plot
‘Cats’ was so bad that the only reasoning I can come up with for its badness is that it was a plot by dogs to make cats as unappealing as cosmically possible.
‘The Sound Inside’ On Broadway Is a Pretentious, Depressing Bore
If you feel the desire to be thoroughly depressed and bored for 90 minutes, check out Mary Louise Parker in ‘The Sound Inside’ on Broadway.
Why The ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Musical Doesn’t Live Up To Its Namesake
What I really wanted to see was the headstrong, heartbroken, cool girl who screamed out all her pain and trauma, but what I got instead was an issue-driven collection of too many stories.
Announcement Of A Mamet Revival On Broadway Gives Wokesters The Sads
David Mamet’s classic play ‘American Buffalo’ is coming back to Broadway, and progressive theater cats are none too pleased.
‘Betrayal’ On Broadway’s Brilliant Cast, Incisive Wit Makes Up For Dull Staging
With the economical yet incendiary dialogue, and little action throughout the Harold Pinter play’s 90-minute runtime, the onus for keeping the play interesting lies predominantly on the actors.
If It Were Up To Jon Stewart, ‘Hamilton’ Never Would’ve Been Made
Jon Stewart’s sassy segment mocking Lin-Manuel Miranda in 2009 did not age well.
‘Amazing Grace’ Musical Tells A True Story Of A Slave-Trader’s Redemption
Ambitious in its production scale and subject matter, ‘Amazing Grace: The Broadway Musical’ plays this summer at an unlikely venue in the nation’s capital.
‘Hadestown’ On Broadway Re-Envisions An Ancient Story Of Love, Loss, And Distrust
Written by Anaïs Mitchell, directed by Rachel Chavkin, the story follows the twisted love stories of both Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone.
Jussie Smollett, Aaron Sorkin, And The Decline Of Grace
The racially entangled hoaxes involving Jussie Smollett, and Atticus Finch, show our cultural zeitgeist is choosing tribalism before tolerance.
‘Les Miserables’ Reveals The Only Vision Of Change That Can Ever Hope To Succeed
‘Les Mis’ shows us a world resembling our own: a society filled with wealth, but rife with injustice. The play offers us hope for change in the form of two young revolutionaries.
Robert De Niro Just Handed Trump’s 2020 Campaign A Blank Check
What’s so remarkable about De Niro, Maher, and Bee is that they seemed to have learned absolutely nothing from the 2016 election.
Tastemakers Have Opened The Floodgates Of Preachy PC Art
An Alanis Morissette jukebox musical shows how mainstream culture is openly embracing the idea of a didactic or propagandistic role for art.
Why ‘Wicked’ Is A Sneaky Story That Celebrates A Free Society
There is a red-pill way to view ‘Wicked,’ and once you start viewing it this way, you can’t un-see it.
‘The Great Comet’s’ Broadway Flame-Out Shows A Single-Minded Drive For Diversity Can Destroy
On September 3, the cast of ‘Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812’ will perform its last show. The story of its demise is of a single-minded drive for diversity destroying art and opportunity.
Why ‘Hairspray’s’ Tracy Turnblad Is A Right-Wing Agent Of Change
Tracy Turnblad and her crew are exemplars of the conservative approach to achieving social justice: Do what you know is right, and let the government catch up later.
‘Fences’ Is A Poignant Commentary On The Meaning Of Life, For All People
‘Fences’ is about so much more than merely race relations, for which the critical community mistakenly applauds it to this day.
Denzel Washington And Viola Davis Perform A Striking Duet In ‘Fences’
The cinematic remake of August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning play is not to be missed.
Media Says Netanyahu Totally Booed At ‘Hamilton,’ Video Says Otherwise
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu learns at ‘Hamilton’ that you have no control over who tells your story. And exaggerates it.
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