Welcome to Games 7 and 8 of the Ultimate Pop Song Tournament! These games are OPEN. They will close on Tuesday, August 2. (ALL OPEN GAMES) To see the complete bracket, just go he…
Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments in this week’s episode of True Blood SPOILERS AHEAD — If the ghost of my grandmother told me not to fa…
Welcome to Games 5 and 6 of the Ultimate Pop Song Tournament! These games are OPEN. They will close on Monday, July 29. For complete tournament rules and to see all open games, j…
Welcome to Games 3 and 4 of the Ultimate Pop Song Tournament! These games are OPEN. They will close on Monday, July 29. For complete tournament rules and to see all open games, j…
Welcome to Games 1 and 2 of the Ultimate Pop Song Tournament! These games are OPEN. They will close on Monday, July 29. For complete tournament rules and to see all open games, just go here.…
If you have a car, then will you do me a favor? Please drive with the windows down and blast “Nobody’s Perfect,” the most recent U.K. single by Jessie J. You see, since I l…
NEXT WEEK, EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE. That’s because next week, The Critical Condition is launching THE ULTIMATE POP SONG TOURNAMENT. BOOOOOOOM! YOU WILL DECIDE THE WINNER. M…
Here they are: The answers to our Theatre Trivia Quiz. Are you sure you’re ready to look? Do you want to take one more pass at the questions? We’ll wait… … rem…
Earlier this week, TDF’s Young Patrons Committee hosted its first-ever Theatre Trivia Night. It was pretty amazing: Over forty theatre lovers competed to win TKTS gift certificates, an…
It’s been in theaters for several weeks—and Doug has already written about its leading man—but since Ididn’t see Beginners until Saturday, I wasn’t ready to tal…
Judy Gold and Kate Moira Ryan bicker, laugh, and then write a play Comedian Judy Gold and playwright Kate Moira Ryan write shows together, but they also take their families on joint v…
If the cast of That 70s Show had a high school reunion, who would have bragging rights and who would have to spend the night consoling himself at the bar? That’s the question I’m…
Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week’s episode of True Blood. SPOILERS AHEAD — Before we get started on this week’s inst…
Over at MSNBC.com, I’m discussing whether Mila Kunis has what it takes to be an A-List actress. I got quotes from lots of cool people about her rise to fame. Good times!
The Emmy nominations were announced this morning, so Roommate Joe and I gallantly ignored our day-to-day responsibilities in order to discuss them. The highlights of our conversation—w…
You guys, the YouTube-iverse has done us a major solid: It has given us Margaret Cho’s 1994 HBO standup special. If you’re like me, then you watched this thing about a hundred ti…
I’ve always appreciated Beyonce, since I have a genetic predisposition for killer beats, sickening choreography, and hooks that will melt your eyeballs with their hot-hot heat. In the …
The Voca People try to reach everyone How do we define “universal entertainment?” What makes a show reach all generations on every continent? Plenty of artists are trying to answ…
Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks that gaudiest moments on this week's episode of True Blood. SPOILERS AHEAD — Before we dig into the inter-species bloodfest o…
After six years, the “Silence of the Lambs” parody musical wants to recapture the magic Can a production recapture its magic after it’s been away for six years? Will…
From The Big C to Funny People to Never Let Me Go to You Don’t Know Jack, we’ve been seeing a lot of high-profile projects that have looked at brutal, inevitable death with a ser…
Judging by the trailer, there are a billion reasons I shouldn’t want to see I Don’t Know How She Does It, the September 16 romcom starring Sarah Jessica Parker as a woman trying …
Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks that gaudiest moments on this week’s episode of True Blood. SPOILERS AHEAD — I’d like to begin the discussion of this…
How to play the only "normal" woman in "The Addams Family" Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles — If you’r…
And so it ends… for now. Welcome to the final installment of the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990. Today's entry, host…