The Simpsons movie is set to open in less than two weeks, meaning there will be a long, hot stretch of summer with no new Simpsons. Thus, the anticipation for the 19th season will be even more fevered. Adding to the frenzy will be a CD, Simpsons: Testify, from the Shout Factory. The soundtrack includes…
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette, creator of the newspaper strip Kudzu, was killed in a car accident this morning in Mississippi. According to the Associated Press, Marlette was a passenger in a car that struck a tree after skidding on a wet road. The car hydroplaned and struck the tree, killing the cartoonist. Marlette was…
Well, it was bound to happen, but it looks like some die-hard Whedonites have taken the next step in interactive theater by touring the musical episode "Once More, with Feeling" from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The show has been touring for a few years at local indy theaters, and is coming around again this summer…
Today’s YouTube find comes courtesy of BoingBoing, so you’ve probably already seen it, but what the heck. Presenting Govinda as Superman and Kimi Katkar as Spider-Woman: Govinda’s shoulders may not be all that broad, but he really knows how to work that cape. I wish they still made American musicals like this…
In a neighborhood largely berift of new ideas or courage, those creepy. kookie, mysterious and spooky folks from The Addams Family are going to set up house on Times Square, courtesy of Chicago-based production company Elephant Eye Theatrical. The Addams Family will be coming to Broadway – in a musical of course, courtesy of writers…
Remember that Batman musical we were all dreading a couple years ago? The one with Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater dancing in the dark in full costume? Well, the good news is, that ain’t happening. However, your friendly neighborhood webslinger will be swooping down on Broadway – and, if successful, theaters all over the Real…
