You are no doubt wondering why ComicMix is reviewing [[[Sondheim! The Birthday Celebration]]], the DVD edition of the 80th birthday celebration that aired this past week on PBS. Believe it or not, we believe in covering significant events in popular culture, not just the fads and the celebrities, but people who have made contributions that…
After an infinite number of delays, the Wonderful White-eye Webster will be swinging his tunes on Broadway at last. Why am I not thrilled? Oh, I don’t know. Maybe because the idea of a Spider-Man musical is stupid. Maybe because the Superman musical sucked. Maybe because Spider-Man 3 was too much of a musical for…
For geeks like us here at ComicMix, a real-life mash-up can be too good to be true. So, the notion of Captain Jean-Luc Picard sharing the same stage as The Doctor is just too good to be true, even if it means watching yet another production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. What many forget, though, is…
First it was Doctor Who meets Captain Picard in Hamlet. Now it’s James Bond meeting Wolverine. Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig will appear in the Broadway production A Steady Rain this fall, a play about two Chicago policemen and how the events of a few days change their lives forever. Jackman has been on the…
Theater Hopper has been dropped from Google’s listings temporarily, due to some spam infesting its site code. Luckily, you know what helps sites get reindexed? Links. Links to some of the funny strips. Links to some of their poignant strips. Links to deep philosophical questions. Just links in general. And it really helps if you…
In the middle of a weekend movie recap article with the fascinating headline "Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson Spanked by Clint Eastwood" we come across these horrible statistics: From Friday-Sunday, the broken-down Spirit sold about 24 tickets a day at each of its theaters. The above stat brought to you by highly speculative movie math: take the…
You know times are tough when playwright Andrew Lloyd Webber resorts to mounting a sequel rather than something original. The theatrical maestro has announced Phantom: Love Never Dies, taking place a decade after the events of the original. The Phantom apparently survived his encounter with Christine and has relocated from France to, where else, Coney…
As a Time Lord, David Tennant has managed to meet and work with famous historical figures from across the eras. On stage, as Hamlet, though, he’s had an entirely different kind of close encounter. The BBC reports that The Royal Shakespeare Company has allowed the actor to perform the famed “Alas Poor Yorick” scene using…
If you’re not based in England but need a reason to travel to London, well, here you go. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are about to share the stage together. That’s right, homeboys! Magneto and Professor Xavier have mutually knocked over their respective king pieces, deciding on a "gray" middle ground over a "black" or…
Charles Addams’ immortal family of kooks will be singing and dancing in the Windy City come late 2009. The performances for the yet-to-be-cast musical will begin November 13, 2009 at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre according to The Chicago Tribune. The formal opening date is expected to be a few weeks later in early December. When The…
Chicago’s Strawdog Theatre Company has mounted a new production of Karel Capek’s 1920 play R.U.R. The seminal science fiction play gave the world the word “robot” (based on the Czech word for laborer) and this will run through October 25. The play stars Ryan Bollettino, Brennan Buhl, Zachary Clark, Andrew Gebhart, Joe Goldammer, Sara Gorsky,…
Andrew Pepoy, creator of The Adventures of Simone and Ajax, appearing here regularly, notified us that a stage play he helped conceive will be coming to New York at month’s end. Here’s the official release: THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL AND CHICAGO TAP THEATRE PRESENT THE HOURGLASS AND THE POISONED PEN A SUPERHERO TAP…
