For Michael E. Satrazemis, wrapping production on Fear the Walking Dead was a cathartic event. Satrazemis has been with The Walking Dead franchise since day 1, starting on the flagship show as a camera operator — eventually being promoted to both director of photography and director of some of the series' most famous episodes ever, including "The Grove." But he left the mothership to join Fear the Walking Dead in season 4 as a directing producer, and now, executive producer. Read More...
Warning: This article contains spoilers about Sunday's midseason premiere of Fear the Walking Dead titled "The Door." At the heart of one of the biggest tragedies in Fear the Walking Dead history was a knife. And, on Sunday's "The Door" episode, when Dakota (Zoe Margaret Colletti) accidentally revealed that knife to John Dorie (Garret Dillahunt) — showing herself to be the person who murdered Cameron (Noah Khyle) earlier in the season — it changed everything. Read More...
I made a vow going into February House, a new musical at Off Broadway’s Public Theater about a Brooklyn boarding house that once housed the likes of W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, and Gypsy Rose Lee: If at any point Auden started to belt out, ”Stop all the clocks!” I would have no choice but to get up and make a quick escape through the breach in good taste. It happened, of course, about midway through the second act, but I remained seated because the rest of the production up until that point had been such a lovely and filigreed objet that I barely even noticed. Read More...