When The Defenders premiered, we all hoped that the show’s eight-episode order would lead to tighter storytelling, something even the best Marvel Netflix shows have lacked. All of them usually ran out of story in the second half of the season and had to stall as they waited for the inevitable final boss battle. Unfortunately, The Defenders has fallen into this trap too with “Fish in the Jailhouse,” an episode that’s thin on plot and puts the show in a holding pattern until the big finale. Read More...
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical is set to dance its last dance. On Wednesday, producers announced the jukebox musical will close on Dec. 30 after playing 27 previews and 289 regular performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City. The musical first opened on April 23, 2018 and earned Tony nominations for two of its leading ladies — LaChanze received a Tony Award nomination for Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as Diva Donna and Ariana DeBose received a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Disco Donna. Read More...
Okay, the point of these ”Survivor” wrap-ups is for us to all talk about the events of the most recent installment. That presents a little problem for this column considering that, as far as I can tell, NOTHING happened in this week’s episode. Man, talk about boring. I thought Mark Burnett’s slick move of having the tribes live together without merging would generate some well-needed tension, but wow, was I wrong. Read More...
