by Luke Maynus. @luke.maynus. The theatre world is buzzing with excitement for the Broadway debut of Duncan Macmillan's play Every Brilliant Thing , directed by Jeremy Herrin. This touching and introspective one-man show has been a fan favorite for many years, but one aspect of the show has completely confounded professional critics and general audiences alike: who is this production's seemingly unknown leading man, Daniel Radcliffe, and why does he look so familiar?  The Bro

by Kinsey Jasnoch. @kinseyjasnoch. ROCHESTER, NEW YORK –  Westview High School sophomore Tommy Fairbrook revealed this week that his skittish new Driver’s Ed teacher, who introduced himself rather dubiously as “Kevin… Kevin Ansen,” has been instructing his students to avoid potential mistakes by slamming on the car’s brake before they’ve even turned the key.  “I’m just trying to learn the basics – you know, turn signals, driving in snow – so I can get my license this summer,”

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Scenic design by Derek McLane. NEW YORK, NY - FUCK! I’ve had a long day and really wanted to unwind and soak in my bathtub, but it turns out my tub is the one they use for the “Splish Splash” number in Broadway’s Just in Time . You have got to be kidding me… I was so ready: bubbles brewing, seltzer poured, romantasy novel ready to become water-stained.  But then I heard a faint, magnetically charming croon emerge from the pipes. I thought it might

by Matt Keeley. @reallymattkeeley. Heyy, heyyyyy, you ever get to thinking about like…like if you take all of the collected works of William Shakeshpeare. And you pick out any of ‘em…be it any of the surviving 38 plays, or 150 sonnetsh…well, heck, all Shakeshpeare can be Drunk Shakespeare if you just think abouddit! BURP Just imagine…you don’t gotta have a whole producshunnn behind it. You don’t need realishtick coshtumes or fanshy sets…just the words, the players, and an aud

by Kinsey Jasnoch. @kinseyjasnoch. Original photo: Carrie Coon, Namir Smallwood, by Lily Cummings. NEW YORK, NY — Ask and you shall receive! The team behind the Broadway premiere of Bug , a tense psychological thriller about a waitress who meets a drifter in a motel room and allows herself to become wrapped into his paranoias and conspiracy theories, has announced that an official cast recording will be available for purchase and on streaming later this month.  “Once we saw t

by Leah Windahl. @leah_windahl. THE AMC ON 42 nd  STREET, NY – Though usually a place where dreams come true, everyone has a nice time, and nobody gets bedbugs, the atmosphere at the 42nd Street AMC was decidedly bleak last Friday, as the audience emerged from an exclusive press-screener of Warner Brother’s so-called upcoming film, Wicked: 1½,  which was clearly a re-release of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz .   “I thought this was going to be, like, a secret third film,” said micro