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For as long as there have been Hollywood stars, there have been sex scandals featuring their famous faces and legendary bodies. Long before notable nudes were stolen from the phones of the hapless and desired, actors and actresses got into trouble in other, less high-tech ways. Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling
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A previous version of this article incorrectly identified Juliette Capra as the wing designer. In fact, Megan Messinger was the wing designer. Orestes gets it in every Greek tragedy. Aeschylus and Euripides set him up with horror and madness, and every playwright sends the Furies after him. Berkeley-based playwright Carol Lashof
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Berkeley is not only what you will make it in these next few years but all that has come before.
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If there were a contest for the most British play of all time, “The Pirates of Penzance” would be a strong contender for first place. It is a delightfully silly farce that is a “Slave of Duty” to Britannia — her naval traditions, her obsession with class and the richness
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Comedy is an unpredictable art form. What will make people laugh is subjective, variable and changes with the day, the hour, the crowd, the news and the weather. The material and delivery are braided into a tense union, and a stand-up comedian only gets one shot. The crowd laughs, or
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Why is Litquake better than Christmas? Because it happens all year long! Outside the annual festival, events all over the city are held each month to celebrate great books and authors, such as master classes for writers and would-be writers and themed events where your inner costumed child can cavort
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Binge-watching has ruined us all for regular television schedules. Getting sucked into a new TV show in the first few weeks of its run is a rush of stupidity; you get to be absolutely up-to-date, you can live-tweet, and you will not be spoiled. But you have to wait. And
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Television is a poor arena in which to challenge marriage norms. Most of the time, what’s on TV is already normal; Ricky and Lucy in two twin beds in the ’50s or Mitchell and Cameron on “Modern Family,” appearing as a run-of-the-mill gay couple that raises no eyebrows at all.
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It’s finally happened. After innumerable embarrassing and forgettable summer comedies featuring a couple of buddies who go on a bawdy, drunken adventure fueled by boyish stupidity and a refusal to grow up and starring Seth Rogen or Jonah Hill or Jack Black, the female equivalent has arrived. Melissa McCarthy in
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When a well-known author steps off his own well-worn path, he is bound to disappoint somebody. When that author is Stephen King, the reader will usually be charitable. To his legions of fans, he can do no wrong, which means the oddities and trope-heavy elements in “Mr. Mercedes” will be
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