Understudies! Casting The Sequel To 'A Chorus Line'
When my best friend and I were nine, and the rest of the neighborhood was playing house, we were perched on PVC-inspired bar stools in the basement, rubbing our temples and sighing to one another about how hard it was to find good talent. READ MORE
The 14 Favorite Things, In Order
14. Doorbells
13. Silver-white winters that melt into springs
12. Cream-colored ponies
11. Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
10. Raindrops on roses
9. Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
8. Warm woolen mittens
7. Sleigh bells
6. Whiskers on kittens
5. Crisp apple streudels
4. Bright copper kettles
3. Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
2. Brown-paper packages tied up with string
1. Schnitzel with noodles READ MORE
Daisy Klaber: The New Adventures of Old Men, or, Designing Men
There are plenty of parts for dudes to play, and lots of them are complicated and interesting, I guess, but that doesn't make most of those roles any more satisfying than the two-dimensional girlfriend parts available for the ladies. Even gay-man characters, whose "emotions" get screen time because gays are like girls, give me heart failure because most TV writers just don't believe that I like men. But I like men! READ MORE
