Erin is a New Yorker living in LA. Discussing the Full House series finale with a kindergarten classmate is one of her most vivid childhood memories. A Ravenclaw, Erin loves theater, figure skating, Joss Whedon, brunch, and petting other people's dogs. You can read more of her thoughts on television and theater at www.onstageandscreen.com. [twitter:erinsk8]
I have already gushed about the phenomenal Deaf West production of Spring Awakening a lot. I was fortunate enough to see it in both of its LA iterations, first in a tiny 99-seat theater and then in one about three times larger, and I was even more fortunate to see the Broadway transfer of the … More Theater Review: Spring Awakening Broadway Revival
It’s not often that you get to see twin actresses playing twins on stage. My Sister, which opened at the Odyssey Theatre this weekend after an acclaimed run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival last year, stars Elizabeth and Emily Hinkler as Matilde and Magda, twin sisters living in Germany during the rise of Hitler. This … More Theater Review: My Sister at Odyssey Theatre
It’s difficult to describe the level of anticipation I felt upon finally walking into the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York to see Hamilton, the unprecedented cultural phenomenon that has taken not just the theater community, but the world, by storm. Like most theater fans, I followed the show’s transformation from a figment of the … More Theater Review: Hamilton
A few minutes into Lazarus, the world premiere David Bowie musical currently enjoying a sold-out run at New York Theatre Workshop, Michael C. Hall simply stands there eating a bowl of cereal. This moment perfectly captures both the odd, surreal series of images that, loosely strung together, comprise this bizarre, dream-like show, and also why … More Theater Review: Lazarus at NY Theatre Workshop
Before I head to New York on my annual theater pilgrimage, I made one last LA theater stop for 2015 and checked out the national tour of If/Then, currently playing at the Pantages Theatre. If/Then ran on Broadway for a year beginning in 2014, and four members of the original Broadway cast—Idina Menzel (Tony nominated for … More Theater Review: If/Then National Tour
This is really tough, guys. I mean, not only did over 400 scripted TV series air/stream this year, a lot of them were really, really good. And I watched probably too many. I’d like to state that this list is far from comprehensive—I haven’t seen everything, obviously (notably, I am only one episode into season … More My Favorite TV Episodes of 2015
While this blog may make it seem like all I do is see theater and watch television, I also quite enjoy reading. In fact, I read 42 books this year. Since many of you seemed to enjoy my post last year where I identified my favorite books of 2014, I wanted to do the same … More My Favorite Books of 2015
I did it. I finished my marathon of all 92 episodes of The O.C.. I previously wrote about seasons 1 and 2, which were undeniably the golden age of this delightful show. That’s not to say I didn’t thoroughly enjoy the latter half of the series as well—if anything, seasons 3 and 4 are so … More TV Binge Report: The O.C. (Seasons 3 and 4)
I love me a good ballet drama. I never get tired of Center Stage, Black Swan was my favorite movie of its year, and I still believe Save the Last Dance is Kerry Washington’s best work. So naturally I devoured all eight episodes of Flesh and Bone, which Starz originally conceived as a multi-season series but … More TV Binge Report: Flesh and Bone
When I arrived at opening weekend of Wood Boy Dog Fish, the world premiere production currently being presented by the Rogue Artists Ensemble at the Bootleg Theater, I was given a pair of 3D glasses along with my playbill. This was the first of many surprises in store during this highly visual, innovative take on … More Theater Review: Rogue Artists Ensemble’s Wood Boy Dog Fish
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