comedy – Mostly Musical Theatre

It’s Never Not 5:00 at Dio’s hilarious The Play That Goes Wrong

Take 8 hilarious actors, put them on an amazing set that is like an out of control 9th actor, throw in a dumb murder mystery, props that break, set pieces that collapse, actors who get knocked unconscious, and stir it all together into one big concoction where anything that can go wrong will go wrong,Continue reading “It’s Never Not 5:00 at Dio’s hilarious The Play That Goes Wrong”

Outside Mullingar is a delightful romantic comedy at the Dio Theatre

With a lovely script by John Patrick Shanley (Doubt) though closer in tone to his screenplay for Moonstruck, the Dio has crafted Outside Mullingar a lovely Irish romantic comedy that opened last night in Pinckney. What’s more, since so few people (including myself) have ever read or seen the show before the play has aContinue reading “Outside Mullingar is a delightful romantic comedy at the Dio Theatre”

Funniest TV quotes 2009

Here’s my collection of the funniest tv quotes from this season…it’s a great habit – when you hear funny quotes on tv, write them down and go back at the end of the year and see what you have — “Drama is like gay-men gatorade…It replenishes their electrolytes” – 30Rock “If I could speak toContinue reading “Funniest TV quotes 2009”