It takes a tough man to be a tender drag queen. And local television and radio personality Robert Aubry Davis does Edna Turnblad’s cha-cha heels and bazooka-sized bra proud in Signature Theatre’s radiant, ecstatic production of Hairspray, the 2006 musical about Baltimore in the segregated early 1960s that mixes racial integration with teen dance party […]
Archives for December 14, 2011
Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies
Those who think of Chicago-based improv troupe The Second City as nothing but overpriced comedy workshops and “Saturday Night Live” auditions will be in for a strange awakening when they walk into Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies.
You, Nero
A few times every season, assertions mount that there seem to be no more original story ideas out there. With Hollywood beginning production on the sixth “Fast and Furious” movie, it’s tempting to believe them sometimes.