In which the series returns to some of its better instincts, while continuing to indulge it’s bad ones. After a decent premiere and a shaky follow-up, Smash returns to some of its Season 1 strengths here in week 3.
Glee 4:14 – I Do
In which the expression “I Do” can be applied everywhere but the most obvious place. Glee generally goes for the obvious with its titles, and “I Do” certainly can be read that way. However, since Emma “didn’t”, it forces a little extra perception about who, in fact, said “I do” in the hour, and to whom.
Glee 4:13 – Diva
The time has finally come for me to stop grading Glee on a curve. For, in an almost unprecedented achievement, I have witnessed three entire episodes of Glee, in a row, which feature cohesive beginnings, middles, and ends, and utilize event momentum from previous episodes to fuel further development in the present and the future. […]
Smash season 2 opens – On Broadway and The Fallout
“Everything that I’ve done has turned out so wrong. What if I can’t fix it?” When Julia says the above line towards the end of the first hour of Smash‘s second season premiere, it’s hard to ignore the self-awareness of it. After all, this is a show that had a famously troubled first season (and […]
Glee 4:12 – Naked
Hey DC Theatre Scenezians, sorry about the delay in this one. Life sometimes throws a whole bunch of things at you at once and navigating them in a timely matter can be tricky. Your recapper swears to try harder at the whole “deadline” thing.
Smash Catch-Up
So, anybody out there still watching Smash?
Glee 4:11 – Sadie Hawkins
Why Glee, have you gone and changed on me? Me being out of the Glee loop for the last several months may have actually benefited this week’s adventures at McKinley High and NYADA. See, part of what often frustrates me about this show is how wildly it shifts in tone from episode to episode. Or […]
John Dellaporta takes DC Theatre Scene where it has never gone before
– DC Theatre Scene prides itself on going where our audiences go – to theatres locally, in Baltimore and New York, and to the movies. And now, the newest member of our writing team, actor John Dellaporta, is about to take us where DCTS has never gone before. I’ll let him tell you about it. […]