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T2 comedy reminds never judge a book by its cover - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (13+ words) T2 comedy reminds never judge a book by its cover'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
Stephen Wynne talks about crafting the concluding sequel to NWA Ballet Theatre’s “Dracula” story
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (24+ words) NWA Ballet Theatre's Artistic Director Stephen Wynne has crafted the continuing and concluding season of his darkly elegant story with "Dracula. Here. Now." ......
TCNWA’s ‘Dracula’ is laugh-a-minute take on terror
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (33+ words) Dracula (Madison Tatum) seduces vampire hunter Dr. Jean Van Helsing (Rachel Mills) in "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors." Critics call the play a "laugh-out-loud mashup of the Victorian Era and now." ......
A ‘Natural State’ of Comedy
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (98+ words) As the sun sets every Thursday, the front room of Black Apple Cider in Springdale transforms. Monica Hooper is an award-winning features writer specializing in entertainment news for Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. Since 2022, she has interviewed a diverse…...
LOCAL PRODUCTION: ‘Threesome’ director waxes on rom-coms and filming in Arkansas
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (31+ words) With "The Threesome," director Chad Hartigan hopes to bring audiences back to auditoriums used to spectacle by giving them a tale with contemporary concerns and a setting to accommodate them: Little ......
Can Colbert return to being a faith-friendly jester? | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) Soon after Stephen Colbert landed "The Late Show," he welcomed tycoon Donald Trump as a guest and did something shocking -- he apologized. "I said a few things about you over the years that, that are, you know, in polite company,…...
POPNOTES | OPINION: Mike Judge’s animated classic comes back in a louder, dumber world — and its quiet satire suddenly feels like a profound cultural counterpoint | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (551+ words) And then there's the other kind: the truly dumb dumb. Culture that neither hides nor delivers anything at all. The Art of Playing Stupid (Well) When it first aired, Hank came across as conservative in the classic sense: suspicious of…...
REVIEW | OPINION: ‘Weird Al’ performs a sell-out
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (35+ words) Weird Al holds a special place in the American cultural zeitgeist. For more than 40 years, he has infected almost every corner of pop culture " and dared his audience to be stupid in the process....
Always Weird, Always Al: Weird Al ‘Yankovic’ talks about tour, songwriting and the origin of ‘Bob’ ahead of AMP show
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (114+ words) Hilarious but never mean. Eccentric but easily accessible. Weird Al Yankovic has made a career of parody and pastiche while remaining true to his own idiosyncratic style for more than four decades. Monica Hooper is an award-winning features writer specializing…...
CAL THOMAS: Late night politics | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (192+ words) While Colbert's show was the top-rated broadcast late show (2.8 million viewers, but Greg Gutfeld averages 3.289 million on Fox), it had few advertisers, a staff of 100, and Colbert was reportedly paid $20 million annually. People of a certain age will recall the…...