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Ilana Glazer talks comedy, chaos and finding hope in a world 'gone crackers"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1194+ words) If you came of age in the 2010s, there is a decent chance "Broad City" made you feel a little more seen " or at least a little less weird. Now, co-creator and comedian Ilana Glazer is touring a new stand-up show…...
'Smack Talk Open Mic': Where standup comedy meets improv and wrestling
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (81+ words) WFAE - On Air Now Playing The Charlotte Jazz Channel 'Smack Talk Open Mic': Where standup comedy meets improv and wrestling Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan speaks with actor and former wrestler Shane Hartline, the creator of the NAW or NEVER Smack…...
Two musicians dream and time travel in film, 'Nirvanna: The Band - the Show - the Movie"
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (634+ words) "Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie" is a new movie by Matt Johnson and Jay Mc Carrol. And if you can categorize it at all, it's a kind of time travel mock mockumentary about two Toronto musicians who dream…...
New musical 'Wonder' puts facial differences " and kindness " in the spotlight
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (142+ words) wfae. org The American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is premiering a musical based on the 2012 R. J. Palacio novel "Wonder," a story following the struggles of a young teen with facial differences navigating middle school with his peers" often less-than-kind reactions....
Julian Barnes' playful new book is also his 'official departure"
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (549+ words) Julian Barnes' playful new book is also his 'official departure'wfae. org - On Air Now Playing The Charlotte Jazz Channel Julian Barnes' playful new book is also his 'official departure' In Departure(s), Julian Barnes' playful new novel about several of his…...
As Dick Van Dyke turns 100, 99-year-old comedian and friend Mel Brooks pays tribute
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (826+ words) On Saturday, comedic legend Dick Van Dyke will celebrate his 100th birthday. The legendary screen and stage actor's 60-plus-year career includes TV's "Dick Van Dyke Show," Broadway's original production of "Bye Bye Birdie," and the now iconic "Mary Poppins" movie " as…...
First Friday Arts: Theater classics, poetic concerts and Black cinema this November
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (688+ words) It's the first Friday of the month, which means it's time for First Friday Arts, our monthly look at standout arts and culture events happening around the Charlotte region. This month features everything from laugh-out-loud theater and a Titanic musical…...
Spinal Tap is back. Director Rob Reiner says they're still dialed up to 11
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (467+ words) In 1984, the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap lampooned heavy metal bands and rock documentaries " and introduced audiences to a new film genre. "What we were doing was not only satirizing heavy metal, we were satirizing the documentary form and…...
The new comedy 'Splitsville' explores marriage, monogamy and fistfights
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (964+ words) The distance from bliss to chaos is a pretty short one in the new movie "Splitsville." And we spend so very little time in bliss with Carey and Ashley, whose new marriage unravels enroute to a romantic getaway when Ashley…...
Remembering composer and musical satirist Tom Lehrer
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (404+ words) (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "POLLUTION") TOM LEHRER: (Singing) See the halibuts and the sturgeons are being wiped out by detergents. A fish got to swim, and birds got to fly. But they don't last long if they try. Pollution. Pollution. You…...