Well. Would you look at that? If it isn’t July already… You might say that I’ve been closed for renovations. Yes, I know — the site looks the same. But, if we were to run into each other for the first time since December, you might notice that I’m 87 pounds lighter. That little project […]

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(Wagner. Who else?) In the September 9 edition of The Washington Post, I consider NBC’s “Bionic Woman” series in relation to the ’70s original and its gay fan base, many of whom are less than thrilled with the addition of a certain “f”-slur-slinging actor to the new show. Read “The Bionic Woman’s Toughest Mission.”

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In the July 29 edition of The Washington Post, I examine my favorite “mini-dress-wearing, Egyptian-goddess-channeling, golden-amulet-powered superheroine”: Isis. Read “Fly Like an Egyptian (Goddess).”

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Washington City Paper’s Dave Nuttycombe was kind enough to swing by last week to see how the show was shaping up, and he’s posted a video on City Paper’s Fringe & Purge blog.

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The line between church and theater can be a fine one indeed, so it seems fitting that the first time I saw Tammy Faye Messner in person, it was in a church sanctuary that had been converted into the main stage of a performing arts center. It was the mid-1990s, and Messner had come to […]

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There have been many faces of Nancy Drew on-screen through the years: Bonita Granville in the ’30s, Pamela Sue Martin and Janet Louise Johnson in the ’70s, Tracy Ryan in the ’90s, Maggie Lawson earlier in this decade, and now Emma Roberts in the new film “Nancy Drew.” In the June 10 edition of The […]

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