ElectricBoogaloo February 12, 2018 Share February 12, 2018 Discuss any past or future projects here! 1 Link to comment
ElectricBoogaloo February 12, 2018 Author Share February 12, 2018 Ato Essandoh (Alfredo) discusses his new show Altered Carbon: 1 Link to comment
ElectricBoogaloo May 23, 2018 Author Share May 23, 2018 Natalie Dormer discusses her new film In Darkness & her new miniseries Picnic at Hanging Rock: Link to comment
Ailianna October 23, 2018 Share October 23, 2018 Fathom Events has a partnership with the National Theatre in London. In 2011 Johnny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch did a play version of Frankenstein in whcih they alternated each night who played Victor and who played the creature. I saw Cumberbatch as the Creature this week, and Miller as Creature is next Monday, October 29, at regular theatres all over the country. Miller as the Creature is supposed to be better, and I am really looking forward to seeing Miller's take. There's a brief behind the scenes video they show before the play, and Miller said that his interpretation of the Creature was influenced by his 2 year old daughter. The tickets are only $15, and it was a really interesting experience. 3 Link to comment
Kathira October 29, 2018 Share October 29, 2018 (edited) On 10/23/2018 at 6:43 PM, Ailianna said: Miller as the Creature is supposed to be better, and I am really looking forward to seeing Miller's take. I agree, Jonny was better as the Creature - more visceral and at the same time child-like. Although to be fair, I liked him better as Frankenstein also. I'm not a huge Benedict Cumberbatch fan and find him overrated. I feel the same way about Eddie Redmayne. Edited October 29, 2018 by Kathira 1 Link to comment
Ailianna October 30, 2018 Share October 30, 2018 I saw Johnny last night, and I agree with you. Johnny brought a sweetness and a sense of joy to the early part of the story, and made me connect emotionally with the Creature. When he learned to walk, or when he was standing in the rain and learning about the world, seeing the birds fly--all of it seemed infused with a child's wonder at the amazing world in which he found himself. When he was attacked by the first humans, it seemed as if he had a child's confusion about what he was doing wrong and why they were hurting him. When he killed William, he genuinely seemed to not want to have to hurt the boy, and he was clearly actually regretting killing Elizabeth. And so on. Cumberbatch seemed cold and angry from the beginning, and I never emotionally connected with him as the Creature. Which was also the reason I thought he worked better as Frankenstein--I thought his cold arrogant manner was perfect for the man who created life "because he could" and abandoned it because it wasn't beautiful. I don't really watch Sherlock but I almost think it's the same thing between their two interpretations of the same (other) classic Victorian character--Cumberbatch is very intellectual and superior, while Miller is very intelligent but also intuitive and has a high ability for emotional intelligence as well (even if he didn't always use that skill). 4 Link to comment
shapeshifter December 10, 2018 Share December 10, 2018 Watching Lucy Liu in the pilot of Nash Bridges circa 1996 (she's 28 and looks about 20). Link to comment
Kathira February 18, 2019 Share February 18, 2019 I just watched Widows with Viola Davis and Michelle Rodriguez and was happily surprised to see Jon Michael Hill as charismatic, influential and somewhat slimy preacher. He only had a couple of scenes, but he was definitely a highlight. 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter August 25, 2019 Share August 25, 2019 Lucy Liu has a lead role in the CBS All Access dramedy, Why Women Kill. The first episode is free. She has fabulous 1980s costuming. Link to comment
ElectricBoogaloo November 17, 2019 Author Share November 17, 2019 article about Lucy Liu's art exhibit more pictures of her art 1 3 Link to comment
shapeshifter November 17, 2019 Share November 17, 2019 3 hours ago, ElectricBoogaloo said: article about Lucy Liu's art exhibit more pictures of her art Cool. 😎 Lucy Lui just moved into first place in my decades-long personal fantasy game of who I imagine sitting next to on a long flight in first class if I ever have a first class seat. 3 Link to comment
tessaray November 18, 2019 Share November 18, 2019 On 11/17/2019 at 6:46 AM, ElectricBoogaloo said: article about Lucy Liu's art exhibit more pictures of her art I like some of these very much. I would definitely buy the Seventy Two if I actually had an art budget. 🙂 The spines thing, though. That's weird and yet very compelling at the same time. 3 Link to comment
bros402 December 1, 2019 Share December 1, 2019 On 11/17/2019 at 7:46 AM, ElectricBoogaloo said: article about Lucy Liu's art exhibit more pictures of her art Heyyy, she was a Jeopardy answer last week because of her art! 2 Link to comment
MisterGlass May 3, 2020 Share May 3, 2020 (edited) The 2011 National Theatre presentation of Frankenstein that is mentioned up thread is available for free on YouTube at the moment. They have both the version with Johnny Lee Miller as the Creature/Benedict Cumberbatch as Frankenstein and the version with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature/Johnny Lee Miller as Frankenstein. ETA: It's part of a fundraiser for the National Theatre. Edited May 3, 2020 by MisterGlass Addition 4 Link to comment
Ailianna May 3, 2020 Share May 3, 2020 Both versions are well worth the watch. Jonny and Benedict take very different takes on both characters, but especially the monster. It's really an entirely different show, depending on that interpretation, even though everything else is the same. The blocking, the other actors (other than a couple child actors), remains identical, but the show as a whole is different. I think it's a tribute to the acting abilities of both men. I prefered Jonny's monster, but both are good. 2 Link to comment
sinkwriter September 23, 2020 Share September 23, 2020 Our very own Marcus Bell (Jon Michael Hill) is going to be in a virtual theatre production of a two-member-cast, 20-minute show called "What is Left, Burns," via Steppenwolf Theatre, starting sometime in November? Looks like you may not be able to buy a ticket to just that show -- you may have to buy a virtual membership in order to see it, but that also means you will get to see all the other shows Steppenwolf puts on virtually from now through next year August. Here's a link for anyone interested in seeing what else they'll be doing. And here's the description of Jon's show: Quote WHAT IS LEFT, BURNS By James Ijames Directed by Whitney White Featuring ensemble members K. Todd Freeman and Jon Michael Hill Streaming November 2020 Run time: 20 minutes Two poets separated by age and distance engage in a video call rendezvous after 15 years. Keith, a distinguished poet and professor of literature is moving towards retirement after a recent divorce from his wife. Ronnie, his younger former lover and mentee, has a New York Times bestselling book and a burgeoning career ahead of him. The two men wade through the connection they once had as they struggle with the desires that still bind them. Sounds like quite a departure from Marcus Bell! I'm intrigued. 😊 3 1 Link to comment
sinkwriter September 23, 2020 Share September 23, 2020 P.S. The other guy in Jon's show is played by none other than Mr. Trick from Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Heeee. (His name is K. Todd Freeman, and - random note - I once saw him in a production of Wicked in Chicago.) 2 Link to comment
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