BWW Recap: Jordi's Mom Rises from the Dead in RED BAND SOCIETYOctober 2, 2014Hello Stranger Friends, RED BAND SOCIETY's title this week was 'Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire,' however it could have easily been, 'Love is in the Air,' as Emma got closer to Jordi, Leo tried to win back Emma, Dash felt he was losing his bro-mance with Leo, and Dr. McAndrew slept with a patients mom.
BWW Recap: MADAM SECRETARY's 'Mysterious' Third Child ArrivesSeptember 29, 2014Welcome back Stranger Friends, and I hope you enjoyed week two of MADAM SECRETARY as much as I did. I think this episode really emphasized the balance the writers are achieving in mixing the politics, and the family life. While the episode and the title, 'Another Benghazi,' may be pulling from the current headlines a bit soon in my opinion, I think going at it from the private security angle was a winner. Myself, and quite a few others that saw the pilot, were questioning the mention of a third child at the Secretary's dinner last week with the King of Swaziland and his many wives. We only met two children that first episode, and I am glad our questions were answered.
BWW Recap: RED BAND SOCIETY Searches for the 'Sole' SurvivorSeptember 25, 2014Welcome back Stranger Friends, the RED BAND SOCIETY has met once again on FOX and the show brought the drama in its dramedy format to this episode. The theme of the week was, drumroll please, shoes! Well, not shoes exactly, (although the opening sequence was all about everyone from the knee down) but the deeper meaning of that time honored cliché, don't judge a person until you have walked a mile in their, yada, yada, yada.
BWW Recap: MADAM SECRETARY Opens with 'Operation Stupid Kids'September 22, 2014Hello Stranger Friends, welcome as we begin our journey following CBS's latest entry into prime time political dramas, MADAM SECRETARY. I hope you will join me each week to compare notes, share critiques, high-five our agreements, and civilly discuss our disagreements. I have been excited for this show to launch and am extremely happy and grateful to BWW for giving me the opportunity to recap and review it each week. I feel the political drama has been contorted a little bit into the soapy waters of serial television lately, and really have been hoping to get back to some great writing, topical discussions, and fine acting, a la THE WEST WING. Truthfully, watching the first episode, I have high hopes that we are on our way with maybe one or two disappointments.
BWW Recap: RED BAND SOCIETY Series Premiere Brings All the FeelsSeptember 17, 2014Fasten your seatbelts BroadwayWorld readers, it's time to take a ride with my recaps and reviews of Fox's highly touted new Young Adult, (YA to those demographic groupies) series: THE RED BAND SOCIETY. An up-and-coming, good-looking cast of tweens, and their caretakers in life's travels, is about to take off like a beer run in a stolen plastic surgeons convertible.
BWW Preview: MADAM SECRETARY, New WEST WING? Bway's Neuwirth, Miller StarSeptember 19, 2014Barbara Hall, the creator of one of my favorite television shows, JOAN OF ARCADIA, has created and is Executive Producing with none other than Mr. Morgan Freeman, MADAM SECRETARY, a new CBS drama premiering this Sunday, September 21st, at 8pm. I am excited to be recapping and reviewing, along with live tweeting, each episode of this series for BroadwayWorld.com. CBS is showing extreme confidence in this show, and giving it a huge leg up in attracting their core audience, by giving it a prime time slot between two of their most watched shows, 60 MINUTES, and THE GOOD WIFE, on Sunday nights.
BWW Preview: Move Over GLEE, RED BAND SOCIETY, Brings New Kids To FoxSeptember 10, 2014FOX Television will be airing the last 13 episodes of the popular series GLEE this Winter, but beginning September 17th, it is launching the newest Young Adult weapon in its arsenal, the RED BAND SOCIETY. I will be recapping and reviewing each episode for BroadwayWorld.com, and I wanted to give you all a little preview of the kids from Ocean Park Hospital, along with the adults who are there to take care of them and guide them along.
BWW Profile: Kathy Bates Emmy-Nominated Star of Stage and ScreenAugust 24, 2014Kathy Bates is a celebrated Stage, Screen, and Television actress, known for her bold and intense portrayals, with signature roles in such movie roles in MISERY, DOLORES CLAIBORNE, and PRIMARY COLORS; stage roles in 'NIGHT MOTHER, COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME JIMMY DEAN JIMMY DEAN, and FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE; and television roles in SIX FEET UNDER, HARRY'S LAW, and her current Emmy nominated performance in AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN.
BWW Profile: Kate Mulgrew Emmy-Nominated Star of Stage and ScreenAugust 22, 2014Kate Mulgrew is a celebrated actress of stage, screen and television; from Broadway shows including EQUUS, MARY STUART, and TEA AT FIVE; to films like A STRANGER IS WATCHING, THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN, and STAR TREK NEMISIS, to her most famous roles in RYAN'S HOPE, MRS. COLUMBO, and STAR TREK VOYAGER.