Sofa Snark: Directing 'Journey to the Stars' at AMNH
by James Sims - August 13, 2009 It?s not often that my work at New York?s American Museum of Natural History intersects with the entertainment industry, so it was very exciting to work on a project for the Museum?s newest space show, Journey to the Stars. I had the opportunity to sit down with the show?s director, Carter Emmart, a...
Sofa Snark: Conan O'Brien Debuts, Tweet by Tweet
by James Sims - June 06, 2009 As Conan O?Brien kicked off his first week hosting The Tonight Show, I decided to live Twitter the debut. From a marathon run from New York City to Los Angeles, President Barack Obama putting world policy debates on hold to discuss Conan, Gwyneth Paltrow inadvertently bad mouthing Coldplay to Ryan S...
Sofa Snark: Finale Wrap LOST Explodes & Gossip Girl Graduates
by James Sims - May 28, 2009 This week's Sofa Snark covers the season finales of Grey?s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, 90210, 30 Rock, Lost and Fringe. There was plenty of drama as each of the high profile shows drew to a close, and in the case of both J.J. Abrams creations, many questions were raised......
Wonderettes Closes
by James Sims - November 07, 2009 Off-Broadway's The Marvelous Wonderettes has been playing to enthusiastic crowds at The Westside Theatre since it settled in New York City following an extended run in Los Angeles - where I first saw the show and fell in love. Word has now come down that the quaint musical will close on January 3 a...
Sofa Snark: Alexis Bledel, Unemployed 'Post Grad' (HuffPo)
by James Sims - August 21, 2009 Neither screenwriter Kelly Fremon nor Hollywood starlet, Alexis Bledel could have seen the recent economic meltdown coming when first creating the sentimental teen comedy, Post Grad ......
Sofa Snark: Perez & Will.I.Am in Twitter Brawl
by James Sims - June 22, 2009 I stumbled upon a curious Tweet from the Queen of All Media, Perez Hilton. @PerezHilton sent an SOS via Twitter early Monday morning. Then he started an onslaught of messages, all under 140 characters, outlining what he called an ?assault? from Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas......
Diane Paulus Directs Opera for American Museum of Natural History
by James Sims - January 19, 2010 It's not often that my work as an entertainment and Broadway reporter crosses paths with my day job as the New Media Specialist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, so when I heard that an opera was going to be staged in the Museum's Hayden Planetarium, I was excited to check ...
Sofa Snark: It Takes a Frog to Save Disney
by James Sims - May 11, 2009 Disney has released the full trailer for The Princess and the Frog, here's hoping for a smash success. Because, if this film can succeed in drawing out audiences, old and young alike, then there remains hope that Disney will keep up the great tradition that Walt capitalized on all those years ago......
Sofa Snark: 'Hair' Spreads Love Nationally (HuffPo)
by James Sims - July 15, 2009 Equality is a key message running throughout Hair, the 1967 musical that originally forced people to look at so-called hippies, not with disdain or fear but with understanding. While the days of the original Haight-Ashbury culture is gone, Hair remains culturally relevant. And now it's another alter...
'Times Stands Still,' a Play for All Journalists
by James Sims - February 01, 2010 As if the reality of media layoffs and non-existant newspaper readerships wasn't enough of a reason for journalists to take up drinking, along comes Broadway's Time Stands Still, a play focusing on the emotional breakdown of a war correspondent......
Sofa Snark: True Blood Gets Spin-Off
by James Sims - September 22, 2009 HBO's vampire drama True Blood rounded out its second season with big ratings (5.1 million) and critical acclaim. With approximately 12 million viewers an episode, when factoring in On Demand and DVR, True Blood is a smash......
Sofa Snark: Shatner Makes Palin a Poet
by James Sims - July 28, 2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien might be losing the ratings war to the Late Show with David Letterman, but not when it comes to the 18- to 49-year-old age demographic. Conan?s humor skews younger. CBS shouldn?t be so proud of hanging onto a demographic that already has a foot in the grave......
CLO of South Bay Cities Presents MOONLIGHT & MAGNOLIAS, 10/26-11/7
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2010 Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities and Executive Producer James A. Blackman III proudly opens the 2010/2011 season with Ron Hutchinson's fast-paced comedy Moonlight & Magnolias. Moonlight & Magnolias will begin performances on Tuesday October 26 (with a gala press opening on Friday October 29, 20...
Sofa Snark: American Idol Goes Rock of Ages
by James Sims - May 06, 2009 Save for Adam's always-stellar performance, American Idol failed to capture that classic rock energy it was shooting for. America would be better served by heading to Broadway's now Tony Award nominated Rock of Ages for a true taste of all things electric guitar and big hair......
Sofa Snark: Emmy Nods, Twitter Reaction
by James Sims - July 16, 2009 While publicists and studio executives tire themselves out today making calls and greasing the marketing wheels, celebrities took things into their own hands on Twitter. Here are a few 140-character messages that showed up this morning from those internet savvy celebs ? or possibly their overpaid gh...
Sofa Snark: 'Passing Strange' Explodes On Screen
by James Sims - August 19, 2009 Lee documented the final performances of Passing Strange on Broadway using his filmmaker?s eye to create a documentary that could easily be pegged as a concert film. Passing Strange the Movie can best be described as a modern day The Last Waltz, full of the same innovation that Martin Scorsese broug...
Sofa Snark: Remembering Walter Cronkite
by James Sims - July 19, 2009 This blog was first created for the purpose of entertainment reporting and opining, however, with the passing of Walter Cronkite, I felt it necessary to pay respect to one of the most honorable news reporters to grace television screens. He was not an entertainer ? unlike many delivering the news t...
Sofa Snark: U2 Goes 'Crazy' For Animation
by James Sims - July 23, 2009 While U2 travels around Europe on the first leg of their 360 Tour, director David O'Reilly has released the band's latest music video for I'll Go Crazy, If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight. Film fans might recognize O'Reilly for his short film, Please Say Something, which earned him the Golden Bear at the 2...
CLO of South Bay Cities Presents MOONLIGHT & MAGNOLIAS, 10/26-11/7
by Nicole Rosky - October 21, 2010 Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities and Executive Producer James A. Blackman III proudly opens the 2010/2011 season with Ron Hutchinson's fast-paced comedy Moonlight & Magnolias. Moonlight & Magnolias will begin performances on Tuesday October 26 (with a gala press opening on Friday October 29, 20...
Muppets vs Queen
by James Sims - November 25, 2009 Queen, the iconic rock band led by the equally iconic singer Freddie Mercury, has found its way into the world of Jim Henson's Muppets......
Sofa Snark: Remembering John Hughes
by James Sims - August 07, 2009 Like any true-blooded American that grew up in the 1980's can attest, films like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off set the standard for sentimental teenage fare. Surprisingly Hughes only directed eight films, the last being Curly Sue in 1991, but he wrote many more, in... |
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