From the page to the stage: Minky Woodcock comes alive with bunnies and burlesque
The sequential art of comics is by design a participatory experience, one that co-creates meaning between panel and reader. Our minds fill in the...
Kickstarter campaign to turn Minky Woodcock comic into a play is in its final...
A Kickstarter campaign launched to turn the Minky Woodcock comic about a prohibition-era gumshoe into an immersive theater production ends a week from today.
Editorial: Complaining about politics in entertainment when they’ve been intertwined for decades
Here’s the thing about women, people of color, and gender queer characters growing closer to the spotlight and taking center stage in entertainment: Most...
Roundtable: Stoya, Seth Gilliam, Phillip Cruise and Dean Haspiel talk The Last Bar at...
Dean Haspiel’s prowess as a cartoonist is well known, but he’s now an emerging playwright as well. His new play, The Last Bar at...
INTERVIEW: Dean Haspiel and Stoya bring sensuality to death in HARAKIRI KANE
"Whether it's a porn set or live theater, the ability to take direction is the most useful skill I have as a performer."
Long Beach Comic Con and Captured Aural Phantasy Theater will re-enact the 1954 comic...
Captured Aural Phantasy Theater is an LA-based theater troupe that combines pop culture references with the stage, and they're bringing their brand of lunacy...
‘Fun Home’ musical made money
The NY Times reports that Fun Home, the musical has earned back the money that investors put into it, after eight months. Meaning "It...
Archie Broadway musical is in development with Adam McKay and Funny or Die
The enduring and malleable world of Archie Comics is headed or another medium with a Broadway musical now in development with Adam McKay and his Funny or Die production shingle. McKay (Anchorman, Talledega Nights) will write the book; a team for the music has not been announced.
On the Archie side, the show is in good hands: CCO Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has a long history as a playwright and he was once brought in fix Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. President Jon Goldwater will also assist with the development of a show that will be “bright, colorful and slightly demented” according to McKay.
Fun Home the musical gets 12 Tony Award nominations
The Tony Awards nominations are out today, honoring the best on Broadway, and Fun Home tied for most nominations with 12 (An American in...
Fun Home wows Broadway
Fun Home opened on Broadway last night and the musical based on Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic novel won rave reviews. The show stars Beth...
Fun Home is coming to Broadway in March
The Pulitzer Prize nominated musical version of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is coming to Broadway near year and the cast and crew have been...
