Fish-out-of-water tales are always high on our list, especially when said fish is gay. (A rainbow trout perhaps.) That’s just the beginning of the exploits of George Hodgman’s in his hilarious book, Bettyville: A Memoir (out today in paperback). When he leaves Manhattan for Paris to visit his aging mother, Betty, he doesn’t count on becoming her long-term caregiver. And […]
Damn, we miss the Ewings. But we sure don’t miss the high price of gas. In Oil, the world premiere new comedy at Theatre Three, a family in Houston contemplates drilling for the black stuff when matriarch Magritte Holes (Gene Raye Price) wakes up from a dream about striking oil. Her cheating husband (John S. Davies) thinks she’s crazy for […]
515 days. 515 excruciating days. That’s how long it’s been since Chelsea Handler bid farewell to her E! talk show, Chelsea Lately, and we’ve been desperately missing her intelligent yet delightfully subversive wit ever since. And we know we’re not alone. Yet we all have one more day more to hang in there like troopers and put on brave faces […]
Set aside 30 minutes in your schedule today. We’re serious. Serious as cancer. Half an hour is all you need to plow through the funniest web series we’ve seen in years, possibly ever. Last Will & Testicle parallels the real struggles of its creator, Byron Lane, who found a lump and had a ball removed, with lots of uncomfortable situations […]
Silly female buddy comedies have always been our weakness. Laverne & Shirley. 2 Broke Girls. Hannity & Colmes. Well, now we can add Idiotsitter to our list. What started as a low-budget web series becomes a slightly less low-budget sitcom this Thursday on Comedy Central. And we think we’re hooked. Much less slapsticky than any of our other examples, this […]
Though we curse him for the Real Houswifing of America, there’s no denying the power and charm of one of the most influential gay men around. And he’s back on top (a visual we dream of nightly) with this week’s release of The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year in paperback. If you missed the behind-the-scenes […]
If life is indeed a cabaret, old chums, then you haven’t lived until you’ve seen Charles Busch on stage. The two-time MAC Award winner, Tony nominee and drag legend behind such cult-classic films as Die, Mommie, Die! and Psycho Beach Party is coming to Dallas for three nights of classic and contemporary songs. His performance is genuine, but deliciously edgy […]
Urinary tract infections: comedy gold. At least when you’re dealing with the mind of Amy Schumer. That’s why we’ve vowed to forget Madonna. Cher. Even Naked Ricky Martin. Because Amy has moved to the top of our celebrity meet-and-have-a-cup-of-Keurig wish list. She killed it this past weekend on Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck was our favorite movie of the summer, and […]
There’s a network quietly kicking ass in comedy. Between Portlandia, Comedy Bang! Bang! and Documentary Now!, IFC is cornering the market on hilarity—and titles with exclamation points. Thursday, a new show joins the ranks of IFC’s other funny forays as David Krumholtz transforms himself into an elderly yenta after four-and-a-half hours of makeup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59GzRFrIAg The story focuses on her newfound […]
Earlier this week in our national edition, we talked about bigger being better. Well, we’ve reversed that decision in honor of Leslie Jordan, who crams an intense amount of funny into a smaller-than-average package. This Sunday, he’ll be at the Brick in a hilarious one-gay show, An Evening with Leslie Jordan. From his work on Sordid Lives and Will & […]
