February 26, 2010 – 7:59 pm
Critical darling "The Last Station," starring Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren, begins a two-week run today at the State. Both starring actors have been nominated for their roles in the film, which chronicles the end of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's life and his tumultuous relationship with his wife. Here's what Michael Moore has to say [...]
February 25, 2010 – 12:57 pm
NOTE: As part of our post-comedy festival programming this week, the State is showing four documentary favorites of Michael Moore's from the last year daily now through Thursday. "Outrage," "Defamation," "Rachel" and "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" will each play once a day this week. The following post is a reprint of an interview with [...]
February 24, 2010 – 4:40 pm
NOTE: As part of our post-comedy festival programming this week, the State is showing four documentary favorites of Michael Moore's from the last year daily now through Thursday. "Outrage," "Defamation," "Rachel" and "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" will each play once a day this week. The following post is a reprint of the review of [...]
February 23, 2010 – 3:20 am
When I was interviewing Jeff on Saturday, he dropped maybe the most exciting news about next year's festival possible: "We're going to start on Thursday and end on Saturday," he announced. At the time, I didn't actually realize this was exciting news, but by the end of yesterday, I was overjoyed at the prospect. Because [...]
February 22, 2010 – 7:49 pm
Greg & Lou present Lou & Greg is Greg Burke, AJ Morales, and Lou Perez. Blending elements of stage and film, Greg & Lou have performed sketch comedy to sold-out audiences across the country and are proud to call the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in NYC their home. In 2009, their pilot “Blog of a [...]
February 21, 2010 – 4:18 pm
Last night, I was waiting on a shuttle outside of the City Opera House, having just gotten out of Mike Birbiglia's set. As I sat in the dark, listening to the couple next to me chat excitedly about going to see "American Teenager" (read: Teenager of the Year) and watching the line stretch down Front [...]
February 21, 2010 – 12:32 am
Roseanne took the stage a little late, at about 11:24 tonight, wearing hip shades to shield her from the glare of hundreds of excited Northern Michigan fans.
Roseanne isn't afraid to get political, and she immediately sympathizes with the Michigan audience (the state that boasts the highest unemployment rate in the nation), but maintains, "It's not [...]
February 21, 2010 – 12:25 am
Predictably, when you bring as many mega stars to Traverse City as the Comedy Festival has done, you'll get some delays. The Roseanne Barr show was supposed to begin tonight at 10:30, and we saw a crowd of hundreds waiting patiently in the cold outside the State Theatre. Around 11 p.m., as soon as the [...]
February 20, 2010 – 10:43 pm
John Waters says he was against the Iraq war, but he supports the soldiers. In fact, he has many fans within the ranks. He sent DVDs and t-shirts of his to dress an entire battalion in Mesopotamia, and they wear t-shirts of his face while in battle. If I were Saddam's Baath Party, I'd surrender [...]
February 20, 2010 – 10:16 pm
Just found this photo of John Waters online …. if you heard his show, methink, you wouldn't be surprised at all if he went straight from a mall Santa gig to a month in the slammer. Balt'more style ….. did he appear on The Wire (Season Four, perhaps)?
Sexual preference … being gay isn't enough anymore [...]
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