Day: April 18, 2017

Review: Lucas Brothers “On Drugs” on Netflix

Review: Lucas Brothers “On Drugs” on Netflix

Posted by | Apr 18, 2017 | |

I’ll confess. I’ve seen Kenny and Keith Lucas individually and together sporadically over the years, but I never could tell you which was which. And watching their first Netflix special, Lucas Brothers: On Drugs, even off drugs, didn’t fix that for me. As I wrote in my review for Decider.com: Identical twins in stand-up comedy are rare. Rarer, still, the twins who refuse to identify themselves at all. At least the Sklar Brothers have their own looks and refer to each other by name. Kenny and Keith Lucas never say their names onstage, choosing simple pronouns of “you,” “he,” and...

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Review: Groundhog Day finds its own way to dazzle as a Broadway musical

Review: Groundhog Day finds its own way to dazzle as a Broadway musical

Posted by | Apr 18, 2017 | |

You have opinions about Groundhog Day, the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray as weatherman Phil Connors, stuck in Punxsutawney, Penn, reliving the same day until he gets it right. You definitely have such affinity for it (and of Stephen Tobolowsky’s performance in the film) that multiple Broadway audiences have burst into applause just at the sight of Ned Ryerson’s character onstage. You’ve made Groundhog Day an all-time comedy classic onscreen. For me, and for many others, what makes it such a lovable, teachable ode is how Phil’s parable demonstrates how powerfully we transform when we abandon our instincts for self-will....

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Comedy Central orders new series, The New Negroes, Taskmaster, and Corporate for 2017

Comedy Central orders new series, The New Negroes, Taskmaster, and Corporate for 2017

Posted by | Apr 18, 2017 | , |

Comedy Central’s new development slate for 2017-2018 includes three new series orders, with a game show hosted by Reggie Watts, an adaptation of live show The New Negroes starring Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle, and a new scripted series called Corporate. These new series, combined with the recent announcements for weekly late-night shows The Gorburger Show (debuted Sunday) Problematic with Moshe Kasher (premiering tonight),  The President Show debuting April 27, a Jim Jefferies weekly late night series debuting this summer, and the addition of Jordan Klepper’s Daily Show persona as a weeknight series this fall, represents a complete sea-change in Comedy Central’s...

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