Well, at least one of the pre-season spoilers turned out to be true: we really did have an ABCD Final 4. That would be Adore Delano, Bianca Del Rio, Courtney Act, and Darienne Lake. The four of them jumped through the now-predictable finale hoops, which included shooting a video for RuPaulโs latest single (although weโve […]
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โGame of Thronesโ Season 4, Episode 5: First of His Name
The โpreviously on โGame of Thronesโโ segment ran for seemingly minutes, and included scenes that went all the way back to Season 1. So you knew this episode was going to be fairly wide-ranging. Indeed, it touched on many story arcs, and in hindsight most of them revolved around the female protagonists of this sprawling […]
“Game of Thrones” Season 4, Episode 4: Oathkeeper
First, apologies for the late blog. I was trapped north of the Wall (a.k.a. Canada) and the proprietor of the inn at which we stayed led me astray. I was told we would have HBO, and yet we did not. Given this flagrant violation of guestโs rights, I can only assume that the downtown Toronto […]
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 6, Episode 11: Glitter Ball
I AM STUNNNED. Sincerely. I am absolutely shocked by the events of tonightโs episode. I should clarify that 4/5 of the episode was fairly predictable — the Adore redemption arc was blatantly telegraphed, as was Darienne tanking the challenge — but the identity of the Bottom 2 and the eliminated queen really threw me for […]
Theater Review: GRRC’s “Agnes of God”
The story behind John Pielmeier’s play “Agnes of God” will be familiar to most Rochesterians who lived here in the 1970’s and early 80’s. According to the playwright’s introduction included in the program to Greater Rochester Repertory Companies’ current production of the show, Pielmeier — interested in writing a play through which he could explore […]
Theater Review: RBTL’s “Phantom of the Opera”
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” has been a musical-theater blockbuster since its debut in 1986. It has grossed more money worldwide than any other musical, and continues to pack houses in major cities and on global tours. That’s all the more remarkable when you consider that — real talk — the story […]
โRuPaulโs Drag Raceโ Season 6, Episode 10: Drag My Wedding
Well, that was a hoot. The drag-daughter makeover episodes are almost always a delight, and I thought this one was especially wonderful — it may even eclipse the previous benchmark, Season 3โs spectacular โJocks in Frocks.โ My viewing party was howling with laughter every few minutes. This is truly such an endearing, funny, likable bunch […]
“Game of Thrones” Season 4, Episode 3: Breaker of Chains
Following last weekโs gamechanger — the death of King Joffrey — this episode was a quieter affair that focused on many of the characters scrambling for position. That said, it still built to several harrowing scenes in some of the far-flung plotlines, and a good old-fashioned orgy back home in Kingโs Landing. Letโs start in […]
โRuPaulโs Drag Raceโ Season 6, Episode 9: Talk Show, Balk Show
Tonightโs episode of โRuPaulโs Drag Raceโ featured an absolutely packed panel. In addition to Ru, Michelle Visage, Santino Rice, and guest judges Chaz Bono, Georgia Holt (Cherโs mom), and Paula Abdul, we had the invisible producers who manipulated the top and bottom finishers, leading to one of the more outrageous eliminations weโve seen on this […]
โGame of Thronesโ Season 4, Episode 2: The Lion and the Rose
You would think that at some point, these people would stop throwing elaborate wedding ceremonies/receptions and just settle for an intimate civil service and an after-party at Shoneyโs. Think of all the money that would be saved, and the number of dead Westerosi kings that would still be around. Yes, folks — Joffrey is dead. […]
โRuPaulโs Drag Raceโ Season 6, Episodes 7 & 8: Rupersize Me
Itโs a testament to this show that Monday nightโs two-hour extravaganza flew by with a quickness. (It would have been three hours, but the bar where I was watching decided it was more important to blare Pinkโs โRaise Your Glassโ than it was to turn up the volume for โUntucked,โ so Iโll have to catch […]
โGame of Thronesโ Season 4, Episode 1: โTwo Swordsโ
As the show gets further into the source material, and as the books continue to be released at George R. R. Martinโs glacial pace, the producersโ approach to adaptation is going to get interesting. We saw more evidence of that with the fourth season premiere, in which I would guess at least one-third of the […]






