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Comedy,  Film,  Romance,  Universal 6 min read Share this with a friend! They say that art imitates life, and that statement could not be truer than with One Night Only. I can hear you scratching your head from here, but stay with me. A government that thinks they know what’s best, overstepping to control a group of people. Sound familiar?

ATG Detroit, Broadway, Drama, Michigan, Musical, Podcast, The Outsiders, Tour 2 min read Share this with a friend! There’s nothing quite like staying gold when The Outsiders rolled into the Fisher Theatre this past season of ATG Detroit’s Broadway series! This show is definitely a highlight of the previous season, as the story is one of the most poignant and beautiful ones currently touring North America! In this episode of the BSB Podcast, hosts Brian Kitson and RJ Miller-Zelinko are joined...

Film,  Masters of the Universe,  Mattel,  Toys 9 min read Share this with a friend! For some, it might be weird to hear Barbie and Masters of the Universe in the same sentence, as they seem so incredibly different from one another, but I grew up in a world where all toys intermingled. While I was born a little late for the Masters of the Universe craze, as a young child I consistently interacted with and world-built alongside my sister’s Barbie Dolls.

Square Enix,  Video Game 5 min read Share this with a friend! Life Is Strange: Reunion had an impossible job ahead of it. After the backlash surrounding Life Is Strange: Double Exposure and the absence of Chloe Price, many fans wondered whether the franchise had lost sight of what made the original games so special in the first place. Reunion feels fully aware of that pressure from the very beginning.

LEGO,  Product 9 min read Share this with a friend! There comes a point in every LEGO builder’s life when the dining room or coffee table, or in a desperate pinch, the floor, simply isn’t cutting it anymore. You set out to build the latest LEGO set with the best intentions. The bags are stacked neatly in order, the instruction book is lying open nearby, and you promise yourself that this is the time that you’re going to remain organized.

ATG Detroit,  Book Adaptations,  Book Review,  Broadway,  New York,  NYC,  Spamalot,  Tony Awards,  Tour 5 min read Share this with a friend! Monty Python is one of those things that you either get, or you don’t. And if you get it, then you love it. Fans worship Monty Python works like they’re a religion. One of their favorite works, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, gave birth to a Broadway musical that is just as loved: Spamalot.

Action,  Adventure,  Knives Out,  Mystery,  Netflix 4 min read Share this with a friend! Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery arrives on Netflix with the kind of built-in anticipation that only a franchise like Knives Out can generate. After the success of Knives Out and Glass Onion, expectations are naturally high for another tightly wound mystery driven by sharp writing and layered reveals.

Book Adaptations,  Book Review,  Harper Books,  Netflix,  Romance 5 min read Share this with a friend! When you’re a teenager, the littlest things can feel like the end of the world. Alice Oseman explores this concept in her novella Nick and Charlie. You see Nick and Charlie have been dating for two years (an exceptionally long time when you realize they’re only 16 and 17), and it’s perfect. Everything about their relationship is so wonderfully comfortable and easy.

Action,  Comic Book,  Film,  Marvel Studios 5 min read Share this with a friend! It’s been five years since Peter (Tom Holland) pushed forward with the memory spell that made the world forget he was Spider-Man. Now, in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it seems as if Peter has forgotten himself until the return of his former companions, MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon), who start to face danger when a new mysterious threat appears.

Share this with a friend! There are performers who walk onto a stage to do a job, and then there are performers who seem to have been born knowing exactly what to do when the spotlight hits. Ryan James Monroe falls firmly into the latter category. With a growing presence in the entertainment world and a passion for storytelling that shines through in his work, Monroe is the kind of performer who makes it easy to see why audiences keep paying attention.