The second-ever iteration of Theatre Aspen’s Solo Flights festival will bring audiences in on the ground floor with a series of developmental one-person shows that focus characters and storytelling, according to the festival’s organizers.
Netflix Cancels Four Comedy Series
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Country Comfort, and the Righter Doyle created
Bonding. A spokesperson for the streaming platform confirmed that all four shows will not be returning to the streamer but did note that they remains in business with Gabriel Iglesias, Kevin James and Rightor Doyle. The cancellation of some of these shows is perhaps marginally surprising since
The Crew and
According to
Deadline, Netflix has already signed a development deal with The King of Queens star Kevin James to develop a single-camera comedy series which has him attached as producer and star. Boyle, creator of the two-season Bonding, has closed a development deal with him for new shows; and Gabriel Iglesias is scheduled to shoot a third stand-up comedy special for the streamer later this summer. Further details about why these shows were cancelled by Netflix are unclear since they don t share viewing metrics.
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When Covid Dropped the Curtain on Broadway Actors, TV Kept the Lights On
New and returning TV series like “The Gilded Age” and “The Good Fight” have been a lifeline for celebrated theater actors during the pandemic. Will TV, or theater, ever look the same?
Denée Benton, left, and Louisa Jacobson during filming of the coming HBO historical drama “The Gilded Age.” Benton is one many celebrated stage actors in the cast.Credit.Alison Rosa/HBO
May 12, 2021
Back in March, the actress Kelli O’Hara arrived on Rhode Island’s Gold Coast. A company of theater heroes, with enough combined Tonys to crowd a mansion’s mantels, met her there. “It was almost like Broadway said, ‘We’re shutting down,’” O’Hara recalled during a recent telephone interview. “So 20 of us got together and said, ‘Let’s go do a play in a seaside town.’”