The always Smart ‘N Snarky John Simon wrote a blog a couple of weeks ago airing his disgust about the ubiquitous standing ovation.  (If you don’t know JS, the quick intro is that he was quite a respected critic for a whole bunch of publications until he [...]

Crab legs aren't the only juicy things served up in Seattle these days.  Brendan Kiley, an e-scribe for Seattle's The Stranger, wrote one heck of a juicy article recently, entitled, "Ten Things Theaters Need to Do Right Now to Save Themselves."

The title grabs you, right?  Well wait until you read some of [...]