Danny Gallagher

The silence of comedy stages has been deafening. The coronavirus outbreak has made it hard for comedy venues (and all others) to pack the house for headlining comedians and for local comics to open for traveling acts while working on new material....

Facebook and Twitter are riddled with opinions and posts that sit on a shaky foundation of conspiracy and hearsay. It's only after almost four years of baseless claims, outright lies and a violent insurrection at the center of our democracy that t...

If it wasn't for the critically acclaimed and fan-beloved AMC show Breaking Bad, methamphetamines would not be an acceptable theme for any gathering place — except, of course, at actual meth dens. The Whippersnapper on McMillian Avenue in the Hend...

Reality television may seem a particularly contradicting term when it comes to certain shows — some are certainly more scripted than spontaneous — but, there's a component of "reality" in singing competition shows that even the most cunning produc...

When Jessica Zeller went to a show at Pocket Sandwich Theatre for the first time three years ago, she thought she was settling in for a night of serious theater. Then the popcorn started flying. "The first show I saw was a melodramatic comedi...

Every list you've read this year likely reminded you just how bad 2020 was for all of us. According to several retrospective features from news outlets (including this one), 2020 was "volatile," "disruptive," "frustrating," "disorienting," "surrea...