Katie Johnston-Smith, Gorilla Tango Theatre executive producer, is flipping through:
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I recently read Dollhouse Volume 1 and absolutely loved it! It spins off of Joss Whedon’s brilliant but short-lived show, also named Dollhouse. The story is set in a dystopian future in which the secretive Rossum Corporation programs individuals to become “dolls,” wiping their minds and installing new personalities and skills to suit the needs of its wealthy clients.
Sherman Edwards, stand-up comic, is geeking out over:
Beneath the distraction of Urban Outfitted scenarios lies the heart of the show: Dunham’s wry, self-aware take on the barrage of conundrums befuddling whip-smart, prepared-for-nothing, and entitled-to-absolutely-everything girls everywhere. Any similarity to Sex and the City just calls attention to what that show did to us, the girls who were studying the exploits of Carrie and Samantha as 15-year-old small-town, know-nothing virgins and believing that those were the lives we would magically wake up to without knowing whether to want them or not.
