But there's a coda after she rides off into the distance that heavily implies she won't survive for long. (Mainly due to the staging and framing of the shot.)

I'm assuming you haven't seen the Defying Gravity storyboard that a Disney animator did.

Have Sondheim & Lapine work with Sheldon Harnick to adapt and give a Sondheimian twist to She Loves Me.

I think the music was fine - orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick (who has showbiz EGOT status) and conducted by Paul Gemignani. Tunick orchestrated all of Sondheim's '70s shows (Company, Follies, Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along), and Gemignani has served as conducted/music director for…

If that was actually Joe Lo Trugio doing those pratfalls, he just might have overtaken Donald O'Connor as the Pratfall King.

Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock musical. Evita might not be rock by today's standards, but keep in mind that it and JCS were written in 1979 and 1976 (or '77), respectively.

MOVIE: I really don't get the love for Grand Budapest Hotel. Yeah, it's whimsical, the visual elements and palette design alone are worth the price of admission, and Ralph Fiennes' performance was phenomenal… but it wasn't that engaging of a film. It wasn't BAD, by any means, but it definitely didn't blow me away. Of…

Except that the role isn't written for a specific ethnicity - it just so happens that the actor is Asian, and it's not really a big deal.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a bigger deal than the lead actor being Asian? In every episode, his race is just there. It's not made into this big thing - it doesn't even…

This week may not have been amazing story-wise, but it made up for that with the sheer quantity and quality of the jokes, from the cold opening (Eliza, this is Eliza. Henry rejected you) straight through to the tag (Henry, after Eliza keeps making jokes about Julia's height: "You know you're seven years old, right?").…

Yeah, I was on board for most of its first season, but the second season made me lose all interest. Even top-notch performances from AnnaSophia Robb, Stefania Owens, and Matt Letscher (Carrie, her sister, and her father, respectively) were unable to keep me hooked. Carrie moved to New York at the expense of stories…

Well, him and Jonathan Jackson and Hayden Panetierre. But they get their due all the time, whereas Esten is too frequently written off, for some inexplicable reason.

The problem with Mom was that its first season was REALLY uneven. Its pendulum swung back and forth between "meh, whatever" episodes and really, really good episodes — with no middle ground. It is, however, the darkest comedy on network TV in quite some time - and still managed to survive!

TROPHY WIFE represent! I also want to nominate MTV's FINDING CARTER as a good choice for a year-end list. It takes a premise straight out of the Hallmark Channel's book (teen girl discovers her fun-loving single mom is actually her kidnapper, moves back with real family), and turned it into a surprisingly complex…

If there was ever a testament to his acting and how completely he inhabits his character, that one sentence is it.

I mean, the Sadie's abusive ex storyline will give Laura Benanti a chance to show off her not-inconsiderate acting chops (see: Sound of Music Live!), with the added bonus of actually fleshing the character out.

If not met, then at least seen. They've been to Sal's quite often over the past three years.

I actually thought "The Fosters" worked fairly well. Honestly, I'm just ecstatic that last season's cliffhanger is turning out to be just that — a cliffhanger. Plus, it has the added bonus of adding some much-needed likability points to Brandon's character: he's not behaving like a selfish jerk for once! He's not…

I wouldn't write that option off quite yet. He obviously wasn't just there as a one-off — notice how the Kennishes had no new family members/significant others? Even Daphne's personal trainer isn't a one-off character — it's John. The only character not in the main cast given any weight, other than AJ, is Sal, and…

They really need to include an explanation of how they ranked the shows, simply because comedy and drama are such different beasts. It's why the Emmys, Golden Globes, et al. have separate awards for comedy and drama series and acting.

I'm truly surprised that both Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Jane the Virgin are ranked below #15, especially Jane, considering that it hasn't had a single misstep nearly 3/4 of the way through its first season. Also, out of curiousity: is The Fosters arriving tomorrow? And were shows that began their season in 2013, but…