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1 month ago | 
stereogum.com | Abby Jones |Tracy Letts
Matty Matheson seems like a cool guy. He’s a longtime restauranteur who became a minor celebrity chef and then made it big when he was cast as Neil Fak in FX’s restaurant-set dramedy The Bear. Like a lot of characters on that show, Neil is loud, but turns out he can get even louder. He’s the vocalist of a new hardcore band called Pig Pen. On guitar and backing vocals in Pig Pen is Wade MacNeil, founding member of the 2000s screamo mainstays Alexisonfire.
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1 month ago | 
stereogum.com | Abby Jones |Tracy Letts
Last week news broke that Radiohead — who, as a group, have stayed mostly dormant over the past few years — created a new business entity, a limited liability partnership, called RHEUK25 LLP. Historically, a new LLP is a good sign that Radiohead are up to something, though it remains unannounced what that thing might be. One smart Stereogum commenter pointed out that the LLP’s name could be an acronym for “Radiohead Europe UK 25,” or shorthand for a 2025 EU/UK tour.
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1 month ago | 
stereogum.com | Abby Jones |Tracy Letts
Since 1992, the Polar Music Prize has bestowed honors unto those who’ve made a “pioneering musical legacy” for themselves. The Swedish award was founded by ABBA’s manager Stig Anderson, and recipients also get 1 million krona — the equivalent of about $93,000. Most years, the award goes to two recipients, one in popular music and another in classical.
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1 month ago | 
stereogum.com | Abby Jones |Tracy Letts
Add this to our imminent 2025 In Memoriam: Bad Moves will soon be no more. The Washington, DC power-pop band, whose quite good last album Wearing Out The Refrain arrived last September, announced today that they’ll be breaking up after a decade together.
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1 month ago | 
stereogum.com | Chris DeVille |Tracy Letts
The Lollapalooza lineup is here, and its big-font names are pretty interesting. Topping the bill for the July 31-Aug. 3 festivities in Chicago’s Grant Park is Olivia Rodrigo, who — with a Glastonbury headliner slot in her pocket too — is almost certainly ramping up to LP3. Fellow ascendent cool-kid pop star Sabrina Carpenter, the presumed blonde girl from “drivers license,” is also among the headliners.
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1 month ago | 
stereogum.com | Tracy Letts |Danielle Chelosky
A jukebox musical featuring the music of James Taylor is currently in development. Fire & Rain, named after the singer-songwriter’s famous 1970 song, was announced today, and the story is by playwright and actor Tracy Letts. The project will be directed by David Cromer, with Gail Berman, Sam Feldman, Michael Gorfaine, and Jimmy Nederlander producing in association with Frank Marshall and Jere Harris.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
absolutetheatre.com.au | Paul Kiely |Tracy Letts
By Paul KielyAugust: Osage CountyBy Tracy LettsDirected by Eamon FlackA Belvoir Street and Black Swan Theatre Company ProductionBelvoir Street TheatreSurry HillsSeason: 9 November – 15 December 2024Duration: 180 minutes approx (plus 2 x 15-minute intervals)“This is the way the world ends; this is the way the world ends.”The final line in August: Osage County, taken from a poem by T S Eliot, is an apt conclusion to this damning portrayal of American culture and history.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
poststar.com | Tracy Letts
From a press release: Schenectady Civic Players will continue their 96th season in March with the Pulitzer Prizewinning drama “August: Osage County” By Tracy Letts, directed by Michael McDermott. Performance dates are Friday–Sunday (March 15-17) and Wednesday–Sunday (March 20-24). Friday and Saturday curtains are at 8 pm, Wednesday and Thursday curtains are at 7:30 pm, and Sundays are matinees only at 2:30 pm. All tickets are $25.
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Nov 11, 2023 | 
letterboxd.com | Tracy Letts |William Friedkin |Herman Wouk |Reginald Rose
“Rest in peace, William Friedkin. You always went way harder than you had to, and I’ll always be thankful for that,” David writes in his Letterboxd review of The French Connection, logged just two days after the passing of the iconoclast director in August of this year. For over five decades, Friedkin shocked and delighted audiences with high-adrenaline tales of chaotic cops, deranged domesticity, morally malnourished men and more.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
latw.org | Tracy Letts
Winner of the 2008 Tony Award® for Best Play, Tracy Letts' darkly comic epic offers a painfully funny look at a family struggling in the desolate heart of America. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in July of 2014.
