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After The Umbrella Academy released their concluding season on Netflix, it's time to go back over the series and rank the best episodes. The Umbrella Academy is a unique comic book movie from the front man of My Chemical Romance. In 2007, Way released the first comic books in the series that depicted the lives of a group of children with powers who all mysteriously share the same birthday, and through some odd coincidence, none of the mothers had been pregnant prior to that date.

While the story is an incredibly imaginative take on traditional superhero stories, it didn't grow to have widespread success and recognition until it was adapted for TV by Netflix in 2019. The show became a hit on Netflix, and was lauded as a comic book movie that stood out among the growing sea of comics adaptations in popular media. However, like any show, the series has had...

With a career spanning over 50 years, Sigourney Weaver has showcased her versatility across Broadway, television, and film, creating iconic heroic characters in both dramatic and comedic roles. Her remarkable talent has earned her three Academy Award nominations.

Born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949, in New York City, she adopted the name Sigourney at age 14, inspired by a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby.

Weaver graduated from Stanford University and obtained a master’s degree from the Yale School of Drama. Even as she found fame and success on the screen, she would maintain her love for the stage throughout her career. Her many theater credits include four Broadway productions: Sir John Gielgud’s production of The Constant Wife in 1975, the groundbreaking 1984 production of David Rabe’s Hurlyburly opposite William Hurt, Harvey Keitel and a newcomer named Cynthia Nixon, and the 1996 production of Sex and Longing, written...

The Off Broadway world premiere of the new Robert O’Hara play Shit. Meet. Fan. will feature a cast headed by Garret Dillahunt, Billy Magnussen and Debra Messing, McC Theater announced today.

The play, which will also star Tramell Tillman and Constance Wu, begins previews Thursday October 10, at McC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater, with an opening night on Monday October 28. The limited engagement runs through Sunday November 17.

O’Hara will direct his play, which is based on Paolo Genovese’s 2016 Italian comedy-drama Perfect Strangers. The movie holds the Guinness record for most remade film in cinema history, with more than 24 remakes in different languages.

Also in the cast will be Genevieve Hannelius, most recently seen in the Netflix original film Along for the Ride and the Netflix original series American Vandal. She is perhaps best known for starring on the three-time Emmy-nominated Disney Channel series Dog with a Blog.

Additional casting will be announced shortly.

The following contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy Season 4, now streaming on Netflix.

When fans learned Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy would end the show, they were very disappointed. They wanted more of the Hargreeves siblings, which makes sense as this is one of the most popular Netflix series. The plot also felt like it could continue for years with all the time-travel and alternate reality shenanigans.

Sadly, all good things must come to an end. Still, with three volumes collected at Dark Horse Comics, the show cleverly melds them all together for the last hurrah. In the process, there are key changes made as The Umbrella Academy brings the curtains down.

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The Umbrella Academy Comics

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The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite

Gerard Way

Gabriel B

Dave Stewart

Nate Piekos

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The Umbrella Academy: Dallas

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Playwright Christopher Durang has been named the recipient of The Dramatists Guild of America’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, joining a prestigious roster of such past awardees as John Guare, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Miller.

The Guild’s annual awards ceremony is scheduled for Monday, May 6, at New York City’s Sony Hall. No word yet on whether the celebrated Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike playwright, who has been out of the public eye since a diagnosis of progressive aphasia was disclosed two years ago, will attend.

“It’s a privilege to celebrate Christopher Durang with the Dramatists Guild’s highest honor, in recognition of his singular voice and his enduring impact on generations of other writers,” said Lloyd Suh, chair of the Dramatists Guild’s Awards Committee, in a statement. “His grace, wit, charm, and generosity are an example to all of us in the community of American dramatists.

Deep Dish Theater Company's eighth season continues with Uncle Vanya, Anton Checkhov's classic tale of love, loss and inconvenient truths. It will be directed by Deep Dish Artistic Director Paul Frellick and will run from February 19 to March 14 at the company's home in Chapel Hill's University Mall. The play takes place in the waning days of 19th Century Russia, as the celebrated professor Serebryakov (Tom Marriott) returns to his rural estate with his young wife Yelena (Anne-Caitlin Donohue). Their arrival throws the household into upheaval, disrupting the quiet lives of the professor's daughter Sonya (Page Purgar), her uncle Vanya (Mark Filiaci), the local country doctor Astrov (David Berberian) and the estate's other occupants. Like all of Chekhov's plays, Uncle Vanya paints a portrait of a discontented aristocracy watching their traditions slip away, yet seeing no clear future.

Deep Dish Theater Company's eighth season continues with Uncle Vanya, Anton Checkhov's classic tale of love, loss and inconvenient truths. It will be directed by Deep Dish Artistic Director Paul Frellick and will run from February 19 to March 14 at the company's home in Chapel Hill's University Mall. The play takes place in the waning days of 19th Century Russia, as the celebrated professor Serebryakov (Tom Marriott) returns to his rural estate with his young wife Yelena (Anne-Caitlin Donohue). Their arrival throws the household into upheaval, disrupting the quiet lives of the professor's daughter Sonya (Page Purgar), her uncle Vanya (Mark Filiaci), the local country doctor Astrov (David Berberian) and the estate's other occupants. Like all of Chekhov's plays, Uncle Vanya paints a portrait of a discontented aristocracy watching their traditions slip away, yet seeing no clear future.