Arts

"Drawing fast has always been fun for me. I realized how boring it was to draw in a studio, trapped at a drafting board. I was much more interested in the world around me, documenting the action as it happened."

In The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History John Ortved documents the legendary behind-the-scenes battles between co-creators Matt Groening, Sam Simon and James L. Brooks.

Together, Hunter Gatherers and boom make for an impromptu Nachtrieb festival that explores his big ideas about human nature in devilishly entertaining comedies, a result greater than the sum of its wonderful parts.

If you believe Barrymore Awards mean anything — and in this case, you should — you've got to be impressed by People's Light & Theatre Co.'s four for last year. The same creative team reimagine Snow White in Hollywood this year.

Jansson puts the artist and the pragmatist together in a house for the winter, and invites her readers to watch as they slowly taint and warp each other.

It was a noble experiment, and T&P made for nice neighbors who were at least as showy as that Mexican wrestling mask place.

"Jubilee" seems a fitting tag for the 40th season of a dance company so versed in versatility.

"It's a loving tribute that gives you a lot of the warmth and feeling you got from the original but in a completely different way. ... It's funny and somehow dear."

"I haven't even thought of dancing like this for many years, and yet there it was — like riding a bicycle."