Smallville's John Glover, a Tony winner in 1995 for Love! Valour! Compassion!, in April will replace Bob Martin in Broadway's The Drowsy Chaperone, playing the Man in Chair/narrator, the New York Times reports. Martin, as you undoubtedly read in today's fresh Q&A, is off to the West End to fill the role in a London staging of the hit musical.
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To watch, or not to watch? That is the question. The answer should actually be fairly obvious since Sundance Channel's Canadian import, Slings & Arrows, is so deliciously written, with its wry sense of humor and its incredibly stylized dialogue filled with juicy layered meanings. TVGuide.com recently had a chance to speak with the show's head writer, Bob Martin — who just so happens to have won a Tony for his narration of the Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone and is busying himself for the London staging — about Slings' third season, which premieres Sunday at 8 pm/ET.
TVGuide.com: I walk past your smiling face on a huge Drowsy billboard every morning. Is that a bit surreal for you, because usually you're behind the scenes as a writer?Bob
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Question: Will the third season of the brilliantly funny and smart Canadian series Slings & Arrows be aired on American TV?
Answer: As with the first two seasons, Sundance Channel will be the home of the third go-round for this wonderfully theatrical comedy-drama. I don't have an airdate for this yet, but I just noticed the first season is out on DVD, with the second season being issued in October. (Both are six episodes each, not unlike British TV.) It's great fun, and I can't wait to see the third season myself. (One of the show's writers, Bob Martin, is the star of and one of the geniuses behind the Tony-winning hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone, which is just as enjoyable if even loopier than Slings & Arrows. ...
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