It’s been proven again and again: Art thrives on restriction. And kitschy art demands it the way even the most genteel of man-bat hybrids demand hot, fresh blood. So it’s no surprise that the best thing about Landless Theatre Company’s current revival of Bat Boy: The Musical is its audacious modesty. That’s not an oxymoron: Their production is low-budget, low-tech, low-brow, and high camp. One wishes it was a bit more high-efficiency: No show…

After months of speculation, it’s official: broadcast journalist Katie Couric will be leaving NBC’s Today Show at the end of May to anchor the CBS Evening News. As noted yesterday in the Washington Post, three women — Barbara Walters at ABC, Connie Chung at CBS and Elizabeth Vargas, at ABC’s “World News Tonight” — have co-anchored alongside men. This makes Couric the first solo female anchor of a weekday network newscast. Fishbowl DC has the…

We spend plenty of time complaining about the state of the region’s public transit network, be it delays on Metrorail, unpredictable arrival times for Metrobuses, or just too much traffic along area roadways. But at least we don’t have to hitchhike to work. Today the Post features an entertaining feature on John Schindel, a Stafford County man whose decade-old DUI conviction has left him at the mercy of fellow motorists to get him to and…

It is a sad morning for news professionals and news junkies here in the District, as it was reported late last night that ABC “World News Tonight” anchor Peter Jennings has died after a struggle with lung cancer. “Peter has been our colleague, our friend, and our leader in so many ways,” ABC News President David Westin said in a statement. “None of us will be the same without him.” Weather today will see highs…