Hey y'all, hope your weekend is going well! Today I think it's important to celebrate the wonderful women in the world, but also to honor those of us who have been lost due transphobia, racism, sexism, and other deeply destructive aspects of our society. Today we pay homage to women of all colors, creeds, sexual and [...]
I was tired this month. So tired. And sniffly, and sometimes a little down. It's February, and although I did not have to face the bitter cold my East Coast friends are suffering in, there is an odd malaise that settled in nonetheless. The shortness of the month is always startling, work was stressful (but still [...]
I haven't posted in a week, but that's ok because like Kendrick Lamar, I still love myself. Here, have some Sunday Reads, y'all. ~ "Feminist or a Womanist" by Staceyann Chinn. She is brilliant, powerful, and is giving me major fro envy. "Fifth Avenue, Uptown" by James Baldwin. A beautiful essay about how his neighborhood had changed [...]
For black history month, I thought it would be nice to focus on black theatre (although, really, when do I not?). So for this week's edition of Theatre News/Worldly Wednesday, I've chosen a city a little closer to home: Detroit. Once known for its booming industry and lively arts scene (Motown, anyone?) Detroit has struggled to [...]
Today's a big day: we celebrate both Super Bowl Sunday and the start of Black History Month. Not to mention Langston Hughes' 113th birthday! I'm rooting for the Patriots (we lived in the Boston area for a few years that happened to be some of their winningest sports-wise) and am lucky enough to be able to [...]
Partly because I totally didn't post yesterday and partly because I think it's a great idea, I've deemed today Thankful Thursday. (Have you noticed that I love alliteration yet?) Maybe I'll alternate each week between Worldly Wednesday and Thankful Thursday, which both sound an awful lot like features on a parenting blog. But that's ok. [...]
Sundays are funny because they are tinged with both optimism (how glorious--a brand new week!) and mild panic (oh no, I wasted my whole weekend on Netflix and tumblr!) Either way, the bittersweet endnote to the week was made for reading, and that's just what I'll do. In other news, it's sunny and gorgeous here in Cali, [...]
Good morning, y'all! I want to start doing something a little different with these weekly theatre news posts. In addition to a round-up of important, surprising, and exciting happenings in the theatre world, I want to start highlighting a different city each week by examining its theatrical traditions, performance spaces, and current theatre news. I figure that [...]
So last night I saw Selma. It begins with Dr. King preparing for his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, him looking dapper and Mrs. King (played by Carmen Ejojo) as elegant as ever. The film is a tour-de-force; the cinematography, the direction, the score. And David Oyelowo as Dr. King gives one of the most [...]
Hi everyone, I know I've been MIA for the past week, and I promise to get back on track soon. I just wanted to pop in and remind you that I'm still kickin'. I have some great posts in the works (they involve things like Broadway and Cuba!) and I just need to get my [...]
Around the World in 80 Plays 