I feel revitalized after an amazing weekend in New York. My family agreed to an MLK weekend trip to New York City, mostly because they love me. We saw The Color Purple and Hamilton. Cynthia Erivo's clarion-voiced Celie stopped my heart more times than I can count. This is the third cast I've seen perform The Color Purple, and the [...]
Musings on race, excellence, and modern American musical theatre
Happy Wednesday! This hummingbird image has very little to do with my post but a great deal to do with my mood. It's a good day today! I'll keep it short and sweet with a little itemized update on my life: 1. I'm getting back to posting regularly, bear with me. Turns out, it's kind of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It's Wednesday! We're halfway through the week and thaaaat much closer to the weekend and to Christmas. Those of you in finals mode right now, I will try to restrain my self-satisfied grin and offer you my sincerest condolences. In honor the finals struggle bus, and really anyone else who is having trouble focusing though [...]
Happy Tuesday everyone! (She says with sleepy hope over her third cup of black tea). December is chock-full of holiday arts, and last weekend I was able to see two of the most inventive Christmas shows the Bay Area has to offer. Play number 14: Friday, December 5, I saw Brian Copeland's "The Jewelry Box" [...]
Happy Monday! I totally forgot to post my Sunday reads so I'll post them now! This comprehensive guide to good journalism about Ferguson, Missouri. Important to me because my family is from St. Louis and important in general because racism, classism, and police brutality should matter to everyone. And when we are inundated with a [...]
Happy Wednesday everyone! I'm feeling good this week because I had one of those weekends that reminded me of why I'm doing what I'm doing, and encouraged me to re-focus on my goals with fresh eyes. Plus, it's a new month (which means we have long leads and pitches and press releases to go out [...]
Around the World in 80 Plays 