Ah, spring. Your playlists gets a little lighter, a little more nostalgic. The flowers are blooming (like the pretty purple buds that put up a good fight on your desk-RIP). Rain trickles from clouds so fluffy you swear they were mashed potatoes in another life. The family of quail that lives in your neighborhood scurries by, little top-feathers [...]
Tag: theater
Uptown Funk
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 [...]
Sunday Evenin’ Blues
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 [...]
The Start of Something New
Helloooooo 2015! If you're tired of "Best of 2014" lists, here is some fresh new writing to get your week started. This short, sweet essay from The Rumpus about the ways in which a loving little baby and a heartbroken grown woman took care of one another. Celeste Ng's recent article for Salon, on the vast yet much-overlooked [...]
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 [...]
10 Things You Learn REAL Fast in PR
In case you don't know, I've been working at a performing arts PR firm in the Bay Area for about a month now. PR isn't my background, but I had experience in writing and theatre so I jumped right into this field that was entirely new to me. As with any "first real job", there [...]
Around the World in 80 Plays 