Elsa & Anna & Harry & Hermione & Ron
I’m a 35-year-old man who spent half of his week immersed in stories for kids, attending performances of “Frozen,” the new Broadway...
Dance and Domestic Violence in Carousel
It’s embarrassing to be a lifelong musical theater fan and not have seen classics like “Carousel,” the revered 1945 Rodgers and...
Refugee Stories That Look You In The Eye
I’m well aware that there is an international refugee crisis currently redefining our world. The United States has, thus far, largely...
An "Angels" for Today's America
Why does “Angels in America” still feel so relevant? It shouldn’t. A quarter century after its Broadway premiere, in the age of gay...
Self-doubt at "Mean Girls," the musical
All teen comedies have a moral, and the moral of “Mean Girls” is “be your authentic self” (which, to be fair, is the moral of most teen...
Truth and Consequences in "Lobby Hero"
Kenneth Lonergan’s 2001 play “Lobby Hero,” which makes its Broadway debut this week, is not really a play about politics, even though it...
Origin Stories at Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance
Nearly 20 years after seeing first seeing the Paul Taylor Dance Company, in high school, with my mom, and more than a decade after...
Illusion & Identity & "In & Of Itself"
The deconstruction of identity is typically the concern of academics and activists, not so much magicians. But Derek DelGaudio’s “In & Of...
Brian's Best Picture: A Protest
An evaluation of this year's nominated films, and why none of them should win. The Big Short The Revenant may have been a brutal shoot,...
Rice is to Taiwan as _______ is to America
When we think of what defines nationality, we tend to think language, politics, the various components of culture. We generally don’t...
