Dr. Drama

I recently attended a performance of Evita at the famed American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA and left feeling incredible pathos for the character of Che. This surprised me, as I had always experienced Che as an angry stand-in for the audience’s perspective, a single […]

Director Sammi Cannold is at the helm of the current production of the famed musical, Evita, currently playing at the American Repertory Theater (ART) in Cambridge, MA with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lyrics by Time Rice. She is an exciting and young director […]

The Life of Pi is positively magical storytelling that uses the human form, puppetry, lighting and design to weave a breathtaking tapestry. Currently running on Broadway, it tells the story of 16-year-old Pi and his impossible journey through shipwreck, survival at sea and sharing his […]

To listen to Eleri Ward perform is to hear a vocal journey in tone, lyrics and emotion. Her covers of Sondheim songs, which are intimate and haunting, catapulted her career and her notoriety in the NYC theater community. She made her off-Broadway debut this past […]

There is a community of people who carry an enthusiastic interest in both Broadway and Barbra Streisand. I am a proud member of that group and have been since a very young age. I was so excited when I turned 5 because I was finally […]

The much anticipated 2021 revival of perennial favorite The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, began preview performances on December 20th to much trumpeting and fanfare. Originally slated to open in September of 2020, the global pandemic pushed back their residency at the […]

The film adaptation of In the Heights, based on the 2005 Broadway musical, is an unapologetically Latine story, set in the neighborhood of Washington Heights in uptown Manhattan. This movie and the moment it is claiming belong to all of the Hispanic and Latine Americans […]

As part of the Brain Lab series, Kalyn West and I were honored to welcome panelists Christian Lewis, L Morgan Lee, Hayley St. James, Donnie Cianciotto and Preston Allen to discuss why representation matters and the impact of trans erasure, specifically with the Broadway production […]

This past weekend, I moderated a panel on Musicals & Mental Health during the pandemic at BroadwayCon, theater’s annual fan convention. This conversation featured Hailey Kilgore (Once on this Island), Brittney Mack (Six the Musical), Sky Lakota-Lynch (Dear Evan Hansen) and Lesli Margherita (Matilda) to […]

The pandemic has brought fresh focus onto the primacy of our mental health. As we quarantine at home, the decreased noise and distraction have allowed us to sit with our thoughts and feelings. Seeing these conversations about emotional wellness sprout around us, I was inspired […]