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 […]

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 […]

This pandemic is infecting hundreds of thousands of Americans with the virus and all of us with fear. In response to dealing with the anxiety, uncertainty and isolation, I am launching a Mental Health Series: Instagram Live. Each episode will feature discussion of coping skills […]

We are living in scary times. The Coronavirus is threatening people’s health, financial stability and emotional well-being. Within our own beloved theater community, regional and community theaters are canceling current productions, and Broadway just closed it’s doors for one month (https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-will-go-dark-amid-coronavirus-concerns).  The fear this is […]

(Photo: Marc Franklin) Emojiland, currently running off-Broadway at The Duke on 42nd Street, is a delight of a musical, laugh-out-loud performances with an ear-worm score. It features characters based on well-known emojis, such as Skull (Lucas Steele), Princess (Lesli Margherita), Prince (Josh Lamon), and Smiling […]

Nora Schell (Spamilton, Company at Barrington Stage Company) is a rare breed, a person on the public eye who is wholly open about her life, triumphs and struggles. On social media, Schell has been honest about dealing with mental illness, helping to take one more […]

TW: This article contains discussion of the Holocaust and pictures of white nationalists and Nazi Germany. As I prepared to interview sage actor and writer Alexandra Silber (Fiddler on the Roof, author of After Anatevka and White Hot Grief Parade) about her role in the […]