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 […]

Proud to have collaborated with OnStage Blog on this piece about recent sexual abuse revelations within the theater community and ways to identify predatory behavior. http://www.onstageblog.com/voices/2018/6/18/metoo-in-the-theatre-understanding-the-warning-signs-of-grooming Best, Dr. Drama

Ilana Bolotsky is currently making her Broadway dreams come true, although you won’t find her singing or dancing on stage. Bolotsky is behind the scenes as a Child Guardian at Once on This Island for the two actresses playing the role of Little Girl. Speaking […]

Ann Harada has been keeping Broadway audiences entertained for years in shows such as Cinderella, 9 to 5, M Butterfly, Seussical, and Les Miserables. I first encountered the finely-tuned musical comedy chops of Harada in the original 2003 off-Broadway run of Avenue Q. Her unassuming […]

By most measures, Lauren Boyd has arrived. She is in this century’s most seminal piece of theater, dancing in the ensemble and as an understudy for Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds in Hamilton: An American Musical. After a lifetime honing her craft and years on the road […]

Bringing young children to live theater is both thrilling and daunting. It’s a chance to expose them to pure imagination, sustained attention, and endless possibilities. It can also be stressful and confusing finding bathrooms, parking strollers, and keeping the kids entertained until the curtain rises. […]

When celebrated lyricist Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the song “It’s Quiet Uptown” for Hamilton: An American Musical about the loss of a child, he acknowledged in the lyrics that sometimes words simply fail. “There are moments that the words don’t reach. There’s a grief too […]

Clinical psychology has been recently touting the therapeutic benefits of coloring. Research has shown that engaging in this activity can reduce both physical and emotional stress. Lucky for fans of musical theater, adult coloring has recently entered the Broadway world.  Andrea Koehler heads up Coloring […]

It’s time for BroadwayCon and we are beyond excited! Broadway Goes Pop, Coloring Broadway, Dr. Drama, The Hamilcast, Theater People Podcast/Broadway Backstory/True Crime Obsessed*, and Tatro: A Magnetic World of Play have joined together to celebrate this fantastic event that brings theater fans behind the […]

There are moments when the full power of a musical is amplified and lifted beyond its prior potential by the events occurring outside of the theater walls. I witnessed such a moment this past summer during a stellar production of Ragtime when hatred and violence […]