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Theatre Interview: Safiyya Ingar from ‘Two Billion Beats’ at the Orange Tree Theatre
There's so many different ways to be a hero. ... I like knowing I'm that person in a room who says, "I see you. I hear you. Is there anything I can do to help?"
Read More »Review (NYC): ‘Schtick a Pole in It’ Celebrates Nine Years of Comedy and Pole Dancing, with the Music of Styx (21 January 2022)
Comedians alternate with dancers at the only comedy-and-pole-dancing series in...the universe?
Read More »Theatre Interview: Karen Ascoe from Guildford Shakespeare Company’s ‘Hamlet’
"Working on site-specific things offers up many challenges. For actors, it adds a whole new dimension to the play, being in a wonderful location."
Read More »Theatre Review: ‘Constellations’ Online at the Donmar Warehouse
Brilliant two-hander 'Constellations' is the reminder we need right now about what's yet to be discovered in relationships.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Ectoplasm’ by Sara Fellini
A Houdini-esque debunker of Spiritualism confronts a medium at a fancy séance-party in this nice-looking but un-engaging period piece.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Michael Kahan, ‘Funny in Failure’ Podcast Host
Michael Kahan's podcast combines thoughtful conversation with comedy in his interviews, exploring challenges and failures that celebrities encountered in their careers.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Seeing Place Theater’s Searing Revival of ‘Wit’ by Margaret Edson
A new production of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Wit' about a dying cancer patient is particularly poignant now.
Read More »Interview: Wray Armstrong and Evita Zhang of Armstrong Music & Arts on Bridging the China-West Cultural Divide
As it manages artists and tours the agency works to facilitate cross-cultural exchange of music, opera, dance and more while building careers.
Read More »Sunrise, Sunset, and the Burning Bush
The other day, we observed the winter solstice. The day with the fewest hours of sunlight in the calendar year—the longest, darkest night. I happen to live 100 feet above the Lake Michigan shore, and I am often treated to beautiful sunrises if I get up early enough–the beauty of …
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