On the Providence of Summer (And Why I Hate It)
As you read this, we are in the second day of summer, a season I appreciate (for all the life, the beauty, the cooling pool outside, the...
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May 19, 202318 min read
David Henry Hwang, pt 2: Musical Voyages
For the next two weeks, in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I continue to celebrate my mentor and teacher...
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Jan 13, 202316 min read
The Juvenilia: First Words
Everyone has apprentice plays. Most people don’t know Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams wrote dozens of plays (rarely performed now)...
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Sep 23, 20227 min read
How I Learned to Stop Being Pretentious and Love Cats
I tried to understand cats for years. The animals, I mean. I’m such an animal lover now that most people would be horrified to know I was...
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Aug 13, 20223 min read
On Andrew Lloyd Webber's Britishness-- Part 3
A flop can close in one night or a week—a couple perhaps. On Broadway, that is. The West End is not known for too many gregariously long...
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Aug 6, 20223 min read
On Andrew Lloyd Webber's Britishness-- Part 2
How do you follow up a colossal megahit like The Phantom of the Opera? That must have been the question on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mind...
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Jul 30, 20223 min read
On Andrew Lloyd Webber's Britishness- Part 1
In the 1960s-70s, the world of musical theatre changed rapidly. The introduction of rock and roll all but decimated the days when a...
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