The following piece was published in the program for Woodstock Arts’ 2022 production of Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat (directed by Zach Stolz; March 4th to March 20th, 2022, Woodstock, GA). And may I work this mill just as long as I am able, And never meet the man whose…

The following piece was published in the program for Out Front Theatre Company’s 2022 regional premiere of All the Natalie Portmans (directed by Nikki Toombs; written by C.A. Johnson; February 10th to 19th, 2022, Atlanta, GA). She was never able, after her education in the movies, to look at a…

We’re halfway through January, so I’m not sure if what I’m about to say is still appropriate, but here goes: happy new year, friends! When we rang in the new year, I was sick with what might have been the flu, so I didn’t have the energy to participate in…

On November 26, 2021, Stephen Sondheim passed away. He was the greatest musical theatre composer and lyricist of all time. No other artist has had a more meaningful impact on my life. Sondheim was 91 when he passed. He lived a very long, very fulfilling life. There’s that old adage…

The following piece was published in the program for Out Front Theatre Company’s 2021 production of Xanadu (directed by Paul Conroy; book by Douglas Carter Beane; songs by John Farrar and the Electric Light Orchestra; October 21st to November 14th, 2021, Atlanta, GA). The production was a co-production with Georgia…

I love birthdays. I always have. I know plenty of people say birthdays are always a source of anxiety or stress, but if anything, my birthday tends to calm my anxiety rather than trigger it. While I’m always a little skittish at being the center of attention, there’s something really…

The following piece was published in the program for the 2018 world premiere production of The Ethel Merman Disco Christmas Spectacular! (directed and written by Paul Conroy). “Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.” — Ethel Merman There was nobody quite…

(Awards are silly — and awards decided on by one person who keeps it all on an Excel document are even sillier! — but I’m choosing to embrace the activities that keep me from succumbing to the ol’ existential despair. More than the pageantry of awards or the stats of…

It’s the start of a new year, which calls for one of my favorite annual traditions: listing my ten favorite new-to-me movies I watched last year! I’ve been following the same set of rules for this kind of thing for the last few years: I’ll choose ten favorites, ranked as…