29 stories by "Crystal Paul"
Like countless others in the arts and beyond, drag performers have been hit hard by venue closures and stay-home orders. But the drag community has always found ways to endure, connect and c…
In 2018, Dani Tirrell's "Black Bois" captivated audiences with its multigenre performance sharing a wide range of experiences of Black 'bois.' This February, the show returns with an expande…
"Shout Sister Shout!" at Seattle Rep breathes life back into the legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, whose guitar genius and eclectic fusion of blues, jazz, gospel, country, rhythm and blues, a…
As an activist-artist herself, director Valerie Curtis-Newton finds common ground in the community of black women and the art-activism portrayed in her latest production, Christina Ham's "Ni…