Originally published on Politico View this story online As the election ticks down to the wire, there's a glaring disadvantage staring the Trump campaign in the face"one that is an explicit …
It's early in the year to blame a weight gain on the holidays, but after seeing Holiday Inn, the new Irving Berlin musical at Studio 54, I was afraid to step on the scale for fear some of th…
First loves are often the subject of works of drama, but the first loves reminisced about in Stuffed differ greatly from those of a Shakespearean tragedy. Instead of a next-door neighbor or …
Originally published in Dame Magazine Read this story online "I'm fluent in Bastard. It's one of my languages," Selina Meyer, the title character in HBO's Veep, states unapologetically. A po…
Being a part of an immersive theater production is one experience, but having an aerialist dangle less than five feet from your head (while the silks that the aerialist hangs from brush your…
The meaning of time is constantly pondered, discussed and perhaps even escaped from by the protagonist of The Encounter, the new play on Broadway by Simon McBurney, but, for th…
"I'm glad I didn't have a drink before seeing this play," was my first thought as I left a performance of Bachelorette, Leslye Headland's dark comedy that was revived at Walkerspace. This se…
It's not all fun and games in The Wolves, the new play by Sarah DeLapppe receiving its world-premiere production from the Playwrights Realm. Despite taking place on a soccer field, an…
A sign at the entrance of The Birds warns audience members that the production contains the use of fog and nudity. However, neither of the two aspects of the play that require warning are sh…
“I worry you think too much,” one character says to anther in Spinoza’s Ethics, the ambitious new play being presented in the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City.…
It looked like it was going to be another quiet night at work for Robert at the small Belfast pub, but he couldn’t have been more wrong…
I appeared on “AM Joy” to discuss my Politico article “I Survived Trump Magazine – Barely.” Watch the interview below.
Originally published on HowlRound.com Read this story online "This wasn't something we had planned for," said Diane Paulus. The director of the Tony-nominated musical Waitress, Paulus and th…
Originally published on Glamour.com Read this story online "Wow, I've had a lot of coffee this morning!" Ani DiFranco laughs. The singer-songwriter and activist has been talking nonstop for …
Originally published on Out.com Read this story online When Michael Cerveris, who pla…
Originally published on AmericanTheatre.org Read this story online When Lisa Loomer accepted the invitation to write a play for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's American Revolutions series …
Originally published in Dame Magazine Read this story online Seven seasons in and Pretty Little Liars has finally addressed the elephant in the room. No, they have not identified the …
Originally published on Politico.com Read this story online I had been at Trump magazine for only four months when my first paycheck bounced. We'd heard rumors of the company's financial tro…
Because Jellicles do and Jellicles can. At least, the male ones. Cats was the first Broadway musical seen by this critic. At the young age of seven, on a family trip to New York, she was fir…
Originally published on HowlRound.com Read this story online When Ayad Akhtar brought his new play Junk to Powerhouse Theater, the work was an unfinished product. Only two acts had been writ…
Originally published on PEOPLE.com View this story online Art is imitating life for Aaron Tveit " for better or worse. Starring in Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King’s new pol…
Originally published on The Nation View this story online The uneasy state of feminism in America is reflected in the well-intentioned but unsteady production of The Taming of the Shrew at C…
Originally published on HowlRound.com Read this story online Standing ovations and bouquets of roses are common for many performers at the conclusion of a show, but during a recent performan…
It's not clear who gets the last word in either The Father or A Doll's House, the two dramas being performed in repertory at Theatre for a New Audience. But with productions this gripping an…
Originally published on PEOPLE.com Read this story online A veteran singer-songwriter who has been touring the world for more than 10 years, Sara Bareilles has witnessed plenty of onstage mi…