“If audience members are tortured by a play, it should be because the playwright is forcing them to deal with life’s difficult issues.  It should not from lack of craft, or because the playwright is rambling on with nothing of substance to say.”

“Full of that dark humour and nihilist thinking that Beckett is so famous for, it really spoke to me on that day. What I didn’t know, however, was what it was teaching me for our very near future, a.k.a. our present lockdown.”

“While most productions big and small across the country did cancel or postpone, unlike Broadway or the West End’s ominous shuttering, a few productions in Korea have remained open. Korea’s approach elucidates hints of what the Broadway community should expect, or perhaps demand, from theater owners, audiences, producers, and marketing in order to move forward together.”

“There are tons of TikTok accounts dedicated to musical theater already, whether because users are creating theater-themed sounds following the “put a finger down” game trend for people to use, or they’re participating in riff challenges inspired by Christina Aguilera’s iconic one in Burlesque.”

Whether it be said in jest, or not, we as performers have heard the lot!

“Whether they’ve had a short Broadway run or didn’t become as popular as the musicals mentioned above for another reason, there are some true gems that haven’t gotten as much love as they deserve, and I’m hereby making it my duty to tell you about all of them. Or, you know, just a handful of my personal favorites.”

“These are hard times for all of us. For some people it is harder to stay at home, for some, it feels normal like nothing has changed. But however the situation is for each of us, we need to find something to occupy us and our minds.”

“Now more than ever, we need our community to come together and to be the biggest theatre troupe ever created.”

I've talked about how certain villains might have been given a bad rap, but let's be honest, there are plenty of characters that don't get enough of a rap. I was recently watching The Sound of Music, and the thought I kept having was, "Man, Rolfe is kind of a jerk."

“Regardless of your individual level of experience, it never hurts to explore what the greats have written on the subject.”

“Feel empowered that you can take charge of not only where you go next as things shift, but that you can be an enormously important part in guiding society towards a better world as they feel forced to shift as well.”

“We all have them. And we love them. Those precious items of clothing that remind us of shows we’ve done, or seen. Whether they’re show shirts, costume pieces, or have more subtle connections every one of them is special to us.”