“A woman and her husband were kicked off a JetBlue flight after hurling numerous homophobic and racial slurs at fellow passengers. The woman was later identified as Broadway dancer and choreographer, Maddie Kelly.”

“Casting roles shouldn’t be an assembly line – it should be a celebration of how a role becomes special and uniquely moving as told by any individual actor. And I think it’s a way for actors to liberate themselves and take some control in a system that often tries to fit us into a cookie cutter mold.”

“We are losing artists, we are losing stories, we are losing cultures that are becoming scattered to the winds. We need to protect eastern Europe, we need to protect Ukrainians, artists included, who have a unique power to inspire and shape us for the better.”

“It was announced that the upcoming ‘Wicked’ movie will be split into two installments with the first coming out in 2024 and the second a year later. Given the combination that the musical itself is shorter than three hours and the track record of movie musicals at the box office, this decision is dumb and will ultimately fail.”

“The show is a living, belting reminder that the one thing that unites all New Yorkers is our unshakable love/hate relationship with our city, that everyone belongs here even when it feels like no one belongs here, that every street corner is the setting for a hundred thousand stories written by a hundred thousand authors.”

“Yesterday, Tim Rice tweeted that he was headed to New York to discuss his 1984 Cold War rock musical he created with ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.”

“In 2016, Bridgette Doucette-Howell was one of 8 finalists for Teacher of the Year in New Hampshire. Now, just six years later Doucette-Howell faces prison over charges of sexually assaulting one of her students.”

“Despite the public backlash from within the theatre industry in 2020, that hasn’t stopped James Nederlander from giving money to GOP politicians and PACs as recently as November 2021.”

“When people are happy to work, their work will be better. When people have their access needs met, they will be more likely to return to the workplace. Enough is enough, we are entering a new era for theatre where we define what we need, not the other way around.”

“After one performance of “Be More Chill”, school administrators at a high school in CA moved to cancel the remaining performances due to the “mature content” in the show.”

“I need every theater organization that hired positions like mine over the past couple of years to understand that there was a real need for these positions to exist, and we must be allowed to do the work that is necessary.”

“To those who feel assured in their ability to land parts, don’t get too comfortable and never forget your position as an artist constantly striving for a deeper truth. To those who feel overlooked and forgotten, take care of yourself and do not allow criticism and self-doubt to erode your passion.”