As you may know, I do most of my writing these days for Third Coast Review. I started off contributing pieces on film (reviews, festival coverage, event updates) here and there, before stepping into an editor role a little over a year ago. In that capacity, I field and publish several other (very ...
Archives for November 2018
Review: Maria By Callas
I've attended more opera in the last year than I have in all my years of attending theater (and that's a lot of years!). Thanks to my in over at Third Coast Review, I've been able to see several productions at Chicago's acclaimed Lyric Opera, and I'm always impressed by the grand scale of it all. ...
Glennon & Reese & Abby & Sophia…and All The Wisdom at TogetherLive
When I tried telling friends about the event I attended last night, I found it hard to explain. Kind of like a live podcast recording...without the podcast? A live event, but not a performance at all. Storytelling and truth-telling, but not preachy by any means. And depending on who I was talking ...
Review: A Private War
This Halloween, girls and women of all ages took to dressing up as heroes; a particular favorite appeared to be Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She's having quite a moment, after all, with the release of RBG, the rousing documentary about her life, the forthcoming On The Basis of Sex that ...
Review: Wildlife
Sometimes, when an actor says he or she is actually interested in directing, there's a collective eye-roll from those within earshot. It's like a singer saying "But what I really want to do is...act!" These talents don't often overlap, making those who have successfully made the leap from one ...