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Interview: Tegan Summer, Producer of Highly Acclaimed Musical ‘Marilyn’
Think of a great concept and find your hook - your niche. What makes your musical different? Above all, don’t be afraid of change or dramaturgical advice.
Read More »Five Networking Tips to Accelerate Your Career
Networking will never feel like the most natural task, but it’s a necessary one that you must consistently undertake to move your career forward. Here are some ways to get more out of it.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s ‘Evita’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
The winner of multiple Tony Awards, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1976 musical arrives at San Antonio's Woodlawn Theatre in a note-perfect production.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Iphigenia Among the Taurians’ Adapted from Euripides
The text of this well-staged new adaptation strikes a smile-inducing, attention-grabbing, and surprisingly believable balance between literary authenticity – this is indeed Euripides' play in all its essentials – and contemporary informality and even snark.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): Jack London’s ‘The Iron Heel’ Adapted and Directed by Edward Einhorn
Where do you stand: with the oligarchy or with the common man? This well-acted, cleverly executed production is a mind-bending tour de force of ideas, with darkly twisting humor and swaths of realism thrown in to perplex.
Read More »Trump and the Empty-Self Syndrome
Donald Trump has lost touch with his inner self. He has what Parker J. Palmer refers to as “the empty-self syndrome.” This empty self is constantly and chronically hungry but the host lacks utter awareness of his own hunger. This is what makes Trump, and so many other bullies utterly dangerous.
Read More »Why Are We So (Needlessly) Afraid of the Dentist?
At the very heart of the average person’s fear of the dentist is a lack of trust.
Read More »Theater Review (DC): Jonathan Pryce in ‘The Merchant of Venice’ at the Kennedy Center
In the touring production from Shakespeare's Globe, Jonathan Pryce stands out as a thought-provoking and humanized Shylock.
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When is reconciliation and forgiveness meaningful?
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