Throughout my entire dance career — which now spans almost 20 years — I have taken exactly one Indian dance class. That day I was treated to a two-hour worksho...
In German novelist and playwright Gustav Freytag’s book, “Technique of the Drama,” he defines the fifth and final act of a play as the “catastrophe.”
“The c...
*This piece came in second place for a Los Angeles Press Club for Best Commentary/Analysis of TV/Film Across All Platforms (Print, Online, TV and Radio) in 202...
I heard the horror stories and of the few joyous moments my mother and father shared. I have known about this man for 25 years. I am the only person in my fami...
At the end of CONTRA-TIEMPO’s joyUS justUS, the entirety of the stage and audience is dotted with stars. Beams come from above, freckling our faces a...
Rebecca Sugar’s Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe has been a source of progressive delight for both children and adults since 2013. A fantastical...
Always just as fast with the punchline as it is with the gut-punch, BoJack Horseman was never afraid to bring the tone down to truly marvel at the dreadfulness of its lead....
For a second you think you are looking at a Beyoncé video: black and brown people gaze intently at you, while lounging on the branches of a tree in white, marigold and red flounced skirts. Looking closer, your eye discerns some hanging in distinctly uncomfortable back-breaking poses. ...
r for Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of the Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Cats” dropped in July, I screamed – partially in shock that the thing even existed, partially in terror at the digitally altered cat-human creatures that were on my screen....
