Six puts the spotlight back where it belongs: on the women who made the man.   Photo courtesy of the Ordway True story: I have always been a history buff, for my whole life. Even in elementary school, I sought out books about the days of yore, imagining what it

I know it didn’t work out this time, but can we have a little Ichabod Crane again later? Sometimes I think my mind exists in a vortex and I’ll never catch up. Let me explain: in my busy day to day of late, I seem to be missing basic facts.

Before there was Caitlyn Jenner, or Pose on FX …   Photo by Dan Norman … or any number of other famous trans faces or characters; before Janet Mock was a twinkle in the eye of Hollywood’s firmament, there was Hedwig. Photo by Dan Norman Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Is drag having a golden age?   Photo by Gustavo Garcia Between *the* Ru Paul, the effervescently gorgeous (and shamefully overlooked this awards season) Pose on FX, and the preponderance of local drag brunches like Flip Phone immediately selling out, it seems there’s never been a better time to do drag.

Every rose has it’s thorn…   Photo by Jeremy Daniel And I pricked myself on a few at the touring performance of Rock of Ages last weekend. Photo by Jeremy Daniel The crowd was ready to rock and roll (literally) as the first shreds came off the axe on stage

The first (and only) musical about Gloria Estefan is the new West Side Story (yeah, I went there).   Photo by Matthew Murphy We hear electrified instruments; a blistering trumpet fills the air, and suddenly! A thin fabric screen is whisked away to reveal the awesome power of the new

“Folks always tryin’ to kill what they can’t understand, for whatever reason”   Photo courtesy of Interact It’s rare, but sometimes something comes at me so fresh and so unexpectedly that it takes my breath away. I had the pleasure of just such an experience last weekend at Hot Funky

Fledgling artists take note: Theatre Elision’s zany theatrics and guerrilla social media strategy is changing the game in #tctheater Photo from Theatre Elision’s website How do you write a review about a show described like this: “Ghost Quartet” is a song cycle about love, death and whiskey from Dave Malloy,

I find that when it comes to art, it finds you when you need it most.   Photo by Dan Norman Take last week, when I truly had the week from hell. Between wedding planning, multiple family medical emergencies, and a busy work schedule, all of our plans got totally

When the weather matches the mood of your show, you know you’ve got something powerful going on.   Photo by Dan Norman I have always been a great lover of opera, so it saddens me that I haven’t had a chance to see many performances in the last few years!