I have been hedging on writing this post for a couple of years now, but I feel like it’s time to speak out.  Why can’t we all be as charming as Marcus Samuelsson? (Photo here) Guys, we need to have a chat. I’m not sure how to write this and

I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day…. Photo by Joan Marcus What would the world have been like if Motown Records never existed? I mean think about it – the entire popular musical landscape we enjoy today would essentially not exist. No Marvin Gaye. No Temptations or Commodores. No Diana

Taking a risk is almost always a good thing. That was my thought while watching Sunday in the Park With George, the Guthrie’s latest mainstage offering. For the past several years since they really started focusing on producing extraordinary summer musicals, the Guthrie has chosen to stick with relatively safe classics

More and more Native American artists and characters seem to be lifted up into the mainstream these days… Photo by Mark van Cleave And it’s so incredibly exciting to me! It was one of the first things that stood out to me about Wonder Woman, and I hope this trend

When is the last time you saw African dance performed live? How about on ice skates?  Photo courtesy of the Million Artists Movement For most people the answer to the first question is likely rarely; the answer to the latter is almost always never. Thanks to Brownbody CoMotion, that no

An impressive debut from a dynamic new company, The Boy and Robin Hood is an engrossing play and marks Trademark as a company to watch Photo by Rick Spaulding What would you create if you could create anything? I’ve thought about that question many times. I like to fancy myself

How many contemporary Asian American characters can you name in popular media today?  Photo by Bob Suh That was the question met with total silence at the intermission of Charles Francis Chan Jr’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery (OMM hereafter), Mu Performing Arts’ latest offering that is now showing at the

Telling the long-lost story of Ira Aldridge, Red Velvet pulls you into a narrative of heartbreak and perseverance.  Photo by John Heimbuch Sometimes, things can be distilled into simple essences. Red Velvet, the latest production from Walking Shadow Theatre Company at the Southern Theater, could be summed up simply with:

I have some exciting news…. Photo Credit: http://duluth-mn.purzuit.com/  I’ve been bursting at the seams to share this with you all but I needed to wait until the first piece was up: I’m now writing for Thrillist! I’m so excited to venture into a new form of writing and to work within

This show is Chicago meets the Andrews Sisters, and it will have you humming along. Last weekend, I saw two shows and neither had a single man on stage (unless you count a lone accompanist – but he had no speaking lines so I’ll give it a pass). This wasn’t intentional on