Tuesday, July 01, 2025
Lowcountry
Passengers
I was watching a rehearsal of the circus show Passengers when things took an unexpected turn. I wrote about it and how the company pivoted in this piece for the NY Times.
Molière is back in town
What to Know About 28 Years Later
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland have returned to the franchise they launched with 28 Days Later, and the new movie is a banger! I wrote an explainer about the 28 franchise, with some choice quotes from Garland.
2025 Tonys
June and sci-fi movies are back
Another batch of five sci-fi movies streaming for your alt-world pleasure — thataway.
Summer theater around the country
I joined forces with the esteemed Laura Collins-Hughes for a roundup of cool theater to see around the country this summer. Get ready for some road trippin'! Click here for the list.
My Heart Will Go On in the Library of Congress
The Counterfeit Opera
Off we go: a belated series of links to what I've been up to this past month! I'm basically using this blog as an archive of my work.
Let's start with a preview of The Counterfeit Opera, a very loose adaptation of The Beggar's Opera that recently played Little Island. Story is here.
Monday, May 26, 2025
Cecilia Alemani's culture diary
I learned so much! My favorite kind of story is the kind where I explore something new to me. Click here for the latest culture diary (and some great photos).
Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole
Ugh, that show did not go over as well as I wanted it to. My thoughts on this new production at New York Theater Workshop are here.
Bus Stop
I love William Inge and am happy every time one of his plays gets produced in New York. I do wish this Bus Stop had been a little better…
Charles Strouse in 5 videos
Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, Applause: Charles Strouse had a way with earworms — maybe that's happens when a conservatory-trained composer starts his career writing advertising jingles. I picked five videos to celebrate his golden run in the 1960s and '70s.
Eurovision 2025
Once again I was on deck as part of the New York Times team covering the Eurovision Song Contest. I wrote about how to watch, Celine Dion's victory in 1988 and how to vote. And of course I was part of the liveblogging squad. Phew!
Theater to stream in May
There is still theater to stream out there, and some made it to this new column (I write it every other month). It's also really fun for me to search for obscure or semi-obscure theater-related movies and series that I can include alongside the livestreams. Click here for the links.
Jasmine Amy Rogers
Sci-fiction never stops
Off and Off Off Broadway roundup
There is still time to catch several of the shows I included in my roundup of Off and Off Off Broadway productions for May! (I know, I know — so derelict.) Click here for the list.
Five Models in Ruins, 1981
Saturday, May 03, 2025
Keeley Hawes
Grief Camp
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Stranger Things The First Shadow
Does the Stranger Things-verse translate to Broadway? My review of The First Shadow is up at the NY Times.
Jeremy Jordan
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Jinkx Monsoon interview
The Shrouds
The first David Cronenberg movie I ever saw was Videodrome, right when it came out. I didn't know what hit me! Here we are, decades later, and I reviewed his latest for the NY Times. Click here for my take on The Shrouds.
A French mother-daughter duo does Gypsy
Paddling the Delaware
Five sci-fi movies for April
I've started mulling over the May column and so I probably link to the current one — I'm so behind in those posts, which are pretty much a running tally of what I publish! Here you go: 5 under-the-radar sci-fi movies to stream this month!
Revisiting the college years with the cast of All Nighter
The Cherry Orchard
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Being Maria
Sunday, March 23, 2025
The rites of spring skiing
Kooky outfits, wacky races, cold drinks on warm decks: I wrote about the rites of spring skiing for the Washington Post. Click here for a gift link.