Oklahoma!March 31, 2025Something feels wrong about skipping over the great musical composers to the deeper cuts. It’s not like any of my cuts are that deep, but I’d still feel embarrassed if any of my readers were caught in public knowing Come From Away and not Cole Porter. Last time, I covered Company, one of many great Sondheim musicals. This time we’re going back to the Golden Age (a suspicious name for the first era when people wrote musicals as we now know them) and Rodgers and Hammerstein. read more...If this isn't niceFebruary 09, 2025I wanted this to be a shorter post so that I could publicize an improv show I’m doing over the next few weeks, but it seems like now it’ll be a regular length post with a very late announcement (first show today at 4pm). I’m performing at CSz Seattle with The Loop. Our show is called Meet Cute, and we’re sharing the stage with two other excellent groups, Movie Mash and Neighborhood Block. read more...Resolutions 2025January 27, 2025It can’t be healthy to think about resolutions for this long. It should be reserved for that lazy week at the end of the year when you’re just starting to feel shamefully well-rested. It’s harder to pretend the new year is so full of possibilities once you’re back in the rhythm of things. When you give yourself a month, you end up with whatever this is. All the recent hedging hasn’t excised all the optimism of early drafts (or any of the indulgence). read more...Marathon Postmortem 5: HonoluluJanuary 11, 2025Five is a lot of marathons to write about. All the typing gets tiring after a while. Around the 4 or 5 mark they really start to blend together. If I were to keep running a marathon every year, this is probably where I’d quietly put down this postmortem habit. Then only the dozens of people I told in person would know that I ran the Honolulu Marathon last month. But for the first time in years, I don’t know when my next race will be, so I’ll get a break anyway. read more...CompanyNovember 19, 2024My problem is that I have no idea what my favorite musical is. Not even close, like a top 3 or favorite Golden Age, modern, movie, etc. musical. Sure, most people don’t, but most people also don’t tell every stranger they meet that they like show tunes (when the conversation naturally shifts towards music). Most people don’t face the question often, and when they do, they haven’t pinned any part of their identity to it. read more...All posts