The Amazing ‘Les Misérables’ 2.0 Will Make You Feel Miserable in a Good Way
It’s been about 11 years since I saw Les Misérables. I actually saw it four times. During my time at Texas A&M University, I was a member of this organization that hosted the national touring musical companies coming through the giant metroplex known as College Station. That said, I was a volunteer usher that showed...
‘Bring it On: The Musical’ vs. ‘Bring it On: The Movie’
When I went with my friend Ben to see Bring it On: The Musical, he asked me, “Are these broadway actors who learned how to cheer or cheerleaders who learned how to be broadway actors?” “A valid question,” I answered. “I have no idea.” And that’s how I pretty much felt going into the show....
Geist Infection: ‘Avenue Q’ Characters and Other Naughty Puppets
Kerri Brackin, Nicky, Rod, and Brent Michael DiRoma from ‘Avenue Q’ (Photo by John Daughtry) Last week, I saw the brilliant and not-too-appropriate-for-children musical Avenue Q and I have to say that it was one of the most magical moments in my musical-going career. It was unbelievably refreshing to see puppets partake in coitus and...
I Found a Fashion Angle to West Side Story!
As seen on SF Unzipped… Last Week, “West Side Story” graced the stage at the Orpheum Theater while the first game of the World Series was being played — lucky for us, the score was announced in the beginning and intermission. Nonetheless, the decades have treated this musical well and made it culturally relevant. More...
Tales from my trip to New York Fashion Week
I went to New York for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (which would explain my absence) – but I wasn’t necessarily there in the “fashion journalist” capacity. In the past, I went there to cover the shows and be a spazz jumping around from tent to tent; venue to venue – but now that I am reppin’...
Isaac Mizrahi tackles Sondheim?
This is news that I is kind of relevant (a.k.a. filler on my blog) Isaac Mizrahi probably went to the same “fashion designers can be directors” school as Tom Ford because he’s going to “direct and design a production of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler tuner “A Little Night Music” at Opera Theater of St. Louis...
Andrea Lauer knows how to dress the ‘American Idiot’
From the moment the lights flood the stage at the Berkeley Rep’s production of American Idiot, your senses overload with the Green Day aesthetic of punk counter culture angst. As the company belts out the lyrics from the title song, they are draped in this rebellious, wanderlust charm. The characters wander in this twenty-something “where...
