Writer, editor, and arts critic based in Santa Barbara, California. Studied theater at UC Berkeley and writing at the University of San Francisco. Editor for Rocky Nook Inc., and arts writer at Broadwayworld.com. Contributor to the Santa Barbara Independent. Rearer of stray kittens and grower of exotic cactus and succulents.
BWW Reviews: AMERICAN IDIOT Blends Rock, Theatre in Entertaining Mash-up
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014
American Idiot delivers both the fun of a rock show and the glorious visual trapping of musical theatre for an entertaining mash-up of Broadway and Alt Rock.
Summer Stages: Top Picks for Santa Barbara Theatre
June 4, 2014
June 4, 2014
5 Picks for Summer Shows in the Santa Barbara Area.
BWW Blog: English-Language Opera and The Vocal Instrument
May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014
Thoughts on the difference between native-language opera and foreign-language opera.
BWW Reviews: RENT Brings La Boheme to the Funk Zone
April 24, 2014
April 24, 2014
SOPA's RENT: coming to Center Stage Theater, May 23rd-24th
BWW Reviews: METAMORPHOSES Transforms the New Vic
April 9, 2014
April 9, 2014
Metamorphoses is less of a play than it is a dreamlike series of theatrical vignettes adapted from the mythology canon of Ovid's epic poem of the same name. Though the segments are connected by little more than the thematic act of transformation, the fluid physicality of Ensembles' production creates a motif of movement that links each piece together seamlessly. Much of the intense emotionality is portrayed through an impressive litany of dance-based movement (choreographed by Michael Jenkinson) rather than traditional action, which cements the surreal quality of the performance.
BWW Blog: Food and Blood in BONNIE & CLYDE
April 6, 2014
April 6, 2014
Illuminating darker aspects of American culture with musical theater.
BWW Blog: Chaos, Conflict in BONNIE & CLYDE
April 1, 2014
April 1, 2014
A blog about the production of Bonnie & Clyde, put on by Santa Barbara's Out of the Box Theatre.
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