5+ hour, 40+ min ago  (317+ words) Wait, did you think I meant The Odyssey? Though “controversy” might be a bit of an exaggeration for a fandom whose biggest debates are usually which actor captures Orpheus the best (or even what type of flower appears on the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (712+ words) A Los Angeles Theatre Review: ‘Mamma Mia!’ The Nerds of Color If you want a good fun time, you can’t go wrong with the crowd-pleasing musical Mamma Mia! as it makes its Los Angeles pit stop at the Center Theatre…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (529+ words) We speak with the composer of the Lily Gladstone-narrated documentary, Bring Them Home, on the buffalo of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Roger Suen. We spoke with him on his approach to composing the documentary, the subtle incorporation of Blackfoot sounds into…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (361+ words) The 2026 Michael biopic pays homage to Michael Jackson, affectionately (and rightfully) crowned the King of Pop. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan, the film takes audiences through Michael Jackson’s beginnings and leaves us at one of his…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (56+ words) In the new animated film Swapped, Justina Machado lends her voice to Calli, a fiercely protective mother who would rather keep her son safely tucked away than let him explore a dangerous world. In our conversation, Machado reflects on her…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (220+ words) The Nerds of Color A decade after taking the world by storm, fans of Hamilton will no longer have to wait for it to come to physical media. Disney has announced a special collector’s edition 4K UHD blu-ray will be available…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1082+ words) Despite this new revival of Flower Drum Song having a second revision from David Henry Hwang, no amount of rewrites cannot shake the core that this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, now playing at East West Players, is still very much…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (235+ words) Songs in Sign Language reimagines three musical sequences from recent Disney animated films through American Sign Language (ASL). “The Next Right Thing” from Frozen 2, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto, and “Beyond” from Moana 2 are newly animated from their…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (724+ words) The Nerds of Color It’s been a few days but after watching the world premiere of Olivia Dufault’s For Want of a Horse at Echo Theater Company, I am still at a loss of what exactly the point of the…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (138+ words) What makes “Madwoman” land is that its Wasian framing never feels accidental or reduced to a wink. The casting, props, and styling all work together to create a world where mixed Asian identity is not treated as novelty, but as…...