St. Cassian High School Chamber Choir were dealt an unlucky hand—they came in second place when they were the only team in competition; they hail from the boring small town of Uranium, Saska... Read more
William Shakespeare’s script for “The Tempest” innately contains much magic and music. In Aaron Posner and Teller’s (of Penn & Teller fame) production at Round House Theatre, these eleme... Read more
“Do you know what you wish? And are you certain what you wish is what you want?” Classic fairy tales collide in “Into The Woods,” where wishes come true, but happily ever after misleads. A r... Read more
In mid-2000s Newark, there were few good options for the young people we today know as “DREAMers.” DACA would not begin accepting applications for years, NYC was over a decade out from passi... Read more
When family matriarch Gloria dies, a raucous multi-day wake begins, testing her family’s stamina and composure. Depicting the Caribbean tradition called Nine Nights, Natasha Gordon’s play “N... Read more
A dark, wonderful, and unusual musical graces Theater J at the Edlavitch DCJCC this month. “Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story” threads the relationship of two refugee Romanian Jews in Canada b... Read more
Alice Walker’s pulitzer-prize-winning epistolary novel, The Color Purple, has touched millions since its 1983 publication. Furthered by Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film adaptation, which starred... Read more
Ira Aldridge, a Black American-born actor from the 19th century, was the highest paid artist in Russia of his time, knighted in Britain, and received the Pour le Mérite award from the King o... Read more
It’s time for the annual Memphis Hot Wings Festival, and this year a team of queer Black men—“New Wing Order”—is going to win it all. But as friends and family reunite to prep hundreds of ch... Read more
Clichés of butterflies or fireworks might be cute, but a kiss that spills golden light out from the heavens, accompanied by the “Hallelujah” chorus is on an entirely different level. Before... Read more
