Chag Sameach and all that good stuff. It’s important I share this. During Shavuot and Pride in 2016, there was a mass shooting in Orlando at Pulse Nightclub. The people who were killed that night must never be forgotten. Since then, things have mainly gotten bleaker. We are in crisis…

You have until May 22nd at MCC, though I suspect this isn’t the last we’ll hear from Jeff and Judy. This piece is somewhat of a review, but mostly it’s non-sponsored promotional content. No explicit spoilers because I’m not a jerk! Firstly, MCC is modeling the kind of theater community…

A Word on Trans Day of Visibility and Broadway — Visibility was being the only trans man in the room at Rotterdam [including, sadly, the cis woman who played one], and one of only a handful at Log Cabin, being met with stares the entire time. Visibility is hearing people murmur, “is the person playing this role a boy or…

I “became” a man, five years ago, in *some* halakhic contexts [some frum people require lower surgery, and some don’t ever consider trans men to be men, but the Rabbi who officiated my Bar Mitzvah did as of this Shabbat 5 years ago]. I had a first/Bat Mitzvah at 12…

First things first, I would call this play: Harry Potter and a Life Beyond Her. — She taught us all that saying a name takes away its power, but her supporters are rather unkind, to say the least. I won’t name her here. I also won’t give the big spoilers because I’m not a monster. It was a cool show, though. As a gen Z- millennial…

Some context before my concert tomorrow. I could go on about the many hours spent scrambling for people because life continues to happen and the world is in ongoing crises- but that’s going to be the only mention here. I’ve spent enough of my time freaking out. These last 3+…

AND YES. THERE ARE SPOILERS. IT’S BEEN 4 YEARS. It’s Halloween season, and I could talk about the 20th anniversary of my favorite Pixar film of all time, Monsters Inc, and how it probably gave me the dream of being a gay dad who loves musical theatre. But that goes…

It’s October 5, 2021. I have been excited to write this for so long, but today is the 13th anniversary of 13 the Musical opening on Broadway. This is peak young millennial to Millen-Z/cusp and older gen Z Broadway nostalgia. The show was both before its time and a product…

and Learning, Unlearning, and Relearning Gendered Behaviors, namely, different forms of Toxic Masculinity. I was more of a toxic man before the rest of the world knew me as a man. That alone opens up a whole other side of gendered socialization. I could go on for days. But this is a conversation starter! If we go by the logic that I was…