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Dec 11, 2022

Why I Am Pivoting at the 11th Hour.

There comes a point when saying the same thing repeatedly does more harm than good. (Feel and say what you need to feel and say. This is where I’m at right now in the Some Like it Hot and longer discourse.) Here are some words I don’t know if everyone…

Some Like It Hot

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Some Like It Hot

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Jul 13, 2022

One of Many Voice Posts

I’ll be focusing on gender and voice and many other music nerd things in grad school, but I had to make an initial statement on this area that has affected several people I care about, including me. We tell cis boys and anyone else whose voice has been affected by…

Voice

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Voice

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Jun 5, 2022

In honor of Pride and Shavuot- a Drash on violence and prejudice

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…

Pride

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Pride

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May 11, 2022

When Are You Seeing Which Way To The Stage?

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…

Which Way To The Stage

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Which Way To The Stage

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Mar 31, 2022

Broadway [and theatre overall] is Having a Moment: What Will the Next One Hold?

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…

Transgender

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Transgender

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Dec 17, 2021

A Dvar Torah reflecting on my Bar Mitzvah portion, 5 years later.

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…

Shabbat

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Shabbat

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Dec 10, 2021

Cursed Child Revamped: Implied Queerness

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…

Harry Potter

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Harry Potter

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Nov 3, 2021

Creating in a Time of Chaos

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+…

Cabaret

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Cabaret

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Oct 26, 2021

The Impact of Coco, and its Oscar-winning song, “Remember Me [Recuérdame].”

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. …

Coco

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Coco

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Oct 5, 2021

13 going on… 13!

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…

13 The Musical

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13 The Musical

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