All posts by Erika Milvy
Jane Lynch talks gender roles and daytime talk shows before her SF Sketchfest appearance
Jane Lynch’s characters are often hard-edged, overbearing and even a little scary, but Lynch herself is known for showing up early, working hard and being nice to everybody—not exactly the reputation you would expect from Glee’s Sue Sylvester or Steve Carell’s icky boss in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. This
Must Read: Roz Chast’s Graphic Caregiving Memoir – Next Avenue
New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s new book, winner of the Kirkus Prize for nonfiction, literally draws on her parents’ declining health and death to tell a story of caregiving. Source: Must Read: Roz Chast’s Graphic Caregiving Memoir – Next Avenue
Pop-Up Magazine. Live. Unplugged and in 3-D. | KQED Arts
Last year Jon Stewart suggested that Twitter is too wordy and he prefers the new social media app “Grunter.” Meanwhile, in real life, newspapers have given way to blogs; the long-form has given way to punchy pith. The age of fast-food journalism is upon us.
Review: Taylor Mac’s “24-Decade History Of Popular Music” is a force to be reckoned with
If history is written by the winners, the songs are sung by the people. This week, performance artist Taylor Mac embarks on a tremendous feat of physical, mental and artistic endurance in a marathon-length show of gargantuan scope. “A 24-Decade History Of Popular Music”
Slate Magazine: I Want to Be the Only Mommy on Mother’s Day
…While Mother’s Day may strike some as an occasion for our family to double our pleasure/double our fun, the second Sunday in May has become the thorn in my bouquet of roses. I don’t particularly feel like sharing the holiday. https://slate.com/human-interest/2010/05/a-lesbian-mother-wants-to-be-the-only-mommy-on-mother-s-day.html
Javier Muñoz: adding sex and steel to Hamilton | Hamilton | The Guardian
Interview Javier Muñoz: adding sex and steel to Hamilton Erika Milvy Stepping into Lin-Manuel Miranda’s shoes was daunting – but having coped with two life-threatening illnesses, Hamilton’s new star was up to the challenge Javier Muñoz backstage at the Richard Rodgers Theater on Broadway. Photograph: Walter
‘WICKED’ A SHARP FAIRYTALECAMPY, SATISFYING MUSICAL SERVES AS PREAMBLE TO CLASSIC ‘WIZARD OF OZ’
When the audience cheers for the landing helicopter in ”Miss Saigon” or the careening chandelier in ”Phantom of the Opera,” it’s applauding eye candy. When the awkward, bookish schoolgirl Elphaba mounts her broom and takes to the sky in ”Wicked,” our rush of emotion is
The Fairmont San Francisco’s famous, massive gingerbread house is now open
If you want to snap selfies in front of super-sized candy creations, forgo the Museum of Ice Cream and head up to Nob Hill to marvel at the 1,650 pounds of candy that make up the giant gingerbread house at The Fairmont San Francisco hotel. This year, the famously enormous gingerbread