By ERIKA MILVY DEC. 1, 2019 3:54 PM PT When Yanna McIntosh takes the stage Sunday for opening night at the Curran theater in San Francisco, she becomes the eighth black actress to play Hermione Granger in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” And, as was just
ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS ‘Mean Girls’ was a movie before Twitter even existed. How did creators update it to be a modern musical? “Mean Girls” tied for the most Tony nominations with 12. Here Cady (Erika Henningsen) faces the lunch trio of Gretchen (Ashley Park),
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” is
ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS “Mean Girls” tied for the most Tony nominations with 12. Here Cady (Erika Henningsen) faces the lunch trio of Gretchen (Ashley Park), left, Regina (Tony nominee Taylor Louderman) and Karen (Kate Rockwell). (Joan Marcus) BY ERIKA MILVY MAY 2, 2018 5 AM
San Jose novelist Khaled Hosseini talks about adapting his work for the stage and dealing with Trump’s America. Source: ‘I See Art As a Way for People to Not Think of Each Other in Broad Strokes’
Khaled Hosseini’s bestseller following two women from strikingly different classes will begin its run Feb. 1 at ACT in San Francisco. By ERIKA MILVY JAN. 19, 2017 6 AM PT In a much retweeted curtain-call speech from the Broadway stage in November, “Hamilton” actor Brandon Dixon conveyed
A Sinclair Lewis novel about the rise of a dictator has been adapted for the stage, seeking to cast new light on the age of Trump – but it’s more agitprop than satire Source: It Can’t Happen Here: a demagogue rises, but the parallels aren’t
‘Hamilteens’ may not have seen the show, but they know everything about it. Who needs One Direction when you’ve got a musical about the founding fathers? Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of Hamilton at Tony awards. Photograph: CBS photo archive/Getty Images Erika Milvy Wed 22 Jun
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.
Miranda July won’t divulge details about live secret show Miranda July is a film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor, performance artist, digital innovator, app inventor and full-time hipster. Her newest project is “secret” interactive audience participation performance art project in which the element of surprise is crucial.