Millennial Notes Mel Brooks Exposes Taxes & Tricks in Musical Comedy by Hamilton Nguyen “The Producers” imagines a Dynamic Duo trying to manipulate IRS rules to make money on a big musical FLOP. A sleazy Broadway producer and his shy accountant put on a a ridiculous and sure-to-fail show praising, of all people, Hitler!…
Millennial Notes Qui Nguyen Honors Both Tradition & Pop Culture by Hamilton Nguyen Using neon-lit sets, rap music, and country lingo, “Poor Yella Rednecks: Vietgone 2” tells the story of Vietnamese immigrants in Arkansas in the 70s. Playwright Qui Nguyen, a character in his own play, envisions his family’s immigrant story without the sugar-coating….
Millennial Notes Aleshea Harris Exposes Deep Wounds of Race War by Hamilton Nguyen At Oakland Theater Project, “Is God Is” by Aleshea Harris shows us two kinds of people–those who fixate on the past and those who ignore it. All America’ secrets are revealed when twin sisters drive from the “Dirty South” to suburban…
Millennial Notes Brown & Abrams Update Austen’s Country Club Rom-Com by Hamilton Nguyen “Pride and Prejudice, The Musical” reminds us that arrogance and prejudice infect us all, regardless of character or class. After two hundred years, we still see a viral lack of empathy all around us: Look how we treat the unhoused, the…