Millennial Notes Anaïs Mitchell Touches Our Hearts, Updates Musical Myths by Jordan Freed A penetrating trombone rips into a brassy solo and Hermes (seductive Levi Kreis), our divine narrator, starts spinning his tale in a gravelly, soulful tone: See, someone’s got to tell the tale Whether or not it turns out well Maybe it…
Karen Zacarías Updates Shakespeare with Colonial California Clashes by Barry David Horwitz and Jordan Freed We’re immediately enraptured by the chemistry between Romeo and Juliet. Revelatory Sarita Ocón as lovestruck Romeo and delightful Gianna Digregorio Rivera as Juliet prove the power of love at first sight. As they are romancing at the Capulet fiesta,…
Alyosha Zim Unfolds Exciting Jewish-Buddhist Enigma by Jordan Freed & Barry David Horwitz “Red Winged Blackbird” transcends a debate between Old World Judaism and New Age Buddhism. We meet two brothers, a medical student and a hippie, who try to break out of conformity to find a new life. Like the red winged blackbird…
Millennial Notes Jack Thorne’s Complex Tale Features Stellar Cast & Fireworks by Jordan Freed I was three years old when the first Harry Potter book was published. I remember begging my mother to read just one more chapter before bedtime. Jump to summer 2011— at sixteen, I make the evening news for camping out…