Millennial Notes Ava Roy Navigates a Rocky Voyage, Skillfully by Tyler Jeffreys This feel-good one-woman show is an epic, visual nursery rhyme built on a charming metaphor. Playwrights Ava Roy and Britt Lauer provide a lighthouse surrounded by a dark sea of uncertainty: the mass shootings. family abuse, and repeated bigotry that American culture…
Millennial Notes Justin Huertas’ Fantasy Inspires His New Punk Pop Album by Tyler Jeffreys “Lizard Boy” is set to tour four continents next year and Justin Huertas’ “Terrible Ride” has nearly a million hits on Spotify. I’m excited to listen to the album, skipping only two songs. Rather than a soundtrack, it’s a music…
Millennial Notes Rowling, Tiffany, Thorne Conjure Magic from Drama by Tyler Jeffreys Harry Potter has always been a hothead, but in “Cursed Child” we get to witness his deliciously dark side. Playwright Jack Thorne shows us the results of being an orphan who lacks self-assurance. Fans know his epic story–how Harry Potter (firecracker John…
Millennial Notes Ahren & Flaherty Bless us with Smooth Tunes by Tyler Jeffreys “Once on this Island” portrays a team of Caribbean gods using a young woman’s life to construct their doctrine. Since the Europeans conquered the “Jewel of the Antilles,” the native Storytellers have been teaching the islanders about their lost gods and…