Millennial Notes Lauper & Fierstein’s Musical Mixes Shoemakers & Drag Queens by Erin Weitzman Berkeley Playhouse invites everybody to say “Yeah” to “Kinky Boots”! This is an important story with messages of accepting others for who they are. Here’s a musical that proclaims that it’s never too late to change your ideas and become…
Millennial Notes Sara Toby Moore Touches Our Hearts with Clowning by Kelly Mou At first, I didn’t want to be there because I thought it was a simple and silly clown show. But the facade comes apart and I see truth, pain, and suffering. The jokes started becoming less comedic and more meaningful. “Atomic…
Millennial Notes L. Frank Baum Flies Over the Rainbow in S.F. Masterpiece by Nicholas Leither As a child, I watched it on broadcast television every single year. As a teenager, I watched it with Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” cued just so to the opening credits. As an adult, I use it as a metaphor…
Millennial Notes Lin-Manuel Miranda Celebrates Slice of U.S. Immigrant Life by Rosa Leither Calling Center REP’s production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical “In the Heights” merely “phenomenal” would be an understatement. I arrived with high expectations and left gushing at the star qualities of this incredible cast, set design, and choreography. Under the direction…