Millennial Notes Timothy White Eagle Invites Us to His Room of Pleasure & Grief by Beau McGlasson Life’s shocking juxtapositions live at the heart of Timothy White Eagle’s exhilarating immersive theater experience, “The Indigo Room.” White Eagle’s beautiful, emotional, and vulnerable performance piece contrasts sorrow with joy, play with struggle, and maximal-ism with minimalism….
Millennial Notes Lynne Kaufman Exposes the Costs of “Great Art” by Tom van Nuenen There are two myths that haunt the modern artist. One is that the good artists copy, but the great ones steal. The Beatles took liberally from Black American culture and became the gods of pop music. So did Elvis. The…
Millennial Notes Eddie Perfect Writes Wicked Songs for Spectacular Settings by Ian Waters “Beetlejuice, The Musical” is crass and boisterous, and shatters the stage’s fourth wall entirely. But isn’t that the heart of theater? Big, swooping acting, singing your lungs out, and dancing like nobody’s watching. “Beetlejuice” sports neon strobe lights and sexual innuendos,…
Millennial Notes Arnold Lobel’s Classic & Robert Reale’s Music Unite to Delight by Nicholas Leither My kids noticed it before I did. All along the edge of the stage, in front of the front row, a row of small lily pad pillows. “Dad, can we sit on the lily pads?” I looked around and shrugged. …