(A couple months later, ’cause writing and thinking take time!) Passover is a holiday about freedom. It celebrates the liberation of the Israelites, the forerunners of the Jewish people, from slavery in Egypt, as told in Exodus (or, for the less Biblically inclined, in Dreamworks’s Prince of Egypt or by…
I already knew theatre was valuable to me. It taught me skills I still use in my career. It helped me become more confident in the way I conduct myself day-to-day and opened my eyes to new ideas and ways to see the world. But despite all that, I’ve always…
The other day at the gym, I overheard a group of teen guys chatting about their graduation ceremonies and who’d get to sit at whose table. They talked about a girl who “never asks you questions back, like, no matter how many times you ask her. She just gives you…
There are lots of classic comedy icons I love, but any fundamentals I know about comedy, I learned from Looney Toons. The way my mom feels about Star Trek, my dad feels about Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Because I was so young the first hundred times I watched classic…
When I was thirteen, there was a group of people on the Internet who were completely, objectively incorrect.
I always forget this. Creation takes time and energy. No matter how much you enjoy writing, painting, acting, playing music, or any other art, it takes something from you as you do it. It’s easy to feel like creating art isn’t “real” work because you want to be doing it. “Real”…
Thanks to my mother, our family is actually mixed-religion: part Jewish, part Trekkie. We do not criticize the original series in our house; we do not point out its logical flaws, cringe at its old-fashioned attempts at equality, or imitate William Shatner’s staccato delivery. In Spock we trust. Because Mom…
Happy Pesach! Did you hear? The X Files, everyone’s favourite ’90s paranormal procedural, is hauling back David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Mulder and Scully for a six-episode miniseries. The show’s creator, Chris Carter, is on board! He’s had thirteen years to think about it! Whee! (Best finding-the-afikoman-prize ever!) There…
The first time I ever wore make-up that wasn’t for a theatrical show, I was twenty. Theatre still had plenty to do with it. You see, I was taking the Drama department tech class. Among the many subjects the course covered — lighting theory and practice, how to use a sewing…
I’ve got nothing exciting to talk about this week because my brain is fried. Why, you might ask? Because acting will do that to ya. Don’t worry, your brain is in no permanent danger if you come to see Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters (Toronto, Red Sandcastle Theatre). But your funny bone might…