Category Archives: Works of art
Jesus is Alive and Well and Living on Broadway
As I finish up this post, I’m listening to the journalist on the radio interview residents of the flooded city of Memphis. As you read, please keep the city and its residents in your prayers – that God will watch … Continue reading
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Art Heals
One of the great things about living in NYC – and the thing I will miss most if I ever leave here – is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Although the museum is “pay what you wish” (they say that … Continue reading
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Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room
In the first week of Advent (November 28), I went into rehearsals for a production of The Threepenny Opera at UC San Diego. I couldn’t help but notice the similarities between my preparations for the production process – and the … Continue reading
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The Tales We Tell
We’re in the last two weeks of the semester at St. John’s University, where I teach theatre and public speaking classes part-time. My Contemporary Drama class just finished watching a twenty-year-old recording of the musical Into the Woods by Stephen … Continue reading
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Giving thanks
“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” -1 Thessalonians 5:18. This past week I have been in tech rehearsals for a dance theatre production called Las Mariposas, an original work … Continue reading
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Did Not Our Hearts Burn Within Us?
Redemption through fire Recently I saw a production of Erik Ehn’s The Saint Plays at University of San Diego. It was a stunning piece of theatre that moved me to tears. The actors’ movement and breath and gesture were so … Continue reading
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Theatre is thinking about faith
Last week I saw the off-Broadway production of The Break of Noon, by Neil LaBute, starring David Duchovny and Amanda Peet (plus a couple of actual theatre actors but I won’t go down that particular rabbit trail this time). LaBute … Continue reading
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