New EDGE review: Souvenir @ Northlight Theatre
I was absolutely charmed by this production and Neva Rae Powers’ performance. Charmed, I tell you. Northlight Theatre’s pitch-perfect production of Stephen Temperley’s play Souvenir is a sweet and touching fantasia on the life of the highly unique vocal artist Florence Foster Jenkins. With her love of classical music unquestioned, her temper bright and driven, and her passion [...]

New EDGE Review: The Mystery of Irma Vep @ Court Theatre
There’s something to be said for actors who can maintain madcap energy for two-plus hours when they are given little in return for their efforts. It’s like a superpower. Erik Hellman and Chris Sullivan, who built the action into a frenzy of mystery and mayhem despite playing to a sleepy Sunday matinee crowd that seemed more [...]

Gayest birthday cake ever?
I win. (Yes, that’s my mug crudely Photoshopped onto Reese Witherspoon’s.) I love Gerald and my friends.

Ten things that (most likely) won’t happen at my birthday party
My darling Gerald is throwing me a birthday party (yes — a few days past my actual bday, but who wants to get drunk on a Monday night?). At first, the entire party was a (top secret) surprise! And, because it’s Gerald, who can’t keep a secret longer than a newborn can hold its bladder, [...]

I heart Chicago
Taken in front of the Shedd Aquarium on 11.14.09