This Can't Be Broccoli

Before we get into today's interview, there are a few legal issues we need to get out of the way. First off, you have to do a little Googling before you read this, but I can't direct you to read anything in particular, however, if you'd like to Google, oh, I don't know, "Broadway" "Cancelled" and "Oscar Winner" you might stumble across an article that would be interesting to you as you read this anonymous interview provided you're searching the month of July 2019, and if you're not, you can add that to the Google Search as well.  Productions get cancelled all the time, and Oscar Winners are always doing stuff, so I have no idea what you're going to find, but I wish you well on your journey. The person I'm interviewing may or may not have worked on the production you may or may not be reading about, or they may have worked at the theater where it was taking place, or they might have just been hanging out backstage.  I...

The first and only time I ever got called a “f_g” was on Thayer Street. It was 2010 and Brown University was on winter break.  I remember thinking the situation was laughable. Imagine getting called a gay slur on Thayer Street of all places. But it was then I realized that Thayer Street is a very different place when school is not in session.  The students create their own culture and when that culture disappears, a vacuum is created that can be filled by...all kinds of people. After that, I never really felt comfortable being on Thayer unless Brown was in session.  Say what you want about those students, but the jerk who yelled the “f” word at me and then ran away nine years ago was probably well-aware that if he tried that during the school year, he would have been shouted down by five or six undergrads carrying protest signs and copies of A Little Life . (If you need to beat up a homophobe with a book, trust me,...