This Can't Be Broccoli

Two years ago, I started interviewing people in the theater world about the problems within that community. All the subjects of the interviews remained anonymous to encourage people to speak directly and plainly without worrying that there would be consequences down the line. (Of course, even then, some people felt like outing themselves and getting in hot water, but we're going to leave that water under another bridge.) When I decided it was time to bring the series to a close, it was partly because I thought it had run its course, and partly because I had a new topic I wanted to tackle. While I've had my issues with theater and the people who do it, I've never felt like I didn't belong there, whereas from the moment I came out, I've never truly felt like a part of the gay community. To be clear, that probably has way more to do with me than the community, but it's something I wanted to explore, and I knew how I wanted to do it. The theater interviews were alwa...

- So it's the Oscars but we're aiming for Quentin Tarrantino with the Clueless font? - Just let Regina keep that extra Oscar. She earned it. Do you know how hard it is to FILM a PLAY and make it feel like a movie? - I gotta say, I don't hate the HD, but if any of you ever try to film me in it, I'll murder you #NotThesePores - This looks like the club from The Rocketeer, and that's, as you know, a HUGE COMPLIMENT. - Some of you were already throwing shade at what people were wearing. Meanwhile you haven't put on anything but sweats and an AC/DC t-shirt for the past thirteen months. - I take it back, I love this color scheme/font. - I want those Oscar lampshades. - I saw some of you saying you didn't care for "Promising Young Woman" and then I didn't see anything else you had to say, because I blocked you immediately. This is a PYW stan account and always will be. - EMERALD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - I would be so terrifie...

  A few weeks ago, I posted a tweet I liked on my theater's Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/EpicTheatreCo). It was about how certain people were going to be sad when the pandemic was over because they're really good at following the rules. Obviously, I didn't expect everybody  to find that funny, but the tweet was verbalizing something I think we all kind of know, but feel too worried to say-- Some of us have enjoyed certain parts of having everything shut down. For me, it's not about following the rules. It's the fact that I suffer from crippling FOMO on a daily basis, and it's impossible to feel like you're missing out when there isn't anything to miss out on. Conversely, I have one of those highly enjoyable personalities where I don't actually want to do  things, but I don't want to miss  anything either, and it turns out a global pandemic is the perfect way to balance out those two things. Before I go any further, let me just say that I would...

Two years ago, I started interviewing people in the theater world about the problems within that community. All the subjects of the interviews remained anonymous to encourage people to speak directly and plainly without worrying that there would be consequences down the line. (Of course, even then, some people felt like outing themselves and getting in hot water, but we're going to leave that water under another bridge.) When I decided it was time to bring the series to a close, it was partly because I thought it had run its course, and partly because I had a new topic I wanted to tackle. While I've had my issues with theater and the people who do it, I've never felt like I didn't belong there, whereas from the moment I came out, I've never truly felt like a part of the gay community. To be clear, that probably has way more to do with me than the community, but it's something I wanted to explore, and I knew how I wanted to do it. The theater interviews were alwa...

  Waking up in the morning to the news that someone has come out of the closet means that until noon, you'll see unabashed positivity regardless of who the person is, and then starting around two thirty, the pendulum will swing, and people will begin tearing whoever it is apart like gluten-free garlic bread at a Queer Book Club meeting. Sure enough, after finding out that the guy who came out was Colton Underwood, star of The Bachelor , I immediately found myself bombarded by "Love Wins," "You're saving lives," and "Live your truth." They've become the "Thoughts and Prayers" of someone admitting they'd rather scale a wall and run from a camera crew than make out with a woman whose occupation is "Mannequin Stylist." I actually don't watch The Bachelor , but I will sit and enjoy any clip of a man running through foreign streets while trying to take off a mic pack. That's why my stakes in all this were very low unti...

  Two years ago, I started interviewing people in the theater world about the problems within that community. All the subjects of the interviews remained anonymous to encourage people to speak directly and plainly without worrying that there would be consequences down the line. (Of course, even then, some people felt like outing themselves and getting in hot water, but we're going to leave that water under another bridge.) When I decided it was time to bring the series to a close, it was partly because I thought it had run its course, and partly because I had a new topic I wanted to tackle. While I've had my issues with theater and the people who do it, I've never felt like I didn't belong there, whereas from the moment I came out, I've never truly felt like a part of the gay community. To be clear, that probably has way more to do with me than the community, but it's something I wanted to explore, and I knew how I wanted to do it. The theater interviews were al...