Tech rehearsal be like that sometimes.

My husband has never seen Dick Tracy. I KNOW. And while I fully know it’s not good, I can’t let my Noir/Sondheim-loving husband live another day without seeing Mandy Patinkin and Madonna sing What Can You Lose.

I just found out that my most dramatic/traumatic college boyfriend is RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF LONG BEACH.

All kids' shows of the 25/26 school year are DUNZO! There's only 9 days of school left so that means the kids get to watch all kinds of movie musicals and pro-shots (the glorified babysitting endgame phase of the year).

I just want to play Mother from Ragtime. Before I’m too old. I think I could do it.

I am officially a historian. A MASTER of Musical Theatre History. Next stop PhD… 😉

I just remembered that tomorrow I'm wearing a flipping cap and gown for the first time since my high school graduation (I didn't do it for undergrad cuz I didn't care, I just did the UCSC theatre grad IYKYK). Lord. I'm a 100 years old why am I doing this? 😂

I’m so grateful to my friends who became mothers and felt comfortable enough to tell me EXACTLY what motherhood entails. I’m also grateful for a lifetime of working in childcare/education. I’m child free by choice, but also I love kids and I’m happy to be the kooky aunt. Love you, moms. 💐

I feel like LA theatre is having the biggest clowning Renaissance since commedia dell’arte.

A dud Tony award season is nothing new. Remember when Contact won best musical? You know the show with NO LIVE SINGING? Or the 1985 season with Big River where every other title is completely lost to time? It’s the ebbs and flows of Broadway theatre.

Watching that Next to Normal proshot with the Brits and remembering that my best roles are ahead of me.

I don’t think anyone cares on bluesky but I’m in TWO shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this summer. One is an 80s psychological thriller, the other is a 90s jukebox cabaret. You’ll love ‘em! Tix go on sale today, use code “earlybird” for a discount! You can find us at hollywoodfringe.org ❤️

This show meant so much to teenage me. I wish I could tell her I married a Roger.

Damn I've had multiple parents message me this school year asking why their student's grade went down in the easy performing arts class. And l'm like... you know all those parameters on the syllabus and assignments on canvas and hard copy flyers I've sent home? They answer these questions.

Tonight is first night this entire month I have NOTHING to do. No rehearsals, shows, parties, events, meetings, or interviews. All I need to do is ROT on the couch. 😌

The Secret Garden opened on Broadway 35 years ago tonight.

35 years ago today The Secret Garden opened on Broadway! I have about 140 pages written on the subject and so many folders of research, oral histories, and articles. Truly I could go on and on about this show and the ladies who created musicals in the first 90 years of the medium’s existence.

My husband works at Descanso Gardens and one of his regulars also knows @jenelleriley.bsky.social. So, we saw his show at the Largo tonight, doing some long form hilarious improv with his friends! Maybe this guy’ll make it big someday…

The way my parents used to tease me about my use of “like” is the way I tease my tween students about their use of “wait.” STOP TELLING ME TO WAIT IM ALREADY TALKING TO YOU.

@jenelleriley.bsky.social and I love traaaaaaaaaains! @descansogardens.bsky.social

A movie couple who would definitely have a podcast.

I spent two years working on my thesis entitled "Come to My Garden: A History of The Secret Garden and Women Creatives on Broadway." I combed through decades worth of books, reviews, articles, essays, interviews, podcasts, and blog posts…

Referencing YouTube videos in a bibliography is so funny cuz what you mean “MissPoochSmooch” is a citable source? 😂

You guys. I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!! I’m getting my masters. I’m officially a Musical Theatre Historian!! 😭😭😭😭😭

I hate to be the “send me your good energy” gal but I’m defending my thesis today. The potential end of a two year journey delayed by a literal wildfire. I’m so nervous I could barf.

Blows my mind that these guys have been doing this since we were all at UCSC together. I genuinely don’t get how famous they are sometimes.

I fear…I may have a PHD idea. It’ll probably never happen cuz Jesus it feels like a lot but I have it. Tracking the history of the BFA belt and the homogenization of Broadway voices. A 25 year history. There’s something there, right?

An old theatre friend just messaged me to rant about how bad L5Y at the Hollywood Bowl was. LOL.

When you’re a childless secular humanist, Easter is pretty much St. Patrick’s Day with deviled eggs.

It’s Passover and Easter weekend! Which means it’s time for Stephen Schwartz musicals.

4 days of school, 2 Fiddler on the Roof rehearsals, 4 performances of Seussical JR, then Spring Break. Dear God let me survive this week. 🤪

Backyard passerby kitty let me get pretty close today. She stalked some doves, left the squirrels alone, ate some turkey I threw at her, meowed when I came too close. We’re making progress! 🐈‍⬛

Apropos of nothing, I had no idea until now that Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada have a 12 year age gap. Carney is MY. AGE. and he’s still wearing that ascot everywhere…

Happy Birthday Stevie Sondheim

In the span of a week I hit perimenopause and got a big settlement from SoCal Edison for the fires. My hormones are all over the place and we can now plan for the future for the first time ever (a year after losing everything). What is this life?

Ok look. The Fred Molina sequence in Boogie Nights alone. Also Marky has never been better. HE DIDNT BLINK FOR LIKE 30 SECONDS. Also “you got the touch” “be my mom” quotes for days

Wunmi Mosaku continues to be the most gorgeous movie star in the whole world. That is all.

I’m very happy for Michael B, Jessie B, Amy, Ryan Coogs, Ludwig, EJae, and even PTA. A good Oscars. Sinners is still the best ever.

There it is.

I love when a hardcore theatre girlie wins a movie award. Yay Jessie Buckley!

lol I literally did watch Anora with my parents (it was after the fires I don’t know why)

And now we’re 4-4 one battle/sinners, thus I reiterate AHHHHHH!!!

MICHAEL B!!!!!!!!!!!

JAVIER BARDEM.

Boogie Nights is a top ten film for me. I can’t believe PTA has never won until tonight for all the times he’s been nominated. (I still want Sinners to win best picture)

NGL when I saw Christopher Guest was there for Reiner I thought he’d sing a lil something for Catherine O’Hara.

Golden only doing the half step down this time (A flat babyyyy)

It’s stressing me out how much Sinners and One Battle are going head to head ahhhh!!

BARBRA.