escapism

Everyone’s talking about Star Wars. (including us)

January 20, 2016

Everyone’s talking about Star Wars. I can’t go into work lately without co-workers or customers bringing up The Force Awakens. Every day since its release, a different [...]

Julia Murney: “Theatre is Extraordinary and Musicals are Magic.”

Most people who know theatre know Julia Murney from Wicked and I was among them when we first met for a feature in 2012. We talked about the rush of being a part of an [...]
Marty Thomas on Finding Himself Again and Reclaiming What Was Stolen From Him

I had a lot I wanted to talk with Marty Thomas about: his time on Broadway both onstage and off, the end of his long-running weekly show, Diva, and the new album he’s been [...]
Kimberly Marable: A Change-Maker on Broadway

When Kimberly Marable and I first met, we wandered around the Meatpacking District, taking photos and talking about her Broadway debut. She said, “I wasn’t raised with an [...]
Jim Caruso on the Magic of Connecting to an Audience

“Have I told you about…” Coming from anyone else, those are just words. But when it’s Jim Caruso who’s doing the asking, you pay attention. There was the time Bono [...]
Georgina Pazcoguin: “I Found My Voice.”

From dancing in The Nutcracker at the New York City Ballet to dancing on Broadway in the revival of Cats, Georgina Pazcoguin has carved a niche for herself as one of the [...]