Black-ish Review from a First Gen CBC*’s Perspective

I caught the series premiere of Black-ish, a new sitcom starring Anthony Anderson and Laurence Fishburne last night.  The show centres around an upper-middle class black family and the culture clash between the father and his kids. Black-ish trailer via IGN While the generational culture clash plot line isn’t new, it’s also rarely told (and […]

‘My Fair Lady’ with an Ethnic-Relations Twist

I came across a production of My Fair Lady by the Asian American Theater Project from a YouTube email I received over the weekend.  With a predominantly Asian cast, the production apparently has an interesting twist as it not only examines the “classism” between a middle class Professor Henry Higgins, lower class Eliza Dolittle and […]

Hugh Jackman as The Engineer in Miss Saigon? Please, NO!

With the success of Les Misérables as a movie musical, including Golden Globe wins and Oscar nominations, talks for a Miss Saigon film are apparently in the preliminary stages.  According to a sources, including Musical Theatre News, Hugh Jackman, who picked up a Golden Globe this past weekend, has been approached to play the Engineer, […]