I saw Phantom of the Opera at Majestic Theatre in New York in June. This production is a wonderful cinematic play with a timeless and suspenseful plot. Its original musical had music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart. The musical book on which...
“Pit always plays together” I remember how Ian, the instructor for Chino Hills High School ensemble would tell our pit family every time we practiced on the field. His confident voice sounded pleased at first of telling this life advice, then it was with seriousness...
Growing up in China, when I heard sayings like “xiang xia ren,” or roughly “country bumpkin,” in a disdainful tone in any usual Shanghainese conversation, I wondered about the historical cornerstone that justified this form of discrimination. Now, I believe...
