Dr. Drama

To witness Kenita Miller in performance is to experience someone speaking to your soul. She sings with a purity of emotion that breaks past your rib cage, straight to holding your heart with her voice. Watch Miller sing “Ti Moune” in her current role as […]

Bringing young children to live theater is both thrilling and daunting. It’s a chance to expose them to pure imagination, sustained attention, and endless possibilities. It can also be stressful and confusing finding bathrooms, parking strollers, and keeping the kids entertained until the curtain rises. […]

(Headshot Photo credit: Laura Marie Duncan) Loretta Ables Sayre is well-known for her jazz performance, with a voice both earthy and trained, humble and soaring, simple and deep. She made an unforgettable splash in the Broadway world in 2008 playing Bloody Mary in the sublime […]

When celebrated lyricist Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the song “It’s Quiet Uptown” for Hamilton: An American Musical about the loss of a child, he acknowledged in the lyrics that sometimes words simply fail. “There are moments that the words don’t reach. There’s a grief too […]

We live together in unprecedented times. Politics have sent a fissure through the center of this country, creating a sense of division from our neighbor. Regular gun attacks in our schools are leaving us feeling unsafe and disoriented. Despots challenge each other to nuclear “Who’s […]

I spoke with Will Barrios of Tatro about the genesis of Dr. Drama, how psychology and theater are linked, and the power of play.  You can check out the interview here: https://www.tatrotoy.com/just-play-blog/the-doctor-s-in-a-conversation-with-dr-drama-on-the-intersection-of-theater-and-psychology Best, Dr. Drama  

Clinical psychology has been recently touting the therapeutic benefits of coloring. Research has shown that engaging in this activity can reduce both physical and emotional stress. Lucky for fans of musical theater, adult coloring has recently entered the Broadway world.  Andrea Koehler heads up Coloring […]

It’s time for BroadwayCon and we are beyond excited! Broadway Goes Pop, Coloring Broadway, Dr. Drama, The Hamilcast, Theater People Podcast/Broadway Backstory/True Crime Obsessed*, and Tatro: A Magnetic World of Play have joined together to celebrate this fantastic event that brings theater fans behind the […]

Conversation with Rachel Milligan Ferat of the Elsie Cast about the musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. We discuss the fantastic theater references held within, as well as exploring the mental health elements of the show, including addiction, suicide and borderline personality disorder. You can check out […]

There are moments when the full power of a musical is amplified and lifted beyond its prior potential by the events occurring outside of the theater walls. I witnessed such a moment this past summer during a stellar production of Ragtime when hatred and violence […]