Professor Beej

The Nashville Opera was recently kind enough to invite me once again to see one of their shows for free in return for a review.  When I received the email asking me if I would give Philip Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher a write up, I jumped at the chance.  I’m a [...]

As far back as I can remember, I have loved stage performances of all kinds.  I don’t care if I go see local community theater productions, professional tours and companies at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) in Nashville, or public school renditions of student-written plays. I just love shows live on stage.  So when [...]

I read Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked a few years ago—or rather, I listened to it on audiobook—and I thought it was quite good. It wasn’t as fantastic and mindblowing as I had been led to believe, but it was more than enjoyable. When it was time for my Master’s comps reading list, I put the [...]