Saturday TV: Anna Deavere Smith’s Insight
Anna Deavere Smith practically invented a form of journalistic one-woman theater in her works in which she interviews key subjects, deeply absorbs their messages and delivery, and relives them on…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some recent pieces I've written elsewhere: A feature for the Washington Post on the mighty all-female drum crew Batalá. A report for Smithsonian Magazine on the unveiling of…
Comic Nimesh Patel Keeps Topical
The comedian Nimesh Patel was in town this week, playing the Improv. His first D.C. show, he says, came in opening for Michael Che at the old LivingSocial on H…