Harvey Fierstein has been a constant for me without even realizing…I grew up with him, repeat-watching him in a Sesame Street special, then repeat-listening to Hairspray (A LOT as a curvy girl from Baltimore.) His impact on culture is immeasurable. He’s so prolific & SO loved!🥹

DID THEY JUST SNEAK A “[WE COULD GO] SEE BOOP!” INTO THE OPENING NUMBER????? #TonyAwards

Jennifer Simard wearing sunglasses indoors IN THE AUDIENCE at the #TonyAwards …oh she knows she’s that girl!!!!!!!

On top of simply deserving this award for his talent and performance in Yellow Face, Francis Jue is SUCH an incredibly kind, warm, genuine person…to see him celebrated just makes my heart burst 😭 #TonyAwards

THE FIREFLY SCENE FOR THE MAYBE HAPPY ENDING #TonyAwards PERFORMANCE…WE WON!!!!!!!!!

You’ve heard about Soda Scout Tom Francis, now get ready for Pure Leaf Sponsor Darren Criss #TonyAwards

This is easily my favorite number in Real Women Have Curves…so glad they got to perform so I can now rewatch this performance over and over again on YouTube for years to come!!!! #TonyAwards

Helen J. Shen is such a huge part of what makes Maybe Happy Ending the best musical of the season. Though I wish she’d gotten a nom, I’m so glad to see her up there on the stage taking in the win!!!! She deserves all the love and applause for her brilliant work 🩵🤖 #TonyAwards

The fact that THREE of the 8 acting awards were won by Asian actors at this year’s Tonys is nothing short of historic. How historic? Before tonight there were only 3 Asian actors in the history of the Tonys to win a Tony. That number DOUBLED tonight!

Evidently I only wrote 14 articles tonight but now that it’s 1 AM it feels like I wrote 40 😅 The #TonyAwards are the Olympics of theatre journalism & I’m so in awe of people who have been doing it two, five, ten times as long as me. Bravo to everyone at a Broadway outlet!!!! 👏

Embracing my late 20s, my uneven t-shirt tan lines because I only wore sunscreen on my face/neck last week and I honestly didn’t even know I COULD tan, and the (unpictured) very glamorous ass pillow I am sitting on for my fractured tailbone 🥰🎉🎂

I JUST FOUND OUT THAT TOM FRANCIS IS YOUNGER THAN ME??????????????

This breaks my heart. It’s surely been a competitive season, but this show is so deeply needed right now. If you haven’t seen it yet and you’re coming to NYC before the end of the month, I implore you to add it to your itinerary 🩵

“I asked grok” “I asked chatgpt” Okay well I asked the Angel of Music but he is very strict & said I can’t hang out with anyone except this masked man who will apparently appear in my mirror backstage soon but thats totally unrelated to the guy terrorizing the Opera House right??

I forgot to even post about the Masquerade casting here because I’ve literally just spent all day texting probably 20 different Phantom fans that I’ve befriended over the years screaming about it!!!!!!!

I’ve been writing for Playbill again on a temp job, & on my last day I said my parting wish was for this absurdly nerdy article on immersive Phantom to be published with the ticket sale day + opening. Phantom phans: enjoy all the lore I dropped here!! :’) playbill.com/article/grab-y…

With all the hype around Masquerade and the return of the Phantom U.S. tour, this is a reminder that if you need a ✨ Phantom expert ✨ and journalist on your podcast, for an article, etc, I’m your girl!! Have been avidly studying this show for almost a decade 🖤👻🎭