I am one of the most fortunate souls on earth. Between 2009 and 2010, I ended up traveling three times to London and five times to New York City, achieving something remarkable I had not thought possible and certainly did not plan: in my 42nd year of life, I had seen 42 plays, 24 on Broadway and 18 in the West End. I have added considerably to that tally, and have had the good fortune of seeing a Tony-winning performance every year since 2009. Those winners include Angela Lansbury (Blithe Spirit), Geoffrey Rush (Exit the King), Marcia Gay Harden (God of Carnage), Alice Ripley (Next to Normal), Karen Oliva (West Side Story), Catherine Zeta-Jones (A Little Night Music), Norbert Leo Butz, Jr. (Catch Me If You Can), John Benjamin Hickey (The Normal Heart), Ellen Barkin (The Normal Heart), Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon), James Corden (One Man, Two Guv'nors), Judith Light (Other Desert Cities), Judy Kaye (Nice Work If You Can Get It), and Tracy Letts (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). I have seen Tony-winning plays including The Lion King, God of Carnage, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, WarHorse, The Normal Heart, and The Norman Conquests, and musicals including Once, The Book of Mormon, Anything Goes, La Cage Aux Folles, Billy Elliott the Musical, and Hair.  As it life weren't good enough, I have traveled twice to London as part of UL's Study Abroad programs and have tasted liberally of their West End shows, including 23 plays in the 21 days I was last in London. It doesn't get much better than this.

     I have thus decided to reorganize this page into they plays I've reviewed in the Acadiana area, plays I've reviewed in London, a soon-to-be section of plays in New York City, movies I've reviewed, and even restaurants I've reviewed--though that certainly didn't earn me many friends in New Iberia. I still intend to continue reviewing, though perhaps with a bit more precision and a lot less personal anecdote, for as Nathan Gabriel, Assistant Professor of Theatre at UL once told me, a critic is absolutley essential to the life of the theatre. I've been blessed, and I want to continue to share those blessings with everyone.