What Champions Are Made Of

Brace yourself: it's my third article inspired by opera—this time, Terrance Blanchard's Champion, the true story of a gay boxer in the 1960s, welterweight world champion Emile Griffith,

The Neverending Story

Remember that film from the 80s with Atreyu and Falkor the luck dragon—which really just looks like a white flying cocker spaniel? It was one of my favourites and for some reason,

Flavours of the Hand and Heart

At the Siebenaler household, we rarely eat dried pasta—we make it fresh. When I was in my early twenties, I stumbled upon a hand-crank pasta machine in my mother's pantry

Move On

Have you noticed by now that we're a musical theater family?!? Just this week, we saw Sunday in the Park with George at Pasadena Playhouse and, of course, last night'

If I Were A Rich Man

Remember the story I shared at Mass about being a boy soprano and playing “Oliver” for the local high school production? A few years later, I was cast as Tevye—yes, the well-fed