Dominique Le Gendre — Shakespeare and me
The English have been busy making a new recording other most famous playwright, William Shakespeare – all 38 of his plays....
Word of mouth (September/October 2016)
Lit city September brings New York City’s biggest free literary festival — with Caribbean writers always in the mix. Nixon Nelson gives...
Barbadian Shakirah Bourne — living the Dream
“It was a dream come true!” The words may sound clichéd, but there’s nothing ordinary about the pure joy radiating from the young...
Word of mouth (September/October 2015)
Coming to America Nixon Nelson explains how the year’s big Broadway hit — Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop Hamilton — is a...
Trinidad’s Aida — Heather Headley
It was minutes before the curtain went up on the Broadway musical, Aida. Unless you count the three grapes and two strawberries she had...
St. Lucia’s Joseph Marcell: “Some say it’s luck”
There’s a point in King Lear when I ask, “Does any here know me?” And at least once a week someone in the audience calls out:...
Patrick Parson: soulful messiah of Ballet Creole
Fusion. Diversity. High-energy. These are the words one encounters, over and over, in articles written about Patrick Parson and his...
Albert Laveau: A Man for All Seasons
Albert Laveau is a relative newcomer to the Trinidad Theatre Workshop – he didn’t join it until 1962. But as the company marks half a...
