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THE AMP: What the Early Closing of KPOP Tells Us About Representation on Broadway
KPOP closed on Broadway after only 17 performances. Why did it happen and what lessons did I learn from it?
December 19, 2022


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AMERICAN THEATRE: No, LA Stage Alliance Didn’t Fold Over a Single Anti-Asian Blunder
Systemic issues and a failure of leadership were behind the shuttering of the arts service org. Will BIPOC theatres and leaders step in to create something new?
April 7, 2021

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HOWLROUND: The Musical (Non-Lyical) Brilliance of Hamilton's Hip-Hop Vernacular
If we assume rap’s prominence began roughly in 1979 with its first mainstream hit “Rapper’s Delight,” why did it take rap nearly four decades to convincingly rule the Broadway stage?
July 16, 2017

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LA TIMES: Vietnam to America: the struggle to go on
To make `Journey From the Fall,' Ham Tran cast real-life refugees and incorporated their emotions into his story.
March 25, 2007

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LA TIMES: For 'Imelda,' the shoe fit
Hand-picked to collaborate on a new musical about the former Philippine first lady, composer Nathan Wang finds a way to work it into his day.
May 08, 2005

MEDIUM: Why Wonder Woman's Multiple is Amazing
How the Multiplier, a little-known film statistic, may be the key to Wonder Woman's incredible success
August 2, 2017

PODCAST: Two Writers Walk Into a Bar
Two Writers Walk Into a Bar is a monthly podcast from Exposition Review where editor and host Mellinda Hensley brings an author to his or her favorite bar in Los Angeles to discuss liquor, L.A., and writing under the influence of both. Episode 2 is a conversation with playwright Howard Ho about his love for musicals, improv, and a rad Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fight.
June 30, 2017


MEDIUM: Is LA LA LAND Actually Terrible?
A response to the inevitable backlash
January 8, 2017

ALOUD Reading Series at the Los Angeles Public Library
Readings of two original pieces: "The Golden Age," a nonfiction essay about a visit to my grandmother, and a poem titled "Ballad of a Tabby Man."
May 2, 2016

Poetry

USC POETRY SLAM: "Jeremy Lin-ing"
January 30, 2014
THE FIVE-TWO: "Ballad of a Tabby Man"
May 20, 2019
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