To the average bystander, the 2019 Tony Awards was just another show that James Corden hosted.
When Cristina Sebastian first came to New York to pursue acting, everyone encouraged her to try out for “Miss Saigon” on Broadway. It was a double-edged compliment. “I had to ask, ‘Are you just saying that because I’m Asian?’” she said.
It turns out that a lot of color can come from a little brown book containing 36 pages and one terrible passport photo. (Thankfully, the passport photo wasn’t too horrible to be denied entry into a country, but bad enough to have immigration officers do a double take upon opening my passport.)
When I first heard about Michael Jackson’s death in June 2009, I looked straight into the eye of the newsbearer and said, “That’s impossible. He’s immortal.”
