“Panic at the Disco” Part III: Exploiting v. Empowering Representation and Narrative Ownership

“Panic at the Disco” is an essay series that unpacks the impact of the Center Theatre Group’s new production of Here Lies Love. The critical journey will explore the complexities of artistic depictions of traumatic events and cultural figures in history and how it...

The Conflicting Joy of ‘Here Lies Love’

HERE LIES LOVE is living proof that Filipino performers will forever be a personification of the triple threat, making this production of Here Lies Love a well-oiled musical machine of Filipino history — a Filipino history that can be difficult to watch.

“Panic at the Disco” Part II: The Beauty and Glamour of Power

“Panic at the Disco” is a new essay series that unpacks the impact of the Center Theatre Group’s new production of Here Lies Love. The critical journey will explore the complexities of artistic depictions of traumatic events and cultural figures in history and how it...

“Panic at the Disco” Part I: ‘Here Lies Love’ and How Art About Political Trauma Can Harm and Heal a Community

“Panic at the Disco” is a new essay series that unpacks the impact of the Center Theatre Group’s new production of Here Lies Love. The critical journey will explore the complexities of artistic depictions of traumatic events and cultural figures in history and how...