musical theatre history, Stealing Focus gal on YouTube, teacher, director, producer, sometimes actor, Sondheim acolyte, intimidator of insecure men (she/her) https://linktr.ee/stealingfocushttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mqrljza6tk2oIf you missed ON THE LINE at the Hollywood Fringe, you can see it next month at Theatre 68 in NoHo! Pay-What-You-Can tix available til the end of July, only 2 performances! theatre68artsfestival.stagey.net/projects/1502216 Jul 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrljza6tk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mqjrtuijyc2aJosh Grisetti. Sam Neill. FUCK. What an awful start to the week.13 Jul 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjrtuijyc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mqhuasehqc24No one mourns the wicked 💅12 Jul 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhuasehqc24https://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3moiuia7sg226Wow I remember seeing The Ring and Big Love and even Donnie Darko and thinking Daveigh Chase was something special. 35 years old is way too young. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiuia7sg226https://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mo4htyt26s2vOne of my Hollywood Fringe shows is a Larchmont Buzz Pick of the Week! That’s kinda cool!! 😍 Read it here: https://larchmontbuzz.com/theater/a-peek-from-the-hollywood-fringe-preview-week/12 Jun 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4htyt26s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mnsc77mg4k2aI’m playing two very different gals at the Hollywood Fringe! Amy is an insomniac in a mental hospital emoting via 90s songs, while Hannah is living through a psychological thriller in the 80s. Both tackle feminism in overt & subtle ways, though, so they feel like 2 sides of the same coin for me.08 Jun 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsc77mg4k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mnq2s6tdis2vIt’s so funny when my theatre friends congratulate me on my masters but they call it an MFA. 😜 Like no honey, it’s full academia MA on an artsy subject. That’s why it took so ding dang diddly loooooong.07 Jun 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnq2s6tdis2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mnpmncmxrs2lThe NYC theatre scene has one of their biggest community award shows tonight! So I felt like posting the awesome slogan to this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival.07 Jun 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpmncmxrs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mnkklteews2iNoooooo not Tony Head NO. 😭😭😭05 Jun 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkklteews2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mnhy4ev3s226Today is the last day of school. Jeff & I got our “your life burned down” settlement this week. It’s “winning the lottery” money… we just had to lose everything to get it. 🤣 And I just got some extremely exciting news (re: my secret garden history). This is a DAMN good week.04 Jun 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhy4ev3s226https://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mn43vf4cfk2uTech rehearsal be like that sometimes.30 May 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn43vf4cfk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mmpwojrp7s2fMy husband has never seen Dick Tracy. I KNOW. And while I fully know it’s not good, I can’t let my Noir/Sondheim-loving husband live another day without seeing Mandy Patinkin and Madonna sing What Can You Lose.26 May 2026 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmpwojrp7s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mmpuszquks24I just found out that my most dramatic/traumatic college boyfriend is RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF LONG BEACH.26 May 2026 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmpuszquks24https://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mmhcxuey6s2qAll kids' shows of the 25/26 school year are DUNZO! There's only 9 days of school left so that means the kids get to watch all kinds of movie musicals and pro-shots (the glorified babysitting endgame phase of the year).22 May 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhcxuey6s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mm3otpovpc2vI just want to play Mother from Ragtime. Before I’m too old. I think I could do it.18 May 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3otpovpc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mluf6pwhxc2gI am officially a historian. A MASTER of Musical Theatre History. Next stop PhD… 😉15 May 2026 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluf6pwhxc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mls5zgqu4k2gI just remembered that tomorrow I'm wearing a flipping cap and gown for the first time since my high school graduation (I didn't do it for undergrad cuz I didn't care, I just did the UCSC theatre grad IYKYK). Lord. I'm a 100 years old why am I doing this? 😂14 May 2026 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls5zgqu4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mljqhibpzc27I’m so grateful to my friends who became mothers and felt comfortable enough to tell me EXACTLY what motherhood entails. I’m also grateful for a lifetime of working in childcare/education. I’m child free by choice, but also I love kids and I’m happy to be the kooky aunt. Love you, moms. 💐10 May 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljqhibpzc27https://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mlbehc4he22lI feel like LA theatre is having the biggest clowning Renaissance since commedia dell’arte.07 May 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbehc4he22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3ml4l3o7ehk2dA dud Tony award season is nothing new. Remember when Contact won best musical? You know the show with NO LIVE SINGING? Or the 1985 season with Big River where every other title is completely lost to time? It’s the ebbs and flows of Broadway theatre.05 May 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4l3o7ehk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mkyl2aerbs2zWatching that Next to Normal proshot with the Brits and remembering that my best roles are ahead of me.04 May 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyl2aerbs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mkshggh7bk2zI don’t think anyone cares on bluesky but I’m in TWO shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this summer. One is an 80s psychological thriller, the other is a 90s jukebox cabaret. You’ll love ‘em! Tix go on sale today, use code “earlybird” for a discount! You can find us at hollywoodfringe.org ❤️01 May 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkshggh7bk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mknq7wup5c2yThis show meant so much to teenage me. I wish I could tell her I married a Roger. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknq7wup5c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mknpjxm2pc2oDamn I've had multiple parents message me this school year asking why their student's grade went down in the easy performing arts class. And l'm like... you know all those parameters on the syllabus and assignments on canvas and hard copy flyers I've sent home? They answer these questions.29 Apr 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknpjxm2pc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mkj4u7r6xk2gTonight is first night this entire month I have NOTHING to do. No rehearsals, shows, parties, events, meetings, or interviews. All I need to do is ROT on the couch. 😌27 Apr 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkj4u7r6xk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mkdr5laavk2x35 years ago today The Secret Garden opened on Broadway! I have about 140 pages written on the subject and so many folders of research, oral histories, and articles. Truly I could go on and on about this show and the ladies who created musicals in the first 90 years of the medium’s existence.25 Apr 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdr5laavk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mjt6djhpbs2tMy husband works at Descanso Gardens and one of his regulars also knows @jenelleriley.bsky.social. So, we saw his show at the Largo tonight, doing some long form hilarious improv with his friends! Maybe this guy’ll make it big someday…19 Apr 2026 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjt6djhpbs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mjk4z53xo22wThe way my parents used to tease me about my use of “like” is the way I tease my tween students about their use of “wait.” STOP TELLING ME TO WAIT IM ALREADY TALKING TO YOU.15 Apr 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk4z53xo22whttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyabclark.bsky.social/post/3mj4eso3rm22k@jenelleriley.bsky.social and I love traaaaaaaaaains! @descansogardens.bsky.social10 Apr 2026 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:vknvt3ap4gmlltc7em3e6rvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4eso3rm22k