PARADISE SQUARE Broadway dates

January 2022

Paradise Square (with a score by composer Jason Howland and co-lyricists Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare) has delayed its Broadway dates due to Covid precautions. Performances will now begin at the Barrymore Theatre in mid March 2022.

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Dramatists Guild Composer Conversation

October 2021

Masi spoke on a panel of composers about tech setups and equipment for writing theatre music, published in The Dramatist, a publication of the Dramatists Guild.

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REACTIVATING MEMORY SYMPOSIUM

Fri 9/10 @ 9:45am ET

Masi will share music and comments about the iconic 1921 musical Shuffle Along in a lecture-perfomance ("Songs of Shuffle Along") at a virtual symposium with Princeton University on Fri 9/10 at 9:45am ET. Free and open to the public.

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Broadway Buskers

Fri 8/20 @ 6pm ET

Masi will play and sing a set of her original songs for the theatre in a free outdoor concert Friday 8/20 at 7pm in Times Square, NYC in the Broadway Buskers concert series. Guitarist Matt Wong will join her for several selections.

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ATHE Conference Presentation

Fri 8/6 @ 2:30pm ET

Masi will be in conversation with Dr. Fred Moten about the relevance of his acclaimed scholarly work for musical theatre studies, as part of a session on anti-racist study in musical theatre at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education conference in August.

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New Article: Studies in Musical Theatre

JUNE 2021

Masi led a conversation with a group of Black artists working in NYC musical theatre about expectations (and misconceptions) around Black Broadway voices. Witness the smarts and provocations of John Bronston, Dionne Mcclain-Freeney, Khiyon Hursey, Rheaume Crenshaw, Elijah Caldwell, Jamal James, and Zonya Love Johnson.

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Zora Neale Hurston's SPUNK

May 2021

A virtual reading of Zora Neale Hurston's 1935 play, to which Masi contributed original music, directed by Lili-Anne Brown, streamed in Roundabout Theatre Company's Refocus Project series, May 14-17, 2021.

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Episode 12: Voicing Across Distance Podcast

June 2021

The latest episode of Masi's pandemic-era podcast on vocal sound features Dr. Brian Herrera (Princeton) and Diane Robinson (Chicago Voice Center). Episode 12: Thinking Voice, the Vocal Flourish and Latinx Musicals, Gender-Affirming Vocal Expression.

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Kaplan Institute Fellowship

April 2021

Masi has been selected as a 2021-22 Faculty Fellow at the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities at Northwestern University, to continue her research on black women, voice, and musicals.

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Wheels Off With Rhett Miller

April 2021

The wonderful alternative country/rock singer, songwriter, and musician Rhett Miller (Old 97's) recently interviewed Masi on his podcast about the creative life.

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Reflections of Us Speaker Series

April 2021

Masi spoke with Dr. Derrick Fox, University of Nebraska Omaha Director of Choirs and his choral students, on making a life in music, facing imposter syndrome, finding inspiration and pride in one’s work as an artist.

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