
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.