When I arrived at Thalian Hall for Opera House Academy's performance of Mean Girls, I was swallowed into a sea of pink (even though it wasn't Wednesday). A group of girls and women ranging from elementary school ages to moms posed in front of the poster outside. A middle schooler wore a t-shirt featuring the original film stars. A girl in the bathroom was wearing army pants and flip-flops. I'd never seen Mean Girls put on as a musical. I saw the film the night it opened, my 1

Rachel Lewis Hilburn talks ‘Fixing Congress’ series with Michael Johnson, a former journalist who worked on the Ford White House staff and served as press secretary and chief of staff to House Republican leader Bob Michel.

Welcome to Enconversation, Fixing Congress Part 3 with Rachel Lewis Hilburn. Listen or read the first two parts of this interview at FIXING CONGRESS PT. 1: Compromise, collegiality, and the shift to vitriol and FIXING CONGRESS PT. 2: Political power and the media.