The Revolutionary Spirit is Alive in “We Live in Cairo”
Though many people rushed to them post election, the musical of our political moment is not...
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The Many Monsters of Ars Nova’s “The Beastiary”
Created by On the Rocks Theatre Co. (the two person co-writer and designer team Christopher Ford...
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“Kafkaesque!” A Musical That Is As Hilarious As It Is, Well, Kafkaesque
Emily Bronte doesn’t have an acronym but Franz Kafka does and Kafkaesque! Directed by Ashley...
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Trans Joy in The Christine Jorgensen Show
The Christine Jorgensen Show isn’t perfect, but it’s just so delightfully charming it’s hard...
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Deep Thoughts on Deep History at The Public Theater
Inside the Public Theater it’s 2019 and Australia is on fire. Outside the theater it’s 2024 and...
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The Perils of Parody in Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song
All around me people are laughing uproariously, slapping their knees, bursting into applause mid...
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“Cats”: The Jellicle Ball is near Purrfect
Alright, I’ll level with you. Maligned as it is (and oh is it ever) Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1982...
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“Teeth” Bites Back Against Purity Culture: On Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacob’s Musical
Last year I went to the dentist for a toothache and was told that somehow, to my extreme...
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Disability Representation and the Rise and Fall of How to Dance in Ohio
On Monday How to Dance in Ohio, one of the most hyped shows of the 2023 Broadway fall season,...
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NYC Artists Stand in Solidarity with The Freedom Theatre
On January 13th, hundreds of artists and cultural workers marched through New York City’s theater...
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Once Upon a Warning for Next Time
“We’re not here to make fairytales, we’re here to follow them,” quips the narrator (Adam Godley)...
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Beauty and Wisdom for Who: Disability in Simon McBurney’s “Die Zauberflöte”
The first notes of Simon McBurney’s production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) which...
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Sitting Down with Emerging Artist Thalia Ranjbar
The work of Thalia Ranjbar may be challenging– pushing beyond norms and expectations, but at its...
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Godless Clergy Members in “The Unbelieving”
The Unbelieving is documentary theater (all the lines are taken from real interviews), but this...
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Growing Up and Getting Through in Jill Sobule’s “F*ck7thGrade”
F*ck7thGrade is messy, it’s awkward, it’s unrelentingly earnest, and it’s utterly delightful....
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Melissa Etheridge’s Queer Joy: “My Window—A Journey Through Life”
I was struggling to find my seat at New World Stages when two people a bit older than me wearing...
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Dangerous Desires in “Marie It’s Time”
Why is this boy-kills-girl play different from all other boy-kills-girl plays? For starters, it...
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Mental Illness, Misogyny, and the Myth of the Male Genius in “The Butcher Boy”
This review contains spoilers. TW: suicide, homicide, mental illness The Butcher Boy, which opened...
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