This week, I mix in a few more personal observations along with my usual news recaps:
Here are two articles about theatrical sound design that include interesting thoughts for critics regarding ways to credit the work. Part 1: https://t.co/snnOxoRyG8
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 14, 2018
I'm despondent (Gillian Anderson is obvs great, but no one can compare to my favorite actor in the world collaborating with my favorite director in the world) https://t.co/7092gJkk4E
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 16, 2018
More regional theatres should commission work about local stories https://t.co/xgmhYPubr6
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 16, 2018
COUNTRY COMING TO BROADWAY LET'S GOOOOOOO (one of the only reasons I liked BRIGHT STAR was because the bluegrass score sounded so refreshing compared to a lot of the derivative showtunes that dominate the Great White Way, albeit less so recently) https://t.co/LEl9ViWAUp
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 16, 2018
If only she was actually contributing to the score…but I love to see her sticking with Broadway past WAITRESS. I'm curious to see if she can play a role not written by, well, herself. And can her voice fit with another musical theatre composer's sound? https://t.co/VEXpkhT7Ki
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 16, 2018
So are trailers for trailers now a thing? Can they not be? Thanks, Disney!
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 16, 2018
Again, I agree with the sentiment, but here's a better way for AMC to thank us patrons: Improve your fucking theaters so that the moviegoing experience you're thanking us for becomes more enjoyable!
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 16, 2018
Yay: “It wasn’t for me.”
Nay: “It was bad.”A little change like that could go a long way towards elevating the critical discourse…
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2018
I swear every time a woman coughs in a script, it’s almost always a harbinger of an imminent pregnancy announcement.
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2018
…but I actually think relying on such an obvious trope highlights the artifice more than an unexpected surprise
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2018
So I guess if you're a parent who wants your kid to make this list one day, perhaps choose a name for them that starts with 'J'
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2018
My Dad would like to add Roy Orbison to this conversation. Since my familiarity with him basically begins and ends with Pretty Woman, I'll take his word for it…
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2018
For more about her particular set of skills, specifically about a performance that demonstrated how her outsized performative personality — both endearing and hilarious — is the type that can sustain weekly TV comedy, here's my review of WHO'S HOLIDAY: https://t.co/sLJEQvqutT
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 13, 2018
I’m OK with this mass exodus of playwrights and actors to TV — they gotta pay the bills somehow — as long as those paychecks allow them to return to the theatre in their hiatuses. DON’T LEAVE US https://t.co/RKHtBs50zA
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 19, 2018
