Everything is Staged

On December 15, 2025December 21, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

An initially-confounding staging choice can interpretatively convey a seemingly-essential message of the show.

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Cameoer

On December 11, 2025December 17, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Has any other A-lister ever racked up as many cameos as Channing Tatum?

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Dazeem

On December 8, 2025December 12, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Accusing the second half of a musical as being worse than the first is such a cliché that The Producers could satirize the sentiment with one of my favorite jokes in the show.

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No You Don’t

On December 4, 2025December 5, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY Lights, Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Magic shows are a theater trend on par with IP parody musicals, stand-up comedy plays, multi-performance staged readings, etceteras.

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Keep Uncalm

On December 1, 2025December 2, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Osgood Perkins might be my favorite horror director right now.

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Building

On November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

2025, the year that Josh O’Connor continued to pass an all-important test for any actor who aspires to true greatness.

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Specific to the Site

On November 24, 2025November 26, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road), London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

In theory, all theater is site specific.

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Left Hanging

On November 20, 2025November 24, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Curtain-calls function as a natural transition between the production’s constructed reality, and our IRL reality that’s waiting for us as soon as the lights come up.

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Pas de Deuxs

On November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Talking about dance can be like talking about sex:

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Burned Through

On November 13, 2025November 14, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Does Bugonia’s DCP include the print’s mid-movie cue mark?

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