Every time an artistic director at a regional theatre announces they’re stepping down — a frequent occurrence nowadays — I contemplate who I’d personally hire to fill these all-important positions.
Author: Steven Strauss
THOROUGHBREDS (Cory Finley)
Thoroughbreds is mostly an exercise in style, but there’s some substance there too.
MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, (The Weeknd)
Most people judge an artist based on their most popular work, their claim-to-fames, their fallback style, what they excel at the most.
KILLER LEGO(las)
It was just announced that Orlando Bloom will star as the title character in a London revival of Tracy Letts’ 1993 play Killer Joe.
THREE Rich WOMEN
Count me shocked — SHOCKED I TELL YA — that the current Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women is selling SO well SO early in its run.
EDGEWOOD (Trouble & Mike WiLL Made-It)
I recently tweeted that Apple Music, Spotify, and the like should really list the credited producers of every song alongside the customary “name artists”.
WE BEEFIN? (at Wendy’s)
We Beefin? is a Nicki Minaj/Cardi B wannabe.
New Group in the Square
In an age dominated by nonprofit theatre companies taking over Broadway houses —from Roundabout’s conquest of the Sondheim to Second Stage’s brand-spanking-new ownership of the Helen Hayes — the New Group should move into the Circle in the Square (once its current tenant, Once on this Island, closes).
LOVE, SIMON (Greg Berlanti)
Love, Simon’s soundtrack provides a window into where the movie comes up short.
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