In an artistic world where it can feel like there’s nothing totally new under the sun, phrasing and context can make the old resonate anew(ish).
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Author: Steven Strauss
Two Shows
Theater has never been the most responsive of art forms.
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Here Lies Cabaret
What binds this Broadway season’s productions of Here Lies Love and Cabaret?
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What the Staging Becomes
A monologue-heavy two-hander with a bare set has become all the post-Covid rage.
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Mask Off
Shifting aspect ratios during a movie has become all the rage nowadays.
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Mary Me
“I’ve never known a miracle not born through pain.”
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Not Wrecked Yet
Does anyone else remember Anne Washburn’s Shipwreck?
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Shorted
A movie’s individual “awards” page on IMDB is an invaluable record of the contemporaneous reception.
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Bottoming
~~ double perv alert ~~
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Upstaged
Where is the orchestra located in a Broadway theater?
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