While we’re on the subject of You Hurt My Feelings:
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Author: Steven Strauss
Ha? Ha!
The defender of the theatrical experience has logged back on (I never log off).
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PSR
A public service request for the IFC Center:
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TLDW: Summer, 1976
Broadway’s Summer, 1976 crisscrosses with a myriad of other art from this past year (and beyond), at least in a TLDW sort of way:
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The Little Aid
While we’re on the subject of natural vs. microphoned voice projection, a horrifying thought occurred to me while suffering through The Little Mermaid:
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Projecting
Being able to project your voice without the help of microphones is considered a lost art for actors of the stage today.
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Pulling a Nora
While we’re on the subject of A Doll’s House, it’s time to unleash my treatise on how many other shows overuse Ibsen’s iconic-cum-cliché ending, a tradition I’ve dubbed Pulling a Nora.
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Her Boots Are Made for Walking
Is it possible to spoil theater’s most famous ending?
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Mother Time
How many movies tell stories about characters that span over one decade?
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Roving
No matter how many shows you see, stagecraft can always surprise, even through the simplest riffs on established norms.
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