I assume most of you know that English-language movies are dubbed in countries where English isn’t the primary language.
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Category: London Calling
Play Gentrification for Me
According to the logline for Misty, the next production at The Shed will follow:
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Straight Line
Theater is a localized art form.
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TBC
Given theater’s common two-act structure, the intermission break provides a natural spot to insert a cliffhanger.
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The Fuccbois in the Band
The same joke, an ocean away:
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Staging
About 30 minutes into Breaking, a realization dawned on your boy:
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Aftertures
An unresearched, armchair, modern history of what I like to call the afterture, or: when the end of the plot isn’t the end of the musical.
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& No Song List
When American theatergoers first visit London, they tend to report back on one crucial difference:
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The Goold Standard
On average, plays are talky as fuck.
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Toils and Troubles
Remember when two different theater companies simultaneously decided to stage (restage?) James Baldwin and William Buckley’s 1965 debate?
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