Super Superior Supertitles

On April 23, 2018April 27, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road), London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Click here to read my thoughts on why more English-language productions should incorporate supertitles in their set designs.

Oily Cart’s LIGHT SHOW at Lincoln Center

On April 17, 2018April 19, 2018 By Steven StraussIn London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

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An Interview with Lincoln Center Education’s Director of Programming and Production

On April 16, 2018April 19, 2018 By Steven StraussIn London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

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KILLER LEGO(las)

On March 28, 2018April 2, 2018 By Steven StraussIn London Calling, Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

It was just announced that Orlando Bloom will star as the title character in a London revival of Tracy Letts’ 1993 play Killer Joe.

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New Group in the Square

On March 23, 2018March 30, 2018 By Steven StraussIn 570 Channels (And Everythin's On), Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

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).

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This Week in News

On March 16, 2018March 19, 2018 By Steven StraussIn 570 Channels (And Everythin's On), Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Further On (Up the Road), London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY Lights, Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go See, The Food of LoveLeave a comment

This week, I mix in a few more personal observations along with my usual news recaps:

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Tom Hanks, Shakespeare, the Los Angeles Theatre Scene, and a Top 10 List

On February 21, 2018March 5, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road), London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY Lights, Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Back when I was but a wee theatre-loving lad growing up in San Diego (quite a good theatre city in its own right), I periodically shlepped up to Los Angeles for a few productions of interest every year.

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