Welcome to the second installment of Write All Nite’s “Pulling a [Name]” series.
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Angry John
Typecasting comes in two forms.
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From Out Of
What’re the odds that two separate musicals last season would have songs titled “Something from Nothing” and “Something Out of Nothing?”
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Narration Fabulation Nation
Emma Rice’s decision to add a narrator to her stage adaption of North by Northwest leaves open the possibility that the entire production is meant to be understood as propaganda.
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Embodied
Theater casting bends realism more than movie casts.
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A Residency Wrinkle
Washington D.C.’s Arena Stage premiered a musical version of A Wrinkle in Time this month.
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Celeaster Egg Song
Celine Song drops two theater-themed Easter eggs in Materialists, befitting her background — AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE — as a playwright:
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Make the Case
Can you name a single musical steeped in the Islamic tradition?
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In Around
Generally speaking — AKA, I KNOW THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS APLENTY — musicals are staged in bigger theaters than plays.
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Rise and Cry
What do you remember about Pixar’s Up?
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