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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Resolute
The Shrouds isn’t the sole ending in theaters now that feels abrupt enough to have made both of my audiences guffaw at the sheer surprise of the credits rolling.
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Trigger Unhappy
The Years, or: when trigger warnings double as dramaturgy.
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Full Monties
The title number in Real Women Have Curves strikes a similar chord as the first scene of Act II in Bess Wohl’s Liberation.
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The First Gaffe
Attention spans are fickle.
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Exeunt
What’s up with British productions staging moments in which their actors exit not only the stage, but the entire theater?
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Vanya and Vanya
Vanya is about to offer New Yorkers a rare experience.
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