Given the scale of the spectacle and choreography, theatergoers prefer to sit farther away from the stage for large-cast musicals.
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Category: Remember All the Movies, Terry, We’d Go See
Youthanasia
When doing what you love is a form of suicide.
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Edge of Apocalypse
Ending a story at a point that feels premature can inspire us to consider the message conveyed by this seemingly-incomplete conclusion.
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Janet and Bruce
Welcome to the second installment of Write All Nite’s “Pulling a [Name]” series.
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The Last Reich
By definition, puff pieces ostensibly intend to honor their subjects.
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From Six to Seven
If I had to guess, every single one of you knows at least one family who’s dealt with Alzheimer’s or dementia.
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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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Out, Damned Camera
I’ve seen damn near every filmed recording of a London production that’s been screened in NYC movie theaters.
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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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