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Youthanasia

On August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

When doing what you love is a form of suicide.

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Edge of Apocalypse

On July 31, 2025August 1, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

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

On July 28, 2025July 30, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY Lights, Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Welcome to the second installment of Write All Nite’s “Pulling a [Name]” series. 

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Angry John

On July 25, 2025July 30, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Typecasting comes in two forms. 

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One Small Step

On July 22, 2025July 28, 2025 By Steven StraussIn London CallingLeave a comment

AA sponsors are mainstays in addiction narratives. 

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From Out Of

On July 19, 2025July 24, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

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

On July 16, 2025July 23, 2025 By Steven StraussIn London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

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

On July 14, 2025July 17, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Theater casting bends realism more than movie casts. 

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Louder Than Words

On July 11, 2025July 16, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road)Leave a comment

A Wrinkle in Time’s script explicitly justifies the decision to adapt the novel into this new musical. 

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The Last Reich

On July 9, 2025July 15, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

By definition, puff pieces ostensibly intend to honor their subjects. 

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