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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The 80%
80% of Broadway runs lose money.
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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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Community Hunt
A small-town serial killer is catnip for our true-crime obsessed era.
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It’s a Sign
Over the course of a production’s run, no two performances can be EXACTLY alike.
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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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Her Turn
Gypsy is about how art forms shift, and how the birth of the new requires an out with the old.
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Does As He Does
The relationship between the personal and the political is an evergreen framework.
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Write All Nite 