Attention spans are fickle.
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In Ourselves
Differentiation is a form of highlighting.
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Oops
A technical difficulty during my performance of Boop! doubled as a lesson in staging.
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AYM
Manhunt is Nicolas Winding Refn’s Bronson for the stage.
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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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Cymbelspice
Cymbeline, but make it Denis Villeneuve’s Dune.
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No Chill
Deviating from cliches in art can draw attention to the deviation.
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Vanya and Vanya
Vanya is about to offer New Yorkers a rare experience.
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Reviewing the Situation
Cameron Mackintosh’s (or is it Matthew Bourne’s?) Oliver! — now at London’s Gielgud Theatre — has the aesthetics of Tommy Kail’s Sweeney Todd.
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Choreous
I’m no scholar of antiquity, but my understanding of Greek tragedies is that they oscillate between character scenes and chorus scenes.
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