Until the Wheels Fall Off

On December 17, 2024December 16, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

On the stereotypical spectrum of high-school cliques, the jocks would be at one end, and the theater kids would be on the very opposite other side.

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Under the Fan

On December 16, 2024December 15, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Read no further unless you saw Shit. Meet. Fan. at MCC.

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With A Quickness

On December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

This season’s revivals of Our Town and King Lear cut swaths from their original texts in order to emphasize a shared theme.

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In Perpetuity

On December 6, 2024December 5, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Art has the power to permanently change your association with other pieces of art.

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Lineage

On December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Further On (Up the Road), Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

There’s nothing more badass than an artist who follows up their most commercially successful hit by pulling an “and now for something completely different.”

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For You

On December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Is there inherent virtue in depicting contemporary existence on stage?

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Beat On

On December 1, 2024December 1, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Books, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Gatz is like a staged audiobook, with one crucial difference:

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Audible Only

On November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre has a production dictate shared by no other company in New York:

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Bits and Bites

On November 28, 2024November 27, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Contemporary musicals love to shower their audiences with confetti during a triumphant finale.

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Right Kind of Wrong

On November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, London CallingLeave a comment

I spent most of Tammy Faye unsure what to make of this new musical’s tone.

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