‘Member the Aughts

On January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Further On (Up the Road), Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Maybe there’s some credence to the theory that nostalgia kicks in roughly two decades later:

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One of One

On December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

So I saw the latest Broadway revival of Company on Monday night.

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Something Wondrous This Way Comes

On December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

The easiest way for a celebrity to worm their way into my heart forever?

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Obscurity and Ambiguity

On December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

In the wake of the Signature Theatre’s revival of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, much has been made about the racial implications of turning a one-person Anna Deavere Smith play into a multi-cast affair.

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Useless

On November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Remember when I wrote about the uselessness of subjective declarations of artistic taste?

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Start the Presses

On October 26, 2021October 27, 2021 By Steven StraussIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Extra, read all about it: Write All Nite’s breaking into the breaking news game!!!

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Career Tickets

On September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

I’m a season-ticket holder to the careers of artists.

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Notes on a Cryptozoo

On September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go See1 Comment

Jonesing for a hand-drawn throwback?

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Rounding Up

On August 2, 2021August 3, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Some stray musings from my recent moviegoing rovings (and ravings):

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Another Fake-Out

On July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 By Steven StraussIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Remember when I wrote about how we can sometimes track a musical’s primary story through its utilization of a conventional two-act structure, specifically the self-dubbed Act One Fake-Out Anthem?

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