The Birds immediately impresses with a uniform style that’s anything but uniform, pulling off the tricky combination of quirky esotericism.
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No, Seriously, There’s Nothing Wrong With That
In yesterday’s defense of movie-turned-musicals, I focused almost exclusively on analyzing this macro trend, rarely touching upon any specific micro examples.
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Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That
Ever since the Tony Awards announced their Hollywood-property-dominated slate of nominees this year, a plethora of hot-take-prone cultural critics started — though really continued a trend that predates this season — bemoaning the fact that Broadway looks a lot more like movie theaters nowadays.
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Bring Back the Plaque
The following request would probably be more appropriate — and potentially more effective — on Twitter, but it’s a cause too near and dear to my heart to relegate to the trenches of social media discourse.
Me and My Random Thoughts
Me and My Girl, the final production of this Encores! season, is very…Encores!
An “Original” Postscript
I concluded my recent post about expanding our conception of artistic originality by quoting, gulp, Kanye West.
Sound Hound
Back in 2016, there was a concert performance of Ragtime inside the Registry Room on Ellis Island.
The Theatricality of Reality’s Surreality
In case yesterday’s esotericism didn’t make this clear, let me state simply for the record: Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane is my favorite movie of 2018 thus far.
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Pros, Cons, and the Art of the Show
It’s considered a faux pas in critical circles to suggest how a show could improve.
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