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Colummm

On May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, London CallingLeave a comment

My eyes had the option of gazing upon the luscious sight of Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal sharing a stage in the flesh.

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Hold Your Applause

On May 27, 2025May 27, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAYLeave a comment

Most productions treat entrance applause as a mere break in the action, a pause to allow the audience to celebrate a luminary.

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Trigger Unhappy

On May 20, 2025May 22, 2025 By Steven StraussIn London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

The Years, or: when trigger warnings double as dramaturgy. 

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Full Monties

On May 16, 2025May 21, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

The title number in Real Women Have Curves strikes a similar chord as the first scene of Act II in Bess Wohl’s Liberation.

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The First Gaffe

On May 9, 2025May 15, 2025 By Steven StraussIn London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Attention spans are fickle. 

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In Ourselves

On May 7, 2025May 6, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAYLeave a comment

Differentiation is a form of highlighting.

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Oops

On May 5, 2025May 4, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAYLeave a comment

A technical difficulty during my performance of Boop! doubled as a lesson in staging. 

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AYM

On April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 By Steven StraussIn London CallingLeave a comment

Manhunt is Nicolas Winding Refn’s Bronson for the stage. 

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Exeunt

On April 22, 2025April 21, 2025 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

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

On April 21, 2025April 20, 2025 By Steven StraussIn London CallingLeave a comment

Cymbeline, but make it Denis Villeneuve’s Dune.

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