You may question the wisdom of a production that deliberately inflicts physical discomfort upon an audience for dramaturgical purposes.
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Tag: New York City Serenades
Owwww
A play’s dramaturgy often serves to make the audience’s viewing experience reflect what the characters’ lived experience feels like.
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Versus
Seems noteworthy:
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Accentuated
I’m a card-carrying member of the “actors, get over your obsession with accents” club.
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Don’t Tell Me
The theme of Friday’s thoughts: when an introductory text acts as a framework through which the art can be interpreted.
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‘Member the Aughts
Maybe there’s some credence to the theory that nostalgia kicks in roughly two decades later:
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One of One
So I saw the latest Broadway revival of Company on Monday night.
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Obscurity and Ambiguity
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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Double Features
Back to my favorite gimmick: imagined double features!
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The Big Apples
Hypothesize and ye shall receive.
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