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
The Years, or: when trigger warnings double as dramaturgy.
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Full Monties
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
Attention spans are fickle.
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In Ourselves
Differentiation is a form of highlighting.
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Oops
A technical difficulty during my performance of Boop! doubled as a lesson in staging.
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Exeunt
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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Vanya and Vanya
Vanya is about to offer New Yorkers a rare experience.
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A Streetcar Named Almeida
Does London’s Almeida Theatre have a contract stipulation that each and every one of their transfers must retain the building’s natural backdrop?
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Miniatures
Casting can change the meaning of a play.
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