Would you ever walk out of a Broadway show at intermission if the second act didn’t feel worth your time?

Timothée Chalamet wants to pursue greatness. Not success. Not vibes. Greatness. And maybe that kind of ambition is exactly what art needs right now.

Theatre doesn’t grow on safe bets. Neither do audiences. Why I’m resolving to choose the uncomfortable seat this year.

From supporting community theatre without qualifiers to applauding bravery over perfection, here are the theatre New Year’s resolutions I’m carrying into the year ahead.

In a deleted video, Mr. Lynch made crude remarks about women, Black people and called efforts to uplift marginalized voices “a cancer.”.

Go ahead. Use “theatre kid” as an insult. We’ve been called worse from the cheap seats. And we kept going anyway.

Before dismissing community theatre, it helps to notice who’s in the room and why they’re there.

The Kennedy Center will be renamed after Donald Trump. A place built to honor the arts was just renamed for a man who never believed in what it stood for.

Beaches is coming to Broadway, and honestly, it just makes sense. A movie that had an emotional choke hold on an entire generation is now landing squarely in front of the audience that’s been keeping Broadway alive for decades.

I’ve watched great shows fall apart because the director was picked out of loyalty instead of ability. Community theatre can do better. And it’s not a hard fix.

The rights to Dear Evan Hansen are finally available, which means a whole new generation gets to tell this story. There are no casting rules, no limitations. Let’s cast it with intention — diversely, thoughtfully, boldly.

A local critic told me a community theatre will stop inviting them to shows after one negative review. Wild, right? If we send the invite, we have to be willing to hear the truth.