“You don’t get to market yourself as a place of discovery, growth, and personal development while simultaneously telling your artists they don’t matter.”
Read More“These revivals maybe didn’t run long, or win big, or trend on theatre social media —but absolutely deserve more love.”
Read More“Rent Remixed wasn’t a revival. It wasn’t a reinterpretation. It was more like a chaotic rebranding — a glossy, Auto-Tuned, glow stick-fueled clubland version of the East Village. “
Read More“The dynamic duo best known for playing Bill and Ted, everyone’s favorite time-traveling slackers, are trading in their phone booth for a barren tree and the bleak existential ramblings of Samuel Beckett. And I, for one, could not be more excited.”
Read More“The best community theatre reviews I’ve read meet the work where it is. They acknowledge the context. They don’t compare a local production of Chicago to the Broadway revival, but they also don’t pretend like it’s immune from critique.”
Read More“If you find yourself unable—or unwilling—to meet this moment in theatre, maybe you’re not the one who should be writing about it.”
Read More“I hope Masquerade doesn’t just replicate the Broadway version of Phantom in a new setting. I hope it reimagines it. Deepens it. I want this version to haunt me, not just entertain me.”
Read More“I was recently made aware of a situation where a student has threatened legal action against their university’s theatre department. Their claim? That they were denied an equal education because they were never cast in a single production during their years in the program.”
Read More“Leslie Odom Jr. returning to Hamilton as Aaron Burr this fall? That’s not just a wink. That’s a standing ovation before the curtain even rises.”
Read More“When you react like that, the conversation stops being about the unfair criticism and becomes entirely about your overreaction.”
Read More“Let your kid be in the show. Let them shine. But don’t hand them the spotlight. Make them earn it like everyone else.”
Read More“The show doesn’t work without them. The magic? The world-building? The audience believing that what’s happening onstage is real? That’s the props team, working behind the curtain, making it all feel effortless.”
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