Part 2: five more musicals you should probably skip if you support ICE. Consider this your sarcastic trigger warning label, delivered in show tunes and side-eye.

“If you’ve streamed the album, read the synopsis, followed the discourse, seen clips of that one number that everyone’s talking about—you’ve engaged with the show. You’ve formed a take. And you’re allowed to.”

Broadway loves to say “the show must go on.” This weekend’s winter storm proved that mantra has limits.

They tried to use “theatre kid” as an insult. Theatre kids responded. Loudly. Honestly. With receipts.

A friendly theatre advisory: if you support I.C.E., some of your favorite musicals may not support you back. A satirical warning label for shows about justice, immigration, and who gets to belong.

A community theatre production of Shrek the Musical in Colorado is facing backlash after Pride flags were waved during the number “Freak Flag.” After audience complaints and calls to change the staging, the cast chose to perform the number as originally intended.

I didn’t know I needed to see the Hamnet cast dancing until I did. After such a devastating film, that joyful, messy, behind-the-scenes moment felt like the emotional curtain call I didn’t know I was waiting for.

Not everyone quits community theatre forever. Some of us find our way back when the room feels right again. So what brought you back and what made it worth returning to?

What made you quit community theatre? This one’s about burnout, bad experiences, loving theatre enough to step away… and wondering what it would take to come back.

As Romeo and Juliet opens, Orlando Shakes is also responding to online hate directed at the production. Their message underscores an important truth: theatres have a responsibility not just to program boldly, but to actively protect the artists who bring that work to life.

Turns out the role I’d play again isn’t just a role. It’s Little Shop of Horrors. Mr. Mushnik. Junior year. Same cast, please. This one’s about missing the people more than the part.

The hateful response to Dylan Mulvaney’s casting in Six isn’t criticism. It’s cowardice. And it exposes who never cared about the musical in the first place.