Category: Theater Analysis
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Debriefing the 2023-2024 Broadway Season
Minimum Familiarity: You’ll probably get more out of this if you watched the Tony Awards, but that’s the only recommendation. The Tony Awards happened a few weeks back, on June 16th, and I thought it was a great awards show overall. The Tonys tend to be at least twice as enjoyable to me as other…
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Tony Awards Predictions – 2024
It’s officially Tony Sunday, and the only awards show that I’m happy is absurdly long starts at 6:30pm ET this evening (with the main televised ceremony kicking off at 8pm on CBS). Loyal readers have already seen the drama of my attempts to predict and then understand the nominations this year, and now the time…
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Debriefing the 2024 Tony Nominations
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How Long Has It Been Since the Last Successful Original Musical?
Minimum Familiarity: None, I try to explain any requisite terminology as we go. I’ve been thinking lately about how much I like Hadestown, and it occurred to me that Hadestown may be the last original musical that has run for more than a year or two on Broadway. So I did some poking around (during…
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Authoritative Tony Nomination Predictions – 2023-2024 Season
Minimum Familiarity: Heard of it. It’s useful to have a sense of what the Tony nomination categories are. If you don’t care about the Tony Awards or haven’t heard of any shows this season, this post probably won’t be the most engaging for you. This blog is known for having its finger on the pulse…
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Take Me Back to the End of Back to the Future
Minimum Familiarity: Heard of it. It helps if you’re familiar to a mild extent with Back to the Future, either the movies or the musical. I avoid spoiling plot details, but I do talk about my overall impressions of the Broadway musical, so I recommend waiting to read this if you plan to see the…
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Two Great Things About Harmony
With the news that the Broadway production of Harmony is closing on February 4, 2024 after only 24 previews and 96 performances, I wanted to reflect on a few things that production does really well. It’s not perfect, but it told an important and timely story. And in doing so it managed to avoid falling…