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Anchors and Wienies: How Theme Parks Simplify Decisions
Minimum Familiarity: None (you just need to know what a theme park is!) Theme park designers aim to transport their guests to another world. To achieve this lofty objective, they rely on techniques that derive from a deep understanding of human behavior. The importance of how real people perceive and respond to the choices presented…
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Introducing Re-prizes: “Raise a Little Hell”
Minimum familiarity: None A reprise in a musical occurs when we hear a song that we’ve already heard before, often in a new context and with modified lyrics. And the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a “re-prize” as “The word you’ve entered isn’t in the dictionary.” Which means I can define it here however I want. A…
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Why Is “Wait for Me” So Good?
The iconic not-quite Act I finale of Hadestown is musical theater at its finest: a perfect intersection of dozens of art forms that transcends them all. Wait for What? “Wait for Me” is probably the single song most associated with the musical Hadestown, thanks to a performance at the Tony Awards in 2019. And yes,…
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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…