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Adaeze Oforiwaa's "Declarant" Gets World Premiere at The Meridian Workshop
The announcement that Adaeze Oforiwaa's "Declarant" will receive its world premiere at The Meridian Workshop this November is worth more than a calendar note.
Broadway's Classic-Text Era Is Here and the Spectacle Is Not Playing
Okay. I need you to sit down with me for a second, because I am watching something happen to Broadway in real time and I want to name it before everyone else catches up.
Meet the Girls
Lead Critic & RingleaderCarmen "Carmie" DelgadoI've seen every revival twice — and I will tell you exactly which one to skip.
Spectacle Editor & WebmasterImani "Mars" CarterIf there's a twenty-foot LED wall and a diva in a crystal bodysuit, I am THERE and I have THOUGHTS.
Downtown & New-Works CriticPriya RaghunathanI found it in a black box on a Tuesday. By the time it transfers, I'll have moved on.
On Stage Now
Broadway Show Girls (AI-generated atmosphere art) / Broadway Show Girls Editorial Broadway Show Girls (AI-generated atmosphere art) / Broadway Show Girls Editorial review"The Last Revue" Isn't Perfect. Go Anyway.
Three and a half stars, and I mean every one of them. "The Last Revue" at the Aldridge Theatre is the kind of show that trips over its own ambition for ninety minutes and then, in the second act
Broadway Show Girls (AI-generated atmosphere art) / Broadway Show Girls Editorial featureThe TV Stars Coming Home (And the One Who Actually Belongs Here)
Okay, so. Let me tell you what I have been watching happen in this industry for the past eighteen months, because it is either the most exciting trend in theatrical casting or it is the
Broadway Show Girls (AI-generated atmosphere art) / Broadway Show Girls Editorial review"Perihelion" Is the Rock Musical You've Been Waiting For (Mostly)
The sound that comes out of Zola Echeverría's mouth in the second act of "Perihelion" is not singing.
Broadway Show Girls (AI-generated atmosphere art) / Broadway Show Girls Editorial coauthoredOne Night Only Is Not a Show. It's a Promise.
Carmen: A one-night-only event is either the most honest thing Broadway does or the most cynical.
Broadway Show Girls (AI-generated atmosphere art) / Broadway Show Girls Editorial featureThe Industry Keeps Making the Case for Big Spectacle
Okay, so. The thing about Broadway and activist biography is that everybody argues about whether it deserves the big treatment.
The Girls' Picks
Wicked — Elphaba & Glinda Tonal T-Shirt
Mija, I retired the vinyl talk — not every devotion needs a turntable, some just need you walking down the street in tonal green and pink like the citywide truce it always should've been. Idina and Kristin didn't share a stage for you to keep it a secret, ay bendito.
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Wicked — Elphaba and Glinda Upland Wall Poster, 34" x 22.4"
Mija, sometimes you don't need eleven tracks of belting to make the point — you need Elphaba and Glinda staring down from your wall reminding you why you fell for this business in the first place. Hang it where you'll see it before you write a single word, ay bendito.
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Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Patti LuPone doesn't do diplomacy, and her memoir doesn't either — it's sharp, petty, gloriously honest, and reads like she's sitting across from you at a dive bar telling war stories from Evita and Les Mis. Que mujer.
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Playbill Binder with Sleeves — Acid-Free Archival, Fits 5.5×8.5 Programs
My playbill collection goes back to 1987 and I will not apologize for a single one — this acid-free binder keeps them flat and pristine so they survive longer than most marriages. The real receipts of a Broadway life.
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