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Kathleen Marshall’s Guide to Comedy
How the renowned director brings laughs to Living on Love — “All good screwball comedy depends on a level of danger.” So says Kathleen Marshall, and she should know. She directed hellzapoppin Broadway shows like Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes, and Wonderful Town, which were all distinguished by their zany charm. […]
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I’m Heidi, Too
Seeing the revival of Wendy Wasserstein’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play reminded me of how much it influenced my life — I’m always a bit anxious when I go to a Broadway revival of a show that I loved in its original incarnation. First off, it makes me feel old (or, more accurately, middle-aged—I suspect I’ll be […]
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Protecting Your Indie Spirit in Brooklyn
In a new home, Triskelion Arts helps keep scrappy dance alive — In 2000, five young dancers rented a loft on a mostly-deserted street in a still-questionable Brooklyn neighborhood called Williamsburg. They toiled to make Triskelion Arts, the new space, a home not only for their own choreographic endeavors, but also a center for artists […]
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This Musical is More Moving in the Round
Inside the new design of Broadway’s Fun Home — When the floor starts collapsing, we barely notice. It’s only afterward, when all the trap doors have silently slid open, that we realize this family’s house has become a gaping maw. One foot wrong, and someone could disappear into darkness. In that moment, the set of […]
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Not Everyone Can Dance Like This
Inside the killer choreography of An American in Paris — While the dance world at large continues to wage an uphill battle (see: the closing of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet), Broadway is enjoying a surge of dance-heavy shows. The charge is led by three musicals currently on the boards. Gigi and On the Town – […]
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Why Should Students See Hamilton?
The student matinees are, it turns out, the highlights of my life. I can’t begin to describe how it feels.
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When Your Lines Are Like Lyrics, How Do You Speak?
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We Think You’re Marrying the Wrong Guy
Inside the creation of Broadway musical It Shoulda Been You — Musical theatre songwriters have been known to drive themselves crazy seeking suitable source material for shows. They rack their imaginations, plunder public-domain literature titles, ask studios for rights to movie scripts, and track down playwrights or their heirs. It was somewhat easier for composer […]
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How to Be a Courtesan (on Broadway, At Least)
Performance secrets from Gigi ‘s female ensemble