The Loving Monster
How Sophia Coppola’s Priscilla Attempts to Capture the Black, White, and Gray of the King People contain multitudes. And though we all...
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dezitibbs
Oct 31, 20232 min
Merry Me: a sapphic romp through an ancient classic
Loosely building on Aeschylus’ Oresteia, Merry Me promises a night of raucous laughter and sapphic horniness, but attempting to be a...
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dezitibbs
May 7, 20227 min
“We Won’t Wait Another Day!” But Apparently, Intersectionality Still Has To
Shaina Taub’s new musical, Suffs, follows Hamilton and Take Me Out in the Public Theater’s tradition of pointing at intersectional...
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dezitibbs
Jan 13, 20214 min
New Light Theatre’s “Songs for a New World”
As theatre creators scramble to create during the panoramic, I’ve seen most virtual productions fall into separate camps. There are shows...
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dezitibbs
Jan 13, 20205 min
How The Band’s Visit Made Me Remember That I Don’t Know Everything
As I’ve gotten older and started to better understand my tastes and who I am, it’s become very easy to feel unmovable in my opinions–so...
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dezitibbs
Jan 5, 20205 min
It’s NOT For You, White Man (An Analysis of the 2020 Broadway Revival of West Side Story)
Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve noticed that there’s been a recurring theme in the media over the past decade: revival. It’s...
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dezitibbs
Oct 28, 20193 min
“Ragtime” at the Arden: the Double Consciousness of an Audience Member
What’s the point of creating musicals set in a time that’s different than ours? The past is riddled with issues that we hopefully have...
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dezitibbs
Jan 20, 20194 min
A Reason for Revival: the lead of Marianne Elliott’s Company is…A WOMAN????
“I thought: this can only happen if it truly works. I didn’t want to do anything gimmicky or turn it into a women’s role just for the...
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dezitibbs
Jan 14, 20193 min
A Reason for Revival: a look at Marianne Elliott’s revival of Company
In the contemporary musical theatre world, revivals are becoming more and more popular. With the marquis looking like a blast from the...
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dezitibbs
Nov 28, 20182 min
A Requiem for Once on This Island
Today, I learned that the Tony Award winning revival of Once on This Island is closing in January. Naturally, I was filled with sadness...
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