HeyJaredHouse Closed: Theater We Saw
Before the House Closed, Joey Sims and Connor Scully snuck into the theater. Now, the pair will discuss two shows they both saw. House Closed: Theater We Saw w. Sims and Scully is focused on off and off-Broadway work that, in some cases, might already be gone.
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Summer Wrap, Fall Preview with Tim Teeman (opens the original)
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Sims and Scully are joined by critic Tim Teeman (New York Times, Town & Country) to reflect on a rich summer for Off-Broadway and a bleaker picture for Broadway while looking ahead to the fall. They talk through the plays that excite them most, the musicals they can't wait to see, and the broader state of American theater as a new season kicks off.
Theater We Saw: Dukes & Pepper Slit (opens the original)
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Connor and Joey take on two comedies from SNL talent playing small downtown rooms this summer. First is Dukes , Jane Wickline and Liva Pierce's plotless, bit-driven show about two best friends who can't function apart, recently closed at Soho Playhouse. Then Pepper Slit: Live in Her Living Room at the East Village Basement—Chloe Troast as a washed-up silent-film diva trying to keep her show going while the movers pack up around her. Plus the Hadestown screen capture's big box office, Soho Playho
Theater We Saw: The Black Mirror Experience and Perfect Crime (opens the original)
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Sims and Scully drag director Jake Beckhard through two of New York's most normal theatrical outings. First: The Black Mirror Experience at The Shed—a VR spectacle powered by AI slop. Then it's uptown to Perfect Crime, the longest actively-running show in NYC history. Two shows with almost nothing in common except that you leave both a little unsure of what you just witnessed. TIMESTAMPS: 1:36 - Black Mirror Experience 41:47 - Perfect Crime
Theater We Saw: Camping & The Family Dog (feat. Billy McEntee) (opens the original)
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Sims and Scully are joined by Billy McEntee—theater editor of the Brooklyn Rail, theater writer, and theater maker—for two summer plays. First up: Camping by Victoria Lynne Barclay, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt for Colt Coeur at HERE Arts Center. Alice Kremelberg and Colby Minifie play Brit and Ari, two friends who keep returning to the same tent over twenty-five years. The trio talks Colby Minifie's run of intense performances, Adrienne Campbell-Holt staging a play in twelve square feet,
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