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...and Ticket-buying With a Key to the Pictures: unapologetically gay theatre criticism with a soupçon of memoir
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The Critic’s Quickies (opens the original)
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Today, like a gay high schooler who’s hoping they can change their fate by gently canoodling with someone of the opposite sex, I’m experimenting.Specifically, I’m going to play with a new format: multiple capsule reviews of ~300 words for productions that I saw in the last few months and did not attend in my capacity as a Drama Desk voter, even though, in some cases, their runs have concluded. (I typically don’t post about anything that readers won’t have a chance to see.) Let me know what you t
Pre-Existing Condition (opens the original)
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A critwink* from the Intelligent Showmosexual*In case you missed it, critwinks are smaller reviews turned out in a single draft.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="3415" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tAdV!,w
The Real Ivanov (opens the original)
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A critwink from the Intelligent Showmosexual<img alt="A man with a sad face stands in the middle of a circle of other people in a stark white light" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lpIX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto
Disruption (opens the original)
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The (Imaginary) Tony Award for Best Song: 1993-2002 (opens the original)
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