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OPINION: With Reduced Capacities, My Shower Should Be Considered an Off-Broadway Theater

by Haley Emerson. @haleyemerson_. NEW YORK, New York — Not everyone knows that the only real difference between Broadway, Off-Broadway,...

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OPINION: OK, So Maybe Not ALL Medical Professionals Should Get the Vaccine First

by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. After nearly a year of a pandemic that caused overcrowded hospitals and overworked healthcare...

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OPINION: One More Scotch and I’m Pretty Sure I Could Fight the Darkness of the Music of the Night

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. OK, listen here, punk. I get what you’re saying - “open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind” and so on,...

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OPINION: America Needs More Manly Men, Like the Hardworking Boys of “Newsies” (Op-ed by Ben Shapiro)

American masculinity is a decline. Harry Styles wearing a dress on the cover of Vogue is not the beginning, but certainly a troubling...

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Opinion: Laurie Metcalf Walked So Laurie Metcalf Could Run

by Evan Zelnick. @MandyMooron. From the Steppenwolf Theater Company to the Great White Way, acclaimed actor Laurie Metcalf has used those...

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OPN: If This Restaurant Didn't Want My Rendition of "Send in the Clowns," They Wouldn't Have a Piano

by Kaitlin Crow. @kaitlinmcrow. Above all else, I’m a performer. The only things I need to put on a show is a stage and one other person....

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Opinion: It’s Not Real Theatre Unless My Knee Is Absolutely Smashed Against The Seat In Front of Me

by Spencer Meade. @spennyislennie (Instagram), @comeadey (Twitter). Since COVID-19 shut down performance spaces, events like Stephen...

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*TEMPLATE* Opinion: [VERY POPULAR MUSICAL] is Bad, Actually

by Jason Keane. @aKeaneMachine. [NEW YORK, NEW YORK… PROBABLY] - You may have heard about the hit show, [VERY POPULAR MUSICAL] at some...

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Opinion: If Our Cast Is Like a “Second Family”, Then Why Can’t I Borrow Your Car, Stephen?

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Dear Stephen Bellick and the Cast of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Stephen, you recently noted backstage how our...

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Opinion: It’s Time for a Musical About Toys Filled with Peanut Butter (Guest Column by This Dog)

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Let’s face it - the subject matter of musical theatre throughout the decades has been expansive, specific,...

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Opinion: Understudy Life Is Tough, But Hearing Tourists Groan When They Hear My Name Makes Up For It

by Aidan Sears. @aidanjsears. The life of a Broadway understudy is a hard one. The rehearsals, the late nights, the uncertainty that...

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Opinion: "Come On, Just Give Yourself A Solo", by Your Dad

by Devin Wallace. @thedevinwallace. Listen son, your mother and I are going to be in the audience tonight. You know I don’t “get” this...

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Opinion: It's Time For An Evan Hansen Whose Arm Is Actually Broken

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. It’s 2019 - a time of change, anxiety, and in some cases, true progress. Our world’s social and political...

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Opinion: You Should Be on Broadway, by Your Aunt Irene

Zach Raffio. @ZachRaffio. Sweetie! Thank you so much for inviting me and Uncle Hector to see you play Gloria in “That’s My Modern...