Facing Our Truth, I Call My Brothers, and a farewell to Twelfth Night on Broadway
From swooning over Sam Barnett’s performance in Twelfth Night to speaking frankly about the homogeneity of critics, Lindsay, Maxamoo’s founder, and Nicole, from Mildly Bitter’s Musings, rant and rave about theater in New York City.
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Specifically, we:
Celebrate the final performance of Twelfth Night on Broadway;
Take issue with certain journalists and their poor manners interviewing the delightful Sam Barnett: Sacrificing His Fries for a Starring Role, Samuel Barnett Discusses His Female Roles in Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ and ‘Richard III’, New York Times;
Discuss the latest Let Me Ascertain You: Sex Variants 1941 from The Civilians;
Dissect race, privilege, and the paucity of diverse critics in our discussion of Facing Our Truth: Short Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege, I Call My Brothers, and this interview with the Artistic Director of Baltimore’s Center Stage: Kwame Kwei-Armah: ‘I was constantly moaning in London’ in The Guardian; and
Preview our upcoming episode on comedy.
Other things discussed:
Kung Fu at Signature Theater
Love and Information from New York Theater Workshop
Night Train with Wyatt Cenac at Littlefield
Luisa Omielan: What Would Beyond Do?! at Subculture NYC
The Other Josh Cohen at the Paper Mill Playhouse
L’Opera Burlesque at Duane Park
Julia Weldon at The Knitting Factory