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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Thoughts on BroadwayCon by Aya Esther Hayashi

If you follow the musical theatre world on Twitter or Tumblr at all, you may have noticed an explosion of the hashtag - #BroadwayCon. This past weekend (January 22-24), the first annual conv…

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

NYMF - Central Avenue Breakdown in Concert by Aya Esther Hayashi

I finally saw it! Well...heard/saw it.  Kind of.  Whatever.  It was a concert staging. I first caught wind of Central Avenue Breakdown following its successful run at the 2011…

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Saturday, July 12, 2014

NYMF - Searching for Romeo by Aya Esther Hayashi

I just got back from this evening's performance of Searching For Romeo, and I have to say...I was utterly charmed.Searching For Romeo is a comedic backstory musical for the Bard's Romeo and …

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

National Theatre Live @ Symphony Space: War Horse by Aya Esther Hayashi

  True confession: I love Joey.  The horse, that is.  Well...the puppet horse. Thanks to the National Theatre Live's encore screening at Symphony Space on Monday night, I got …

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Not Your Mama’s Fairytales or: In Real Life Everything Sucks by Aya Esther Hayashi

Last week, I went to the TRUF at the Chain Theater in Long Island City to see a series of three, one-act plays which were all postmodern-ish retellings/adaptations of fairy tales.  …

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Monday, January 27, 2014

My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer by Aya Esther Hayashi

Katherine Folk-Sullivan (left) and Layla Khoshnoudi (right)Photo credit: Hunter CanningWith a 65 minute run time, Brian Watkins' My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer is a short and provocative …

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Big Fish by Aya Esther Hayashi

Though Big Fish will be closing on December 29, I figured that it was worth a review because its feel-good quality may be the sort of diversion people are looking for during the holiday seas…

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Hello! My name is... by Aya Esther Hayashi

Hello, gentle readers,My name is Aya, and I am honored to be joining Show Showdown as a contributor/reviewer.  Thought I would write a few introductory words...Who am I? …

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