Wednesday, March 27, 2024
An encore run of Liza Birkenmeier’s play gives you a chance to catch up with her hilarious characters fumbling through life and loss. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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Life is all out of chicken in this troubling new play served up by John Patrick Shanley. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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A vibrant adaptation of an often blunt play. Nicole Serratore reviews
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Rather than doubts I was left with an ickiness from this revival focused on faith, obedience, and the power of the church. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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I've had a bit too much time on my hands and have been watching too much TV. Some shows were not even worth finishing. I'm listing them for completeness. But 12 shows in one month is too m…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 03:06PMMonday, February 12, 2024
A chilling story of childhood sexual assault is given a retrospective gloss by two women and suffers from some structural detachment. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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In January, New York City broke it's 700-day no-snow streak and I encountered some real stellar dramas.
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Gyeongsang Creature
Gyeongseong Creature sets a…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 11:43AMSunday, January 7, 2024
I spent three weeks in Korea this December. While it was cold and we got snow (a white Christmas!), I was glad to see the country at this time of year. Winter light festivals brightened the …
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 04:06PMWednesday, November 29, 2023
Some demonic Xmas trees for you this season
I'm deep in Korea travel planning but here are some interesting shows from November.
Destined with You
In Destined With You, Rowoon play…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 11:29AMMonday, November 20, 2023
The Monty Python musical returns to Broadway and shows its age. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 12:07PMSaturday, October 28, 2023
A classic truly terrible drama lyric
A bunch of shows sort of drifted between September to October so here's my wrap-up for the two months. **********************************
My Lovely Lia…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 04:22PMMonday, October 16, 2023
Cross-cultural confusion abounds in this funny but introspective look at a unique moment in theater history and in the lives of a group of Chinese artists. Nicole Serratore review.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 08:15PMSunday, October 1, 2023
Ossie Davis's segregation-era satire has lost none of its bite and this frenetic production balances laughter, beauty, and social critique perfectly. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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With a thumping heartbeat, Claus Guth's production of Schubert's Swan Song portrays a soldier's journey towards death. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 03:51PMTuesday, September 12, 2023
Did the dramas I watched in August run out of steam or did I?
Looking back on how I fell into K-dramas, it was clearly about the collective trauma of the pandemic. I needed this narra…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 12:37PMSunday, August 20, 2023
Nicole Serratore panics on the disco floor finding Here Lies Love's immersion doesn't quite work on Broadway.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 07:07PMSunday, August 6, 2023
Jungkook in tiny at GMA
I didn't finish as many series as I would have liked in July. But I did go see Jungkook sing on Good Morning America and start my long-awaited bathroom renovati…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 04:51PMMonday, July 31, 2023
This poem-play from Inua Ellams is a mélange of interesting images, ideas, and theatrical moments but lacks cohesion. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 08:30PMTuesday, July 4, 2023
I ended up watching a couple of "sad people shows" ™ done in very different styles but both with a languid thoughtfulness.
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Summer StrikeI found Im Siwa…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 04:17PMSaturday, June 3, 2023
I did a Namjooning trip to DIA: Beacon to see the Indigo album MV locations in April.
I'm way behind in my blogging about K-dramas due to my D-Day activities. So let's get into it.
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SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 02:59PMThursday, May 25, 2023
ruth tang's sly, funny play explores prophets and profits. Nicole Serratore reviews
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 04:05PMSaturday, May 13, 2023
Annie Dorsen returns with a new piece of algorithmic theater which asks the audience to focus on language and what power we are handing over to AI. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 02:23PMThursday, May 11, 2023
From a cluster of dancers dressed in gray and black, Suga emerges in beaming white.
As he performs "Interlude: Shadow," we watch this mob around him film him, follow him, and crowd him. T…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 11:37PMSunday, April 2, 2023
I've been really busy with work for the past few months and my drama writing has fallen to the wayside. But I wanted to keep track for posterity a few shows I saw.
Plus I went to Atlanta t…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 01:43PMFriday, January 27, 2023
Gratuitous cat pic for 2023
Viciously striking out at the thing that has hurt you is a human response but in two K-dramas I watched this month, revenge plays out differently for teenage bo…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 04:43PMMonday, December 26, 2022
Due to travel, I am behind on my drama posts. I also had some trouble watching shows while I was on the road so my viewing got interrupted. But I finally fulfilled my early pandemic plan t…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 01:07PMWednesday, December 21, 2022
An electric new play about Blackness in America comes to Broadway. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 10:03AMMonday, December 19, 2022
A comical imagining of an early American play fails to get the audience on board for its idea of fun. Nicole Serratore reviews
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 09:29AMSunday, October 16, 2022
Happy Birthday to Jungkook.
In September, I finalized my plans to go to Korea. It's my first international trip since December 2019. After two years of Korean lessons, I am hoping I ca…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 01:56PMSaturday, September 10, 2022
All 13 of Seventeen
It was a hot month and I didn't want to leave my house much. I did go see Seventeen in concert which was fun. I had not really been following their work but still a go…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 05:25PMWednesday, August 31, 2022
An inventive production of Daniel K. Isaac's ambitious play on family history and folk tales. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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