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Friday, July 29, 2016

Ten Ways You Can Make Going To The Theater Better For Everyone. (Number Six will change your life.) by Patrick Roberts

Is Theatre Etiquette dead? Depending on who you ask you may get a range of answers from slightly downtrodden to downright apocalyptic. To many, it looks as if patrons have […]

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Friday, July 3, 2015

Tonight, the role of ________, will be played by_______. by Patrick Roberts

One night back in the fifties, a producer from Paramount Pictures attended a little known musical called The Pajama Game (a personal favorite of mine) on the Great White Way. Carol Hanney, w…

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Monday, June 1, 2015

Yitzak and the Angry Inch Featuring: Hedwig (Don’t Tell John Cameron Mitchell) by Patrick Roberts

One of the benefits of my years working Front-of-House at multiple Broadway houses is the difference in perspective it lends to the Broadway experience. Not only do I get to watch the shows…

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Saturday, May 2, 2015

A Gentlemen’s Guide to Stage Door Etiquette by Patrick Roberts

AM New York recently ran a “rub and run” article about Gigi star Vanessa Hudgens and how “So over” High School Musical she is. According to the blurb, after a performance of Gigi, no…

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