326 stories by "Nicole Serratore"
I felt oddly positive this month despite it getting colder and making it harder to socialize at all. Virus numbers were going up, but the vaccine roll-out began. Sure there was an insurrecti…
A short film sequel to a film noir stage show set during a fictional plague now mirrors our real one. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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A gathering of absent family by proxy jumpstarts an important conversation about Middle Eastern representation and humanity. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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While the pandemic is far from over and our lives are not going to magically change as the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2020, there is still something deeply satisfying with puttin…
Amir Nizar Zuabi's play of a father and son cooking with each other over Zoom is warm but cloying. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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A birthday present to myself
In March, I did not think I'd be having my November birthday during the pandemic. And yet, I did. Alone in my apartment. Eating a cupcake.
Middle age is for su…
What is time anymore? October was a week ago and I cannot even conjure in my mind what it looked it. Looking at my calendar, I packed up my office for an office move. I went to a beer garden…
The pandemic has changed me. It took away a lot of things I loved"travel, live performance, a writing career, and an overstuffed life. My life got small really quickly. It also got slower, q…
Andrew Scott, with shades of anger, nonchalance, and self-awareness brings to life a new monologue about a narcissistic absent father and the sons he's left behind. Nicole Serratore reviews.…
August has been heavily defined by suddenly having homework to do. I signed up for a Korean language class and now I make a lot of flashcards and recite them walking down the street. My brai…
Various theater-adjacent projects offer alternatives for reading and interpreting theater at home. Nicole Serratore explores closet dramas and their ilk.
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Just to keep a ranking of the shows I've blogged about...all subject to change:Â
1) Crash Landing On You:Â Just the perfect blend of comedy, drama, and romance with a narrative that sus…
In July, I fell into FOUR shows which involved men with traumatic childhoods and the women who patiently put up with their nonsense and fall in love with them so they can heal. The woman may…
July was packed with personal self-care. I found a new therapist and said goodbye to my old elliptical machine. I hilariously tried to stop the elliptical from squeaking with a series of lub…
A Zoom show about listening and distance offers moments of connection, with a surprise appearance of a cat. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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I've felt quite precious about some of the shows I've been watching during the pandemic.
Something about the vulnerability of the characters has made me protective of them. Maybe my heart t…
Things I learned watching K-dramas
My TV viewing in May was all over the map. This is probably a sign I'm not doing as well as I think I am doing. My brain pinging from place to place as I…
The one day I went for a big walk.
If March was a month of bittersweet longing (served up by Crash Landing On You) then April, when I started watching Mr. Sunshine, was more serious…
Talking someone into watching Crash Landing On You
March was the hardest month of the pandemic for me. Someone in my building was hospitalized with COVID-19 very early in the month. From …
Thinking of you all during this unprecedented moment.
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After nearly giving up playwriting altogether, Martyna Majok went on to win a Pulitzer for Cost of Living. She tells Nicole Serratore
Rebellious and fractious, this new musical never quite pulls off its intentional tonal dissonance. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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Conor McPherson's play with music, set to the songs of Bob Dylan, tells the story of a collection of woebegone characters living
Controversies have dogged Ivo van Hove's production of West Side Story, surrounding injuries, protests, and bold cuts to the material (the dropping
Alice Birch's beautiful, aching play depends on the careful delivery of synchronised and overlapping dialogue from characters in three time periods who
