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When I interviewed the Blessed Madonna in 2017 — 2017!!! — her album was right around the corner. Turns out it was right around many, many corners. nytimes.com/2017/11/30/art…

When did NYC audiences become so provincial? Quite a few walkouts at the fantastic “Showgirl” NYU Skirball tonight. Guys, I’m embarrassed for you.

Ideal tennis weather in NYC today and I’m stuck recovering from a cold. Perfect torture device.

So nervous about the Liberty game tonight that I want to magically wake up at 10pm and NY has won. #WNBAFinals

Elizabeth Marvel has my vote for finest stage actor of her generation (or any?) so it was incredibly exciting to have her on the podcast. marksvincentelli.substack.com/p/we-take-you-…

It’s not often an article looks back not just at a dance but at an epochal non-review of it. The piece (wisely?) doesn’t really bring up current debates about what critics can or cannot, should or shouldn’t say. nytimes.com/2024/10/21/art…

Another Manhattan theater space bites the dust. nytimes.com/2024/10/22/the…

Now this warms the cockles of my heart ⁦New York Liberty⁩ #wnba

I could not be any prouder of this amazing team effort about jump scares! nytimes.com/interactive/20…

I’m going to put it out there now: Courtney Vandersloot goes to the Valkyries and Kelsey Plum comes to the Liberty.

A review of a new movie says it lacks “tension, danger, build, and stakes, the hallmarks of dramatic narrative” — which would fine if “The Golden Book” was a thriller but it’s an adaptation of a meditative, gentle Tove Jansson novel about grief, nature and time!

My fave, L&B Spumoni Gardens, is included but a derisive, off-base description saying it's from the kids' menu (!) and the crust is "a little fried" (it's baked to a golden crust in ancient pans) will keep the influencer hordes away. nytimes.com/article/best-n…

Another terrific piece to add to the evidence that’s been piling up: Jason Zinoman should be in line for a Pulitzer in criticism. nytimes.com/2024/10/28/art…

I'm interested in current artists responses to bad reviews (there's a story here today) and I think about how RARE and GENTLE bad reviews are nowadays. I was reminded just the other day that EBTG's Temperamental got 1 out of 10 in the NME. Which is objectively just mad/hilarious!

Nora Ephron… I just can’t. The whole edifice relies on living in blithe affluence and never ever questioning it.

Did Covid expose underlying structural problems in American theater? We discussed this and more in with Michael Kaiser, the former Kennedy Center president who now advises performing arts groups in trouble. marksvincentelli.substack.com/p/your-arts-ce…

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