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The White Lotus Season 2, a mini-essay

I finished The White Lotus season 2 over the weekend. Yes, I know, I’m late to a party where you definitely needed to be there. But it took me a while to get started. I think I was resentful of … Continue reading

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Countdown to 2023: 2022 TV

Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I’m not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk… Last year I watched 12 shows from 2021. This year I watched 13 shows from 2022–doing well! Last year … Continue reading

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Countdown to 2023: 2022 Books

Last year, I read 10 books! This year I read 11. I am a little over my usual goal of 10 books per year. I also listened to a lot of podcasts, which I have included at the end of this list.

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Countdown to 2023: 2022 Movies

Last year I saw 31 movies, all at home, and this year I saw 30, also all at home or on a plane. I saw 2 new movies (last year it was 7), and 28 older movies streaming/on a plane (same … Continue reading

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Countdown to 2023: 2022 Theater

Last year I saw 36 shows. This year I also saw 36, so the same as last year’s drop. 22 of those were in person, 2 outdoors. While I did see more in person shows than streaming this year, I was very … Continue reading

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New Year 2022!

It’s a bit late into the new year, but I finally have time to update and I wanted to highlight some cool things I did at the end of 2021. I’m looking forward to more cool things in the new … Continue reading

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Countdown to 2022: 2021 Books

Last year, I read 11 books! This year I read 10. I just made my usual goal of 10 books per year. I also listened to a lot of podcast and have started including those at the end of this list. Overall, … Continue reading

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Countdown to 2022: 2021 TV

Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I’m not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk… Last year I watched 11 shows from 2020. This year I watched 12 shows from 2021–doing well! I technically … Continue reading

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Countdown to 2022: 2021 Theater

Last year I saw 87 shows. This year I saw 36. 4 of those were in person outdoors (one an outdoor screening of an opera). Last year I watched 65 streaming shows. I’m not sure why that slowed down this year. Maybe … Continue reading

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THE QUESTIONS I NEVER ASKED SONDHEIM

In 2007, in my second year of grad school at NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, my class had a program with Stephen Sondheim at the Dramatists Guild. I don’t really remember much from this talk except Sondheim said the … Continue reading

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