Profile for KJisgroovy

See, don't get me wrong; this absolutely looks fun, but is it just re-heating the last Pippin revival's Nachos? Complete with hoisting your elderly character into the air on a Trapeze?

Yes. But it's not like that production of Pippin was the first time anyone ever added circus elements to a show. And when you decide to go circus... it's all gonna kinda look the same, no? This Cats looks as much like the Pippin revival as the Pippin revival looked like the origi

"Theatre is not about judging your audience members."

While I normally think this is correct, theater for all should be the goal, this fella is actively defunding theater across America. This is not a political theory, not his "deeply held belief," not a personality clash... theaters all across the country have actively had their funding pulled just this week. And it's still ongoing. An active protest for current, ongoing activity that the folks in the audi

"43% of this year's acting nominees are people of color.  I think that's the most in Tony history but we have to do better next year."

That's a high percentage considering a much smaller percentage of roles went to people of color. For us to "do better," more roles have to be available and given to people of color. This only proves that people of color succeed when given the opportunity.

Yes exactly. This kind of thinking is so m

Kad articulates my thoughts better than I could! I think this spare, abstract staging is a really strong choice for this show... but not at the Beaumont? I was perplexed when it was announced and surprised there wasn't more trepidation of staging this show in that HUGE theater... but I assumed they had a plan to address that. I think you could move this whole production down to the Newhouse and it would work like gangbusters.

To be fair. Not many productions have successfully

"the sister being hyperfixated on Betty Boop is very weird and not accurate for a cartoon that hasn’t had relevancy in decades." 

I became a high school teacher in August 2023. I saw Boop a few months after I started. I had the same thought when I saw the show then but... as the start of my first year has become deep into my second year I can tell you that even at my small school there are a handful of teens that are, indeed, hyperfixed on Betty Boop. While Sanrio

I can't imagine having the bandwith to worry about something like this?

People do this all the time? It felt like for a while we had new IP themed pop-ups every week here in Chicago. They're not performing the play. Nobody is going there thinking they're going to see the play. Even if it was illegal, what would be the harm? The characters from The Wizard of Oz are in the public domain and have been for a long time. If they're performing songs at the venue, they

He is still revered in a lot of theater programs at universities... but I think it's definitely the case that his work has not aged well. Or maybe it's just not the right time for his work.

He's so often imitated, often unintentionally, that his actual work feels derivative or obvious. People are more familiar with the imitations and copies. 

Also, I think a lot of the takes on gender and relationships feel gross or maybe even misogynistic when they used to feel