arts and entertainment
‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ stuns with dance, vocals, and spectacle
July 14, 2022The show pays homage to over 160 years of music, from Jacques Offenbach, who reveled in the cancan era, to Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Soft Cell, the Eurhythmics, White Stripes, and countless others.
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Is ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ a gigantic Broadway ‘afterschool special?’
July 7, 2022The performance is riveting, with fine delivery all around.
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‘To T, or Not To T? A Comedic Trans Journey through (T)estosterone and Masculinity’
July 5, 2022It turns out that, uh, like most important art, the specific becomes the universal once you peel back the cultural dress and uncover the human skin beneath it.
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‘The Beautiful People’: America’s toxic epidemic of hypermasculinity
July 1, 2022“This season at Rogue Machine we’ve committed ourselves to having difficult conversations."
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Plains, trains and automobiles: ‘Snowpiercer’ vs. ‘Lincoln Lawyer’
June 28, 2022How can we contrast Snowpiercer’s people’s transport vs. Lincoln Lawyer’s luxuriating while the planet burns?
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