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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway is an undeniably impressive production from a technical standpoint, but as a complete theatrical experience, I found it much less satisfying than I expected. There is a great deal to admire in the staging, lighting, and special effects, yet those elements are doing most of the heavy lifting.…
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There are some plays that entertain. There are some plays that impress. And then there are plays that reach into your chest, grab hold of something deeply human, and refuse to let go long after the curtain falls. On the evening of June 13, 2026, I had the privilege of seeing Death of a Salesman, and…
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There is a conference room in every mid-sized law office in America with bad carpet, worse coffee, and a court reporter who has seen things. I have spent a meaningful percentage of my adult life in rooms like this, and I am here to tell you that it is the finest playwriting education money can…
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The Broadway production of The Great Gatsby is a dazzling and heartfelt reimagining of Fitzgerald’s classic, blending roaring-twenties glamour with timeless emotional truth. I saw the show on October 19, 2025, and it was a night of remarkable performances, lush design, and surprising intimacy. While audiences eagerly anticipate Jeremy Jordan’s return to the role of Jay Gatsby, Ryan…
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Let’s be honest: the Bard has had a good run. Four centuries of English teachers whispering “iambic pentameter” like it’s a Hogwarts spell, theatre majors in black turtlenecks defending Twelfth Night as peak comedy, and countless people nodding solemnly at jokes they didn’t actually understand. But somewhere between a Publix parking lot and an alligator-infested drainage canal,…
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Structuring a Closing Argument Like a One-Act Play The difference between a good closing argument and a forgettable one is the same difference between a standing ovation and a bored cough in row B: structure. Not evidence. Not emotion.Structure. Because whether you’re pleading for justice or staging a one-act in a black box theatre with three…
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Where the citations weep, and the subtext sues for emotional damages This is not a poem. Not in the traditional sense. There is no meter here, no rhyme, no stanzas. Just a body of text so plain, so devoid of soul, it could’ve been written by the IRS. And yet – beneath it – buried…
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A meditation on holding professional gravity and creative chaos in the same breath I wore a tie to a deposition this morning and quoted Foucault to my kid at lunch. Both acts felt subversive. Let’s begin with the obvious: contradiction is not a flaw in the system. It is the system. I’m a trial lawyer who writes…
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Dramatic Archetypes in the Legal World – and How to Counter Them Litigation, for all its procedural decorum, is theatre. There’s a script (your pleadings), a stage (the courtroom), a captive audience (jury or judge), and, most importantly, characters. Now, some attorneys enter the courtroom like extras in a background deposition scene – unmemorable, beige,…
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(Or, why your unmarketable dream project written at 2 a.m. in a hoodie stained with Pad Thai might just be your magnum opus) Let’s begin with a premise no marketing team wants to hear: the idea that makes your friends tilt their heads and say “…Huh” might be the thing that actually works. I’m not…
Brian Brijbag 