theater

  • Review: Ragtime at Lincoln Center — America, Still Trying to Become Itself

    There are musicals that tell a story about America. There are musicals that celebrate America. And then there is Ragtime, which asks America to sit down, be quiet, and listen to the stories it has spent more than a century trying not to hear. I saw Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime on July 29, and I absolutely…

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  • Why I Trust a Theater Kid Over an MBA

    One knows the power of silence. The other interrupts it with a spreadsheet. I’ve worked with both. I’ve sat in rooms with freshly pressed suits and PowerPoint decks loaded with action items, quarterly projections, and slides titled things like “Growth Levers.” I’ve also been in green rooms with theater kids covered in stage makeup, drinking…

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