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A Theatre Love Letter: Tracy Turnblad’s Vertical Bed in the Opening Number of Hairspray…On Doubleness, Performance, and Lacan

February 2, 2023 by Katie Birenboim 2 Comments

Based on last week's discussion of Hairspray on the podcast and on Arts Journal, and looking forward to the string of really exciting podcast guests I have coming up (!!), I realized I had a very specific thing I had been wanting to write about for months -- or rather for years, since I first saw the show on Broadway in 2002. In fact, though this thing is so small and so … [Read more...] about A Theatre Love Letter: Tracy Turnblad’s Vertical Bed in the Opening Number of Hairspray…On Doubleness, Performance, and Lacan

A Theatre Love Letter: Re-Watching Every Little Step

January 19, 2023 by Katie Birenboim 1 Comment

Thanks to Call Time listeners and Arts Journal readers for bearing with me as I took a little bit of time off last week. Unfortunately, Call Time listeners are going to have to wait for a new podcast episode, but because it will partially focus on A Chorus Line (stay tuned!), I decided to devote the Arts Journal platform this week to my favorite Chorus Line-adjacent thing, … [Read more...] about A Theatre Love Letter: Re-Watching Every Little Step

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I have adored musical theatre since my grandparents took me to a regional production of Peter Pan at the wee age of three: I loved it so much, I cried at intermission, thinking the experience was over. Ever since then, I’ve been trying to ensure that the “show [would] go on,” for lack of a better … [more] about About Call Time

About Katie

Katie Birenboim is an actor, director, writer, commentator, and theatre administrator.  Her acting credits include Fiorello! at Classic Stage Company, Arsenic and Old Lace, Hair, Working, and Mary Poppins at Berkshire Theatre Group, The Snow Queen at Ancram Opera House, and various … [more] about About Katie Birenboim

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