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Joey Sims

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he/him. writing about theater. joeysims.substack.com

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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 10h
We got Crystal Finn goin QAnon. We got horny incels. We got London teens DM-ing ISIS. As Anne Washburn said to me: "We are all damaged." My latest for TDF Stages:
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Three New Plays Shed a Revealing Light on the Dark Side of the Internet | TDF
A wave of new Off-Broadway shows zeroes in on online extremism
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*suddenly getting serious 4 drinks in* in 2026, the grosses of WICKED on Broadway tanked. they fucking tanked
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some thoughts on audio tour/resistance training THIS IS NOT NOT A DRILL, from Playwrights Realm, and a frustrating PUBLIC RECORD at the Delacorte - two differing visions of New York joeysims.substack.com/p/a-nuanced-...
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A Nuanced and an Idealized New York: Two Productions Show Us the City
“This Is Not Not A Drill” and “Public Record” travel different paths in portraying the city through theater
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tonight’s exhilarating SHUFFLE ALONG reunion concert was closer to a full-fledged restaging of George C. Wolfe’s messy masterwork. What a thrill.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
huge improvements in Public Theater lobby - lots of seating, new cafe - sadly all negated by harassing Green Mountain Energy booth…what is this an AMC??
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
like Rudin, Ivey long never really went away. To be clear, he belongs on the trash heap.
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Lorna Luft, William Ivey Long, Sanaz Toossi, More Named Tony Awards Nominators
See the full list of the group who will decide nominations for the 2027 Tony Awards.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
taylor trensch "Let It Snow." i'm up!!!
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 22/09/2026
Steven Sater, the longtime collaborator of composer Duncan Sheik on projects like 'Spring Awakening' and 'Alice By Heart,' remembers his colleague’s mischief and melancholy, and the melodic gift he took for granted in this In Memoriam piece. www.americantheatre.org/2026/09/22/f...
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For Duncan Sheik: Requiescat
The composer's longtime collaborator remembers his colleague's mischief and melancholy, and the melodic gift he took for granted.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Astonishing that Duncan Sheik has TWO new musicals imminently opening - one of them next week. Left us with so much.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Olga, my CVS nurse, used to love Broadway but can no longer afford. (Also called me “Jesus” because I was born on Christmas Eve.) We’re letting Olga down! (get yer vaccines)
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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big thumbs up to this critical personnel decision, and incredibly excited to be working with Caroline Framke! www.nytco.com/press/a-new-...
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A New Television Critic Joins Culture | The New York Times Company
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The HADESTOWN pro-shot (in movie theaters this weekend) is truly extraordinary. I cried, many times. Perfectly captured. A reminder of Chavkin & Mitchell’s genius.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
oskar eustis saw ur mean tweets about him (i would never tho)
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Chris Nolan said, “Y’all need to try a lil thing called XENIA.” and he’s right
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
is there ANYONE else who can lead this conversation
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A legend. So glad I got to witness her work in ENDLINGS www.theatermania.com/news/wai-chi...
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Wai Ching Ho, Veteran Stage and Screen Actor Known for MCU Role, Dies at 82 - TheaterMania.com
Ho recently appeared off-Broadway in Laowang at Primary Stages.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Simon's Stone ORESTEIA in London with Mary-Louise Parker is running 4 hours & 40 minutes long"
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
realizing a full-grown teenager in this WALK ON THE MOON musical was one of the lil kids in FUN HOME has f’ed me up
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
HELL YEAH RELEASE THE BUFFALO stannswarehouse.org/show/return-...
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RETURN OF THE BUFFALO: TATANKA OWE AKUPI - St. Ann's Warehouse
St. Ann’s Warehouse & The Walk Productions present RETURN OF THE BUFFALO: TATANKA OWE AKUPI SEP 19–20, 2026
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Coughing child replaces hydrogen bomb-ass switch up
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A strong season, but FEW GOOD MEN over a new play speaks to depressing Broadway realities. New plays are just not filling those houses, and ADs are scared to program them. www.lct.org/shows/26-27-...
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Lincoln Center Theater's 2026-27 Season | Lincoln Center Theater
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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Bushwick Starr is doing Toshiki Okada’s “The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise” next spring, and that’s good news for all of us.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Todd Almond’s I’M ALMOST THERE, a show BAM is doing their best to keep secret, is just excellent. Bizarre, moving and so wondrous. Runs thru next Sunday!
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
love a surprise Sharon Washington popping up in LA CAGE at Encores! (and outclassing her shoddy surroundings)
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
ya couldn’t give today’s Bway audiences the production value of Mantello’s LAST SHIP. 4Loko for a Victorian child type shit
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
*me every evening until october* it’s a beautiful night to carry a cake across New York
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John Bonazzo @johnbonazzo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Andre Bishop booking the spring 2014 show at the Beaumont
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
poor Two Strangers…score was their only shot (a faint one I’ll grant). Deserved a sympathy win
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
hearing the Tonys will open w. Pink flying SALESMAN car over Radio City like a magic carpet, Nathan Lane at the wheel
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Helen Shaw @helenshaw.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The show in New York right now that I’m recommending the most is not on Broadway; it’s actually Morgan Bassichis’s “Can I Be Frank?”… I tried to think about how it works www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/t...
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For This Performer, Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Tragedy
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Spent the last few months in the basement of Adult Film, a teeming DIY laboratory (or just a Wild West) of productions, acting investigation and new work. For The Brooklyn Rail: brooklynrail.org/2026/06/thea...
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A Homegrown Model: Adult Film’s Evolution from Basement to Backyard to Beyond | The Brooklyn Rail
In the tight confines of a basement in Ridgewood, ten acting students swirled around each other, muttering lines from the plays of Tennessee Williams.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
a great interview www.vulture.com/article/gina...
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Gina Gionfriddo Does Mean Well
After leaving theater for nearly ten years, the playwright is nominated for her first Tony for Becky Shaw. She’s ready for it.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
news to me: Jenny Koons is directing WARRIORS! As a big fan of hers/a Kail hater, very excited to hear open.substack.com/pub/broadway...
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'WARRIORS' TO OPEN IN SPRING 2027
Lin-Manuel Miranda's West Side Story.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Lea snub the right call - she’s the weakest up there, Pitts and Hsu giving actual performances
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Vulture @vulture.com · 29/04/2026
The ‘Weapons’ actor is giving the stage performance of the season in the blistering comedy ‘Becky Shaw.’
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Where Has Alden Ehrenreich Been Hiding?
The ‘Weapons’ actor is giving the stage performance of the season in the blistering comedy ‘Becky Shaw.’
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
SCOTUS is telling us that there's no choice left but to pack the court. Congress can pass whatever laws they want to, but the Gang of Six will veto them if they think it'll help Republicans cling to power.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
we're so back. we've never been more back
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
My profile of Laurie Metcalf is in this week's New Yorker. We talked about Steppenwolf, "Roseanne," and her tremendous performance in "Death of a Salesman"—as well as her partnership with the once-cancelled producer Scott Rudin and her role in his Broadway comeback. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Laurie Metcalf’s Third Act
The once cancelled producer Scott Rudin has staked his own comeback on making her the First Lady of American Theatre.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
no more skipping the bows - you could miss Willy Loman's ghost telling dead PROOF dad he's "putting together a team"
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Spoke to the team behind LOST BOYS about the allure of vampire life—in this high-flying rock musical, eternal youth has never looked so good www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf...
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The Allure of Soaring, Blood and Rock 'n' Roll in 'The Lost Boys' | TDF
Director Michael Arden and his cast on how this vampire musical taps into adolescent
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
my niece just asked me why i “always bring iced coffee to her house”
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
ya know, Ionesco predicted all of this www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘They come right past the house’: learning to live with rhinos as numbers soar in Nepal
The country is seeing an increase in human-wildlife conflict as the number of megafauna, including rhinos and tigers, grows. But there are efforts to tackle the problem around Chitwan national park th...
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Drama League will nominate anything. unless ur name is Sam Tutty/June Squibb in which case eat DIRT
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Episode 3 of my new theater podcast is live! We talked NO SINGING IN THE NAVY at Playwrights Horizons, and THE ADDING MACHINE at The New Group. Guest is the lovely Joe Weinberg podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Theater We Saw: No Singing in The Navy & The Adding Machine
Podcast Episode · House Closed: Theater We Saw · April 18 · 55m
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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The Broadway theaters that have staff out front shouting orders at the arriving audience members, though most of them have done nothing wrong — do they not know that people really, really don’t like being yelled at and/or treated like cattle? There is a better way.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
theater was stifling hot for Wallace Shawn doin THE FEVER…possibly a prank to see if we immediately complain about not being comfy
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
shot: Zoe Winters in the new Jonathan Spector about a Birthright group reunion chaser:
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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Hugo is so lovely. I'm so pleased Pony Cam has achieved this kind of success after years of creating stuff on Melbourne's indie scene.
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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Jack Holden just beat out Cranston, Hiddleston & Sean Hayes for the Best Actor Olivier - wild. His show KENREX starts this week off-Bway, and I spoke to him for Theatrely www.theatrely.com/post/kenrex-...
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KENREX Unfolds Like a True Crime Podcast Onstage, and Jack Holden is At the Center
Theatrely sat down with Holden, who also co-wrote the show alongside director Ed Stambollouian, to discuss vigilante justice, portraying 35 characters and putting a true crime podcast on stage.
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