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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Who needs a "well-made play"? None of these three off-Bway shows WORK exactly, but, they all go hog wild, and I respect it www.theatrely.com/post/throwin...

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Throwing Out The Rule Book: Three Off-Broadway Plays Upend Expectations

Senior critic Joey Sims dives deep into three off-broadway plays happening in New York City right now!

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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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

Freed from backstage mess that plagued the Rudin run, both Audra and Billy Porter (who can still, in fact, act) gave sharper, deeper performances tonight than on Broadway a decade ago.

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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

free tickets in exchange for doubling your energy bill…just as Joe Papp intended

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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

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

his gorgeous musical ALICE BY HEART, sorely under-appreciated, deals beautifully with grief and processing loss (with help from Sater's lyrics, of course) open.spotify.com/track/1PowLM...

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Winter Blooms

Molly Gordon, Kim Blanck, Alice By Heart Original Cast Recording Company, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater · Alice By Heart (Original Cast Recording) · Song · 2019

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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 · 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

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

a rough production, but I also wonder if Harvey Fierstein’s book news a top-to-bottom rewrite

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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

anyway, Sting has now centered the show around the dying foreman of the shipyard, a role based on his father that he plays himself. Plenty to unpack.

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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

that central metaphor (perhaps a John Logan thing) did confuse the overall tone, for sure. but I loved it.

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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Sting’s re-working of LAST SHIP is so fascinating. He’ll add Shaggy as a Chauron-esque ferryman to the underworld, yet also reject/remove any suggestion that the titular ship is a metaphor for death.

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Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social · 13/06/2026