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Women Are Finally Finding a Voice on New York Stages, From ‘Six’ to ‘Suffs’ (Guest Blog)
“I am drawn to untold stories about women and there are so many … that need telling,” Broadway producer Dale Franzen says
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Don’t Gamble Away California’s Diverse Creative Jobs (Guest Blog)
A new bill in the California legislature poses a threat “to rising talent from underrepresented groups,” ALLvanza founder Rosa Mendoza writes
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How ‘Belfast,’ ‘Dune’ and Other Oscar Films Shine the Spotlight on the Refugee Crisis (Guest Blog)
“Against the backdrop of increasing global polarization, failed diplomacy and disinformation wars, these films help reframe the refugee narrative,” UN Refugee Agency’s Anadil Hossain writes
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What the Oscars Academy Can Teach the U.S. About How to Run Political Elections (Guest Blog)
Ranked-choice voting is effective in expanding diversity and gender balance, RepresentWomen’s Katie Usalis writes
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How ‘Abbott Elementary’ Flips the Script on Popular Images of Urban Public Schools (Guest Blog)
Quinta Brunson’s diverse onscreen faculty “reflects an academic reality I wish I had experienced growing up,” anthropologist Philip McKenzie writes
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Hey, John Mulaney and ‘SNL’: Your Ageist Jokes Are Getting Really Old (Guest Blog)
We know it’s OK to mock older people because we’ve seen stars do it and people laughed, writes David Gittins of Age Inclusion in Media
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‘Dune’ Repeats Tired Tropes of a White Savior in a Middle Eastern Setting (Guest Blog)
The Oscar contender “perpetuates a harmful history” of Orientalism, argue Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Sue Obeidi and scholar Evelyn Alsultany
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‘Shhhh’ Off Broadway Review: Clare Barron’s Kinky, Envelope-Pushing Drama
Playwright, actress and director explores extremes that have nothing to do with intimacy
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‘Intimate Apparel’ Off Broadway Review: Lynn Nottage’s Seamstress Now Sings
Ricky Ian Gordon improves a modern classic with his extraordinary operatic score
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‘Skeleton Crew’ Broadway Review: Phylicia Rashad Wears the Overalls in This Factory Family
The actors rule in this Detroit drama by Dominique Morisseau
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‘How I Met Your Father’ Review: Hilary Duff’s Hulu Reboot Is a Legendary Misfire
Don’t wait for it! Kim Cattrall narrates as an older version of Duff’s singleton in a show whose sitcommy lines feel like ’90s rejects from the original
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‘Single Drunk Female’ Review: Freeform Dramedy Gets an AA Plus for Capturing Early Sobriety
Sofia Black-D’Elia stars as a newly sober woman who moves back home with her mom, played by the remarkable Ally Sheedy
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New Duopoly Threat: Google and Amazon Could Control 80% of All Connected TVs in a Decade | PRO Insight
Tech giants are applying strategies that led them to dominate smartphones to new ventures, producer and media professor Evan Shapiro writes
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Unsung LGBTQ Pioneer J.C. Leyendecker Finally Gets a Moment in the Spotlight (Guest Blog)
“Leyendecker’s artwork … was coded with messages that spoke volumes to LGTBQ audiences, but remained hidden from his clients,” GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis writes
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‘The Band’s Visit’ Pays a COVID-Delayed Visit to LA as Touring Musicals Hit the Road Again (Guest Blog)
“I really don’t think the size of the theater matters,” producer Orin Wolf says of his intimate 2018 Tony winner playing the 3,400-seat Dolby Theatre
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Michele Willens