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I haven’t played video games since college ended in 2006.

Just got my 10 year old daughter a switch 2 and I’m loving it. Mostly Mario cart so far but plan to play Goldeneye and Ocarina of Time with her soon (mostly for those soundtracks).

I do want to dabble in solo gaming too.

Any good games for a Scott lover? I’ve read about Pentinent and Obra Dinn. Anyone vouch for those or any others?

I haven’t played video games since college ended in 2006.

Just got my 10 year old daughter a switch 2 and I’m loving it. Mostly Mario cart so far but plan to play Goldeneye and Ocarina of Time with her soon (mostly for those soundtracks).

I do want to dabble in solo gaming too.

Any good adult games for a musical lover? I’ve read about Pentinent and Obra Dinn. Anyone vouch for those or any others?

I haven’t played video games since college ended in 2006.

Just got my 10 year old daughter a switch 2 and I’m loving it. Mostly Mario cart so far but plan to play Goldeneye and Ocarina of Time with her soon (mostly for those soundtracks).

I do want to dabble in solo gaming too.

Any good games for a TRIH lover? I’ve read about Pentinent and Obra Dinn. Anyone vouch for those or any others?

Anyone going? Is this actually a good venue to see a musical?

Just got I invited to apply. Don’t know what’s typical on rates. Same as we use in hourly calls?

It’s sold out through Sunday 7/26 with no dates after. I arrive 7/27.

Do shows at this theater have the capacity to extend? Should I expect it too for its sold out run?

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10. Left Behind, Spring Awakening

11. I Am Here, Come From Away

12. Another Winter in a Summer Town, Grey Gardens

13. How Could I Ever Forget, Next to Normal

14. Doubt comes in, Hadestown

15. Words Fail, Dear Evan Hansen

16. The I Love You Song, Spelling Bee

17. Dear Bill, Operation Mincemeat

18. She Used to Be Mine, Waitress

19. It’s Quiet Uptown, Hamilton

I was very fortunate to see four shows in one four night trip to New York.

SPELLING BEE
4.5/5.0 stars

I love this show’s sweetness and humor, and have since seeing it in DC in 2007. It’s just pure joy. This show should run forever. This cast was unvaryingly strong but I was really captured by Lilli Cooper as Rona Lisa. She just has so much poise and grace in the role. I trust that Jasmine is very special in the role but I felt lucky to see Lilli. Because of its immense sincerity and contrast with the rest of the show, the I Love You Song remains a Top 10 emotional peak moment of any show ever.

THE LOST BOYS
3.5/5.0 stars

I thought a lot about the Back to the Future musical while watching this. Both clearly have nostalgia and retro power, and both are entertaining, enjoyable shows. Ultimately TLB lost me by not going far enough into an 80s vivid vibe (see my last review below for an example). The music was professional but bite-less. And the fascinating staging and design failed to deliver on its potential, especially during final scenes. All that said, the leads were incredible. Ali Louis Bourzgui gave one of the most memorable, sexiest performances of all time. I couldn’t look away, and that voice is unlike anything I’ve ever heard. An all time classic villain performance for the ages.

TITANIQUE
4.0/5.0 stars

The second funniest show I’ve ever seen, after Oh Mary. Also like Oh Mary I felt like it wasn’t really written for me, and that’s ok. I’m not in the know enough about gay culture and humor to get a lot of the jokes and references. Regardless the cast was among the most impressive I’ve ever seen on a single stage, Marla especially. It’s a real privilege to see creator/performers like that star in their own original work.

MASQUERADE
5.0/5.0 stars

The peak theater going experience of my life. I know I’m supposed to be cool and sophisticated and not say superlatives like that, but it’s just the truth.

Is the show and experience flawless? No. It’s so silly and over the top that I could easily imagine cooler and more sophisticated people than me quibbling with various aspects the show - but to me this was a whole new level of what theater could be. To be so physically close to the performers and to be sung to in every direction is a gift for the senses.

Also I couldn’t imagine a more perfect match of setting and content. The fact that the score and visuals of POTO are so familiar means that the big musical moments are electrifying in a way that old shows rarely are.

That shrill organ opening melody of the song Phantom of the Opera is exactly the vibe that Lost Boys should have sought.

I will never forget the doors opening to reveal the masquerade number, or the boat drifting through the crowd or the rooftop singing in the perfect June evening weather. It was just sensual hit after sensual hit.

I want to add that Audrey Logan was transcendent as Christine. Such a perfect voice plus an exquisite balance between girlhood and womanhood in her performance that was totally new for me. I’m sure she could kill this role on a traditional stage but seeing her face and eyes that close will forever be a peak experience of human art to me.

Phantom is probably the perfect choice because the music is so well-known and memorable, but I can imagine thrilling interpretations of Sweeney Todd or even little shop of horrors with the same immersive approach

I am Jewish and my grandfather passed away last year.

We’re finalizing his headstone and there’s some debate in the family about how many honorifics to use on a gravestone.

Some family members want us to add “tzadik” to imply his righteousness, or add statements like “beloved teacher, leader, and survivor”. Those things feel corny and over the top to me but I also want to see if there’s any actual conventions or rules about how to approach this?

To be clear, he was a very wise and beloved man. He had an amazing Holocaust survivor story and was a deeply loved teacher and educator. I want to honor that but I also don’t want to go over the top.

Thank you.

I have a call that I need to take the hour before a 8:30pm showtime next Thursday.

Are there easy spots to hide and take a quiet call for an hour near Times Square that wouldn’t be too annoying to people around me?

Two girls. A household full of books and advanced degree holding parents. We still read books every night to both kids, and they’re both sweet well adjusted kids.

As the younger kid grew we learned that there is such a fundamental difference in their learning styles (which I accept and appreciate) but also their curiosity levels.

6yo devours books and videos on stars, whales, dinosaurs, asks why things are the way they are, wants to know how food is made and how little things make it taste different. She’s not an advanced or gifted kid, but she’s got an enormous appetite.

It’s one of those joys in life to see your kids bloom as they get older in new and surprising ways but it’s also revealed that our older kid just has a lower appetite for learning.

As a reader and SSC-type myself I personally find it easier to relate to the 6yo (unsurprisingly) and I’m trying to put that bias aside, but I also have some concerns that a lower *curiosity drive* has consequences in life.

Those might include vulnerability to external forms of validation, status seeking, as well as potentially lower achievement. We see this starting now as she now enters 5th grade and kids begin to get tracked into higher and lower achievement groups.

Have any of you grappled with this or found ways to discover or unlock your child’s own potential for intellectual curiosity?

Is it pernicious of me to even want to push on this?