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Nov 13

A Romy & Michele Adventure: “Romy & Michele: The Musical”

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Photo by Valerie Terranova.

Romy & Michele: The Musical
Presented by Stage 42
Book by Robin Schiff
Music and lyrics by Gwendolyn Sanford & Brandon Jay
Directed by Kristin Hanggi
Choreographed by Karla Puno Garcia
Music supervision by Keith Harrison Dworkin

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New York, NY

Review by Kitty Drexel

NEW YORK — Last week, I attended the American Theatre Critics Association’s yearly conference in New York. It was lit! (R.I.P. “lit,” T.O.D.: 10:26 AM, 11/13/25) Press tickets were made available to attendees in exchange for coverage. I attended Romy & Michele: The Musical at Stage 42 on November 6 as part of the conference. 

I streamed the movie after securing tickets. Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion is fun. Not good, not bad. Fun.  I’d watch the movie again if it happened to be on. I feel the same about the musical. I wouldn’t go out of my way to see it if a local theatre was producing it, and I didn’t know anyone in the cast. I would totally attend as press to see what a different cast did with it. Because it’s fun. Some revolutions are built on fun.  

Based on the 1997 cult classic screenplay by Robin Schiff, Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion, Romy & Michele: The Musical is now playing off-Broadway at Stage 42 in New York. Romy (Laura Bell Bundy, who nails the accent and even brings the accent to her sick vocals) and Michele (Kara Lindsay, who gives Lisa Kudrow a run for her money and belts with equally as sick vocals) left their 80s Arizona high school for L.A. after graduation and never looked back. Except now, they are looking back.  Continue reading →

Aug 07

2024 MEDINA PRIZE DEADLINE: ATCA’s third annual Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism has Aug. 16 Deadline

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NEW YORK, NY, July 5, 2024 – The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association (ATCA) deadline for applications for the third annual Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism is Friday, August 16, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

The application link is HERE.

The Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism awards theater critics and journalists in the United States from under-represented groups who write about the arts and its role in highlighting people from various cultures, backgrounds and experiences.

All applicants will be notified of their application status by early October. The Medina Prize will be presented in November. 

The purposes of the prize are to (1) cultivate relationships between ATCA and diverse critics, (2) encourage increased readership of cultural criticism composed by diverse writers, and (3) offer monetary support for critics from under-represented groups.

The honor includes a $1,000 cash prize, one free year of membership to ATCA, and financing to subsidize travel costs to the annual ATCA convening in November. Continue reading →

Jul 23

Application Opens for the 2023 Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism

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NEW YORK: On July 10, the American Theatre Critics Association opened applications for the second annual 2023 Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism on its website, https://americantheatrecritics.org/edward-medina-prize/. The application will close on August 11, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

APPLY HERE

All applicants will be notified of their application status by October 1, 2023. The Medina Prize will be presented in November 2023.

Edward Medina

The ATCA website says the Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism is an award for reviewers, critics, and journalists in the U.S. from under-represented groups (women, people of the global majority, trans, and non-binary) who write about theater and its role in highlighting people from various cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

The prize is meant to cultivate relationships between ATCA and diverse critics, to increase readership of cultural criticism by diverse writers, and to financially support critics from under-represented groups. Continue reading →