i also saw him in Music Man on Broadway and he was great!

his Oklahoma is fantastic. for example: open.spotify.com/track/3Ady8Q...

oh i love his singing voice!

i fell asleep during the 200th fight scene

i dont think it should be mandated curriculum by any stretch—just a meaningful challenge if a teacher decides to take it on

if u teach it correctly it’s *astonishingly*, *childishly* inappropriate. Merchant of Venice is much better as long as ur willing to engage with antisemitism as such

Hartman’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments. Many of the chapters read like the most emotionally and psychologically rich, lavish, and bold short stories you’ll ever read, esp Intimate History of Slavery and Freedom and The Beauty of the Chorus.