maximinalist
@maximinalist.bsky.social
She/Her - Theatre Reviewer, Playwright, Librettist, Screenwriter. Wit on
SlashFilm, Polygon, JoySauce, & NYTheatreGuide. Won’t sha up about film, animation, theater, #StarWars. Voting member of Outer Critics Circle.
Is this the afterlife?
SlashFilm, Polygon, JoySauce, & NYTheatreGuide. Won’t sha up about film, animation, theater, #StarWars. Voting member of Outer Critics Circle.
Is this the afterlife?
Any NYC birthday deals I shall take advantage of?
February 17, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Any NYC birthday deals I shall take advantage of?
So this university has been in the news lately. I suspect its current event has to do with my alumna benefits being slashed. There's a music building that no longer permits my alumna card. I can no longer take fitness dance classes among students.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
So this university has been in the news lately. I suspect its current event has to do with my alumna benefits being slashed. There's a music building that no longer permits my alumna card. I can no longer take fitness dance classes among students.
Tomorrow's my birthday and I'm probably gonna do my laundry.
February 17, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Tomorrow's my birthday and I'm probably gonna do my laundry.
Sometimes following local news, even ones outside your state, leads me to go “Ooo, I didn’t know that place was staging this play!”
‘Primary Trust’ at New Stage has a message for this moment
New Stage Theatre’s newest production, “Primary Trust,” opening Tuesday for a two-week run through March 1, taps the core of the country’s epidemic of loneliness in a simple, elegantly touching way.
New Stage Theatre’s newest production, “Primary Trust,” opening Tuesday for a two-week run through March 1, taps the core of the country’s epidemic of loneliness in a simple, elegantly touching way.
‘Primary Trust’ at New Stage has a message for this moment
New Stage Theatre’s newest production, “Primary Trust,” opening Tuesday for a two-week run through March 1, taps the core of the country’s epidemic of loneliness in a simple, elegantly touching way.
mississippitoday.org
February 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Sometimes following local news, even ones outside your state, leads me to go “Ooo, I didn’t know that place was staging this play!”
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in this article, it says: "By removing writing from reporters’ workloads, we’ve effectively freed up an extra workday for them each week."
I work at a newspaper. Writing IS my fucking job! This is like saying "by removing patients from a doctor's workload..."
I wanna buy that student a coffee.
I work at a newspaper. Writing IS my fucking job! This is like saying "by removing patients from a doctor's workload..."
I wanna buy that student a coffee.
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
in this article, it says: "By removing writing from reporters’ workloads, we’ve effectively freed up an extra workday for them each week."
I work at a newspaper. Writing IS my fucking job! This is like saying "by removing patients from a doctor's workload..."
I wanna buy that student a coffee.
I work at a newspaper. Writing IS my fucking job! This is like saying "by removing patients from a doctor's workload..."
I wanna buy that student a coffee.
I think I’ve been finally purged and cleansed out of the system that allows me to slip into free fitness dance classes at my alma mater. (I’ve always been transparent with instructors about my alumna status and they’re happy to have me.)
February 16, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I think I’ve been finally purged and cleansed out of the system that allows me to slip into free fitness dance classes at my alma mater. (I’ve always been transparent with instructors about my alumna status and they’re happy to have me.)
I probably wouldn't be this productive if I hadn't decided to regularly get back on ADHD meds. And it's thanks to the LGBTQ+ therapist who, over a year ago, suggested I try getting back on medication on the available New York insurance system.
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I probably wouldn't be this productive if I hadn't decided to regularly get back on ADHD meds. And it's thanks to the LGBTQ+ therapist who, over a year ago, suggested I try getting back on medication on the available New York insurance system.
So what's an example of a women-creative-led visual adaptation of an old book, by a woman author, that modernizes the anxieties of womanhood and sexuality and engages in a racial lens?
#PicnicAtHangingRock
#PicnicAtHangingRock
February 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
So what's an example of a women-creative-led visual adaptation of an old book, by a woman author, that modernizes the anxieties of womanhood and sexuality and engages in a racial lens?
#PicnicAtHangingRock
#PicnicAtHangingRock
I haven’t seen the #WutheringHeights yet, but I still chuckle that my first exposure to any of Emerald Fennell’s writing (not acting) is BAD CINDERELLA, a musical collab with Andrew Lloyd Webber, where the worldbuilding amounts to “our society conforms to hotness, and we shun not-hot people.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I haven’t seen the #WutheringHeights yet, but I still chuckle that my first exposure to any of Emerald Fennell’s writing (not acting) is BAD CINDERELLA, a musical collab with Andrew Lloyd Webber, where the worldbuilding amounts to “our society conforms to hotness, and we shun not-hot people.”
Today, I took the first LGBTQ+ self-defense class that advised then drilled me on ACTING CRAZY when faced up with a perpetrator. It even taught us to just run away.
February 14, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Today, I took the first LGBTQ+ self-defense class that advised then drilled me on ACTING CRAZY when faced up with a perpetrator. It even taught us to just run away.
OMG, I despise cutting into styrofoam. But that's my homework.
February 14, 2026 at 1:22 AM
OMG, I despise cutting into styrofoam. But that's my homework.
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
I'm just learning there's apparently a REALLY obscure 2018 #WutheringHeights adaptation that casts an actor of Romani descent (Paul Eryk Atlas).
And it does not look to be of professional polish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaS_...
And it does not look to be of professional polish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaS_...
Wuthering Heights Trailer 2017
YouTube video by Wuthering Heights
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I'm just learning there's apparently a REALLY obscure 2018 #WutheringHeights adaptation that casts an actor of Romani descent (Paul Eryk Atlas).
And it does not look to be of professional polish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaS_...
And it does not look to be of professional polish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaS_...
This Broadway musical #Suffs finally has a PBS air date on May 8. I'm available to review and/or write on the show. I've seen a triad of iterations: off-Broadway, Broadway, and its touring stop in Salt Lake City.
I also still own press scripts of both off-Broadway & Broadway versions.
I also still own press scripts of both off-Broadway & Broadway versions.
The recording of Broadway's Suffs will air on PBS Great Performances this May.
SUFFS Filmed Recording Sets Spring Premiere on PBS Great Performances
This Spring, Great Performances will air the filmed recording of Suffs, the Broadway musical from Tony Award winner Shaina Taub. The recording was captured during the show's original Broadway run.
www.broadwayworld.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 AM
This Broadway musical #Suffs finally has a PBS air date on May 8. I'm available to review and/or write on the show. I've seen a triad of iterations: off-Broadway, Broadway, and its touring stop in Salt Lake City.
I also still own press scripts of both off-Broadway & Broadway versions.
I also still own press scripts of both off-Broadway & Broadway versions.
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We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!
The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social
Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social
We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social
Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social
We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!
The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social
Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social
We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social
Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social
We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
“There is another… Gatsby…”
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 AM
“There is another… Gatsby…”
My first reaction: “So are we talking Florence Gatsby musical transferring?— OHHHHH.”
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
Breaking Baz: Regé-Jean Page Readies For Stage Comeback As Star And Producer Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Adaptation
‘Bridgerton’s’ Regé-Jean Page is starring in a 'The Great Gatsby' adaptation in the London West End.
deadline.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:08 AM
My first reaction: “So are we talking Florence Gatsby musical transferring?— OHHHHH.”
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
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"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
People on FB really not taking the Gen AI criticism with “your comment about slop is flat.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 AM
People on FB really not taking the Gen AI criticism with “your comment about slop is flat.”
For Manhattan, New York Residents:
There are monthly virtual Energy Smart Workshop that will give you a FREE Energy Saving/Winterization Kit to pick up in person.
I went to its last virtual workshop, took home a kit, and installed a equipment at my window & doors.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
There are monthly virtual Energy Smart Workshop that will give you a FREE Energy Saving/Winterization Kit to pick up in person.
I went to its last virtual workshop, took home a kit, and installed a equipment at my window & doors.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
For Manhattan, New York Residents:
There are monthly virtual Energy Smart Workshop that will give you a FREE Energy Saving/Winterization Kit to pick up in person.
I went to its last virtual workshop, took home a kit, and installed a equipment at my window & doors.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
There are monthly virtual Energy Smart Workshop that will give you a FREE Energy Saving/Winterization Kit to pick up in person.
I went to its last virtual workshop, took home a kit, and installed a equipment at my window & doors.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
“Beedle-dee dee dee deeeeee
Two Gatsbys.”
(I’m aware there already existed more than three, no, four—NO, FIVE stage Gatsbys.”)
Two Gatsbys.”
(I’m aware there already existed more than three, no, four—NO, FIVE stage Gatsbys.”)
deadline.com/2026/02/rege...
Breaking Baz: Regé-Jean Page Readies For Stage Comeback As Star And Producer Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Adaptation
Breaking Baz: Regé-Jean Page Readies For Stage Comeback As Star And Producer Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Adaptation
Breaking Baz: Regé-Jean Page Readies For Stage Comeback As Star And Producer Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Adaptation
‘Bridgerton’s’ Regé-Jean Page is starring in a 'The Great Gatsby' adaptation in the London West End.
deadline.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“Beedle-dee dee dee deeeeee
Two Gatsbys.”
(I’m aware there already existed more than three, no, four—NO, FIVE stage Gatsbys.”)
Two Gatsbys.”
(I’m aware there already existed more than three, no, four—NO, FIVE stage Gatsbys.”)
What do you mean MyChart didn't update my new insurance that I submitted?
February 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
What do you mean MyChart didn't update my new insurance that I submitted?
My voter’s invite to another production got canceled due to a water burst. So I decided to see if New York City Center might allow me to make an Access 28 discount purchase in person. And now I’m here to try a #musical I’ve never seen or heard before. #HighSpirits
February 11, 2026 at 12:27 AM
My voter’s invite to another production got canceled due to a water burst. So I decided to see if New York City Center might allow me to make an Access 28 discount purchase in person. And now I’m here to try a #musical I’ve never seen or heard before. #HighSpirits
A publicly available proshot of live theatre is always great news! #StrangerThings
Fun fact: I still have the Broadway press script.
playbill.com/article/stra...
Fun fact: I still have the Broadway press script.
playbill.com/article/stra...
Stranger Things: The First Shadow to Stream on Netflix
The prequel to the hit series Stranger Things is being professionally filmed for a future release.
playbill.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A publicly available proshot of live theatre is always great news! #StrangerThings
Fun fact: I still have the Broadway press script.
playbill.com/article/stra...
Fun fact: I still have the Broadway press script.
playbill.com/article/stra...