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Naveen Kumar
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Theater critic @washingtonpost
Breaking DC theater news, my exit interview with Maria Manuela Goyanes, who's departing Woolly Mammoth for Lincoln Center wapo.st/4iTqD5q
Maria Manuela Goyanes is leaving Woolly Mammoth to join Lincoln Center
“D.C. has such an amazingly diverse group of theaters that create work and support each other. I’m really excited to bring that abundant mentality to Lincoln Center,” Goyanes said.
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March 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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A very fun and smart project worth your time -- @naveenkumarnyc.bsky.social and @tyburr.bsky.social name the greatest movie musicals of THIS century www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Column | The 25 best movie musicals of the 21st century
From “Les Mis” to “La La Land,” from “Walk Hard” to “Wicked,” these films show that the musical genre isn’t just standing – it’s got new moves, too.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Bravo to NYC Health & Hospitals
February 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
‘Gina Gershon and a flower that squirts water in your eye, those are my two modes.’

Profiled Betty Gilpin as she makes her Broadway debut in OH, MARY! and returns to Netflix in AMERICAN PRIMEVAL.

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Betty Gilpin is the best part of that show you want to see
Betty Gilpin has played a pro wrestler and a vigilante nun. Now, she’s in the Netflix hit “American Primeval” and grabbing “instinct by the throat” in Broadway’s “Oh, Mary!”
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February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Really good Betty Gilpin profile by @naveenkumarnyc.bsky.social: “Gina Gershon and a flower that squirts water in your eye, those are my two modes.” www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Betty Gilpin is the best part of that show you want to see
Betty Gilpin has played a pro wrestler and a vigilante nun. Now, she’s in the Netflix hit “American Primeval” and grabbing “instinct by the throat” in Broadway’s “Oh, Mary!”
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February 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For two months, I was a theater critic who couldn't sit down. It was a trying and strange time but ultimately insightful and moving. My essay @washingtonpost.com

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Column | What happens when a theater critic can’t sit down?
For two months this past fall, I stood through a dozen shows. It opened my eyes to more than what was onstage.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
My addition to the discourse, why the WICKED movie is better than the musical (gift link)

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Column | Here’s why the ‘Wicked’ movie is better than the stage musical
The affection between the good and green witches of Oz has already been magnified tenfold by “WIcked: Part I.”
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November 23, 2024 at 5:46 PM