Naveen Kumar

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.

Breaking DC theater news, my exit interview with Maria Manuela Goyanes, who's departing Woolly Mammoth for Lincoln Center wapo.st/4iTqD5q

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.

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...

Bravo to NYC Health & Hospitals

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!”

‘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!”

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...

Thanks Greggor! I am back to sitting for too long :)

Thank you, Emily! I am back to my sedentary self :)

This theatre critic hurt his back and couldn't sit. Standing at shows changed his perspective | CBC Radio Naveen Kumar is used to getting the best seats in the house. But when the Washington Post theatre critic hurt his back, sitting for long periods of time became unbearable. So, for several months, he f...

Listen to me talk about it on the CBC! (I'm huge in Canada) www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

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.

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 | 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.”

My addition to the discourse, why the WICKED movie is better than the musical (gift link)

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