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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you, Elisabeth! ❤️

Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 1d

On Jen Tullock’s solo performance of the multicharacter “Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God,” at Playwrights Horizons. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...

Jen Tullock Multitasks in ‘Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God’

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

If it's a Tuesday, some great books are being published. Buy or borrow a good book today.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 2d

SARAH. You are so lovely. Thank you.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

A 2012 stroke has largely kept Tim Curry from acting, but not from writing — and recording — a new memoir. “It was very peculiar not to be able to speak,” he says.

Tim Curry’s Memoir “Vagabond” Recalls an Exciting Career Interrupted by Illness

A 2012 stroke has largely kept him from acting, but not from writing — and recording — a new memoir. “It was very peculiar not to be able to speak,” he says.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite line from “Vagabond,” about his character in Jean Genet’s “The Maids,” cracks me up every time: “She was a grubby girl, Solange.”

Another, about “Muppet Treasure Island”: “I never had any issues with viewing the Muppets as equals.” His unabashed Muppet adoration is utterly charming.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 2d

My reporter’s cut of this story would include what Curry — rooted in L.A. since the Reagan-Bush era — said when I asked how his adopted country is feeling to him lately: “Tough. It’s not good to be an immigrant. It’s a little nervous-making.”

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 2d

Over lunch in Hollywood last month, Tim Curry talked about his terrific new memoir, “Vagabond,” not being ready to pack it in as an artist and, because the chef asked, when he last saw “Rocky Horror” in a movie theater. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b... (gift link)

Tim Curry Isn’t Done Yet

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 2d

You absolutely will. It’s so well done, and the voice in your head will be 100 percent his.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 2d

Read it! SO GOOD.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 2d

Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay. The Village is the Village, but you know that the east and west sides are somehow bizarrely different all up and down this narrow little island. I will never acknowledge Clinton as a real place (come on — ucch), but East Village and West Village, sure. Each part of a whole.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 2d

I was at Two Boots in the West Village today for a slice. I can’t vouch for their regular-people pizzas, but their vegan pizzas are outstanding. Definitely not sleeping until noon.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 4d

NYPL for the Performing Arts, coming through once again with exactly the stuff I needed and the absolute best service. A human-made NYC miracle.

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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 4d

Tribute at the 79th Street 1 train station. Thanks for the lox.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4d

I don't argue with anyone who won't watch a Woody Allen movie; it's a personal choice, different for everyone. But Diane Keaton is a big reason I almost never say "[Movie X] is dead to me." My argument isn't "Separate the artist from the art"; it's that movies are never just one person's legacy.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 4d

On Stephen Rea in Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape.” Go see him. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/t...

‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ Review: Stephen Rea’s Duet With His Younger Self

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 5d

ChatGPT's guide to Winning At Work
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Climbing the corporate greasy pole, ChatGPT style: the Stephen Collins cartoon

If I tell you what you want to hear then you’ll think I’m a god!

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 6d

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We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 7d

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The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris

Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirely, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 8d

LOOK AT THE MOON.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 11d

Tyne Rafaeli and Julia McDermott on the moment in the darkly comic solo play “Weather Girl” when a happy-talking TV meteorologist’s climate-change terror comes pouring out. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/t...

How a Chaotic ‘Network’-Style Outburst Plays Out in ‘Weather Girl’

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 12d

Absolute herds of notable shows happening on NYC stages this month. Here’s a sampling. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/t...

17 Off Broadway Shows to Enliven Your October

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 13d

Oh wow. Thank you so much.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 13d

On Leo McGann’s thriller, “The Honey Trap,” at Irish Rep. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/t...

‘The Honey Trap’ Review: A Thriller That Keeps Audiences Rapt Until the End

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