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Nicole Serratore

@mildlybitter.bsky.social

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Theater critic. Attorney. She/her. Bylines: NYTimes, The Stage, American Theatre, Village Voice, Variety, Exeunt NYC. #Kdrama fan. 70s liner. 💜 #BTS OT7. #StrayKids. #Ateez. TXT. Biases: Yoongi, Lee Know. 한국어를 배우고 있어요. https://nicoles.journoportfolio.com

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Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Nov 12

Intro for new followers & Twitter refugees. I went really silent on Twitter for while. I would like to be more chatty here. So I'm going to be talking about BTS (K-pop group), K-pop, K-dramas, and US theater. Sharing my reviews of theater & K-dramas. And probably post about my cats & general ennui.

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Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · 14d

We celebrated Park Jimin’s birthday in a tiny cabin in the woods.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · 14d

On an Are You Sure themed weekend trip and spotted this license plate in the wild. Army we wish we met you. 🥲

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Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · 26d

The MTA ruined my TXT concert manicure. I have sent a complaint.

Less about the nail than the safety situation that caused it.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · 26d

Anyway love to hate plays other critics were ecstatic over.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · 26d

Could not get over the misogyny of this play. The whole second act I was so grossed out by what was coming. Like almost felt abusive to put us in this room. exeuntnyc.com/reviews/revi...

Review: The Honey Trap at Irish Repertory Theatre - Exeunt Magazine NYC

Nicole Serratore reviews Review: The Honey Trap at Irish Repertory Theatre at Irish Repertory Theatre

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Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · 26d

My brother restored our parents’ 1967 bureau for me. I was not an easy client. 😂 But it looks great.

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Yeeessssssss

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Sep 16

The fandom name is on the butt. Naturally. There is no body part Lee Know loves more than a butt.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Sep 16

I impulsively bought this demented keychain designed by Lee Know exclusively for Japan through a proxy and was sweating the tariffs situation but it has arrived and it is glorious.

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Exeunt NYC @exeuntnyc.bsky.social · Sep 16

@mildlybitter.bsky.social can’t look away from THE WILD DUCK.

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Review: The Wild Duck at TFANA - Exeunt Magazine NYC

Nicole Serratore reviews Review: The Wild Duck at TFANA at Polonsky Shakespeare Center

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Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Aug 17

Family reunion. Chaotic. Joyful. And they invite us in. 🥹🥹

BTS members on the beach with the setting sun behind them

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Jul 12

The cast of Annie teaching us about getting our periods.

Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · Jul 11

Name something you remember watching in this!

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Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Jul 12

Mr. Sunshine is a fictional TV series but offers a take on Japan’s colonial takeover of Korea.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Jul 12

Ghost Flames was recommended to me but I haven’t started it. I also really loved Korean Art from 1953 Collision Innovation Interaction for some essays on Korea art history. Really helped shape my thinking on Korean identity in 20th century too, without being war focused.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Jul 12

Fundamental for me on 20th century history is Gwangju Uprising. Although it made me want to go to Gwangju and pay my respects. A Taxi Driver, 1987 When the Day Comes, 12-12 The Day would be some movies dealing with historic events. I’m reading Korea’s Grievous War which addresses the Jeju Massacre.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Jul 1

Ahhhhhh.

All 7 members of BTS now and say Hello We are BTS

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Jun 25

Waiting for Mamdani. Queens Cats for Zohran.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Jun 21

Min Yoongi said he loved us and I burst into whole body sobs. It’s been a long two years but he’s home. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Lilo ⁷ ¹³ ⁶ @lilote.bsky.social · Jun 13

I feel like I can BREATHE AGAIN 😭

A screenshot of the livestream of Hobi’s encore concert, cropped in on Min Yoongi, who has his hands above his head to form a heart shape. He’s wearing a black beanie and a white medical face mask but you can tell by the shape and sparkle of his eyes that he’s smiling.

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Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · Jun 13

All my texts today are about us crying over 7 Korean men (extra crying for our most precious Yoongi who will soon be free).

yoongisfave🐱⁷ @yoongisfavecat.bsky.social · Jun 13

this is actually real guys we made it 😭😭😭

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · May 26

How many times I did I write Bust op rather than Bus Stop writing this review. More than I should admit.

Exeunt NYC @exeuntnyc.bsky.social · May 25

@mildlybitter.bsky.social appreciates the performances in BUS STOP more than William Inge’s script.
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Review: Bus Stop at Classic Stage Company - Exeunt Magazine NYC

Nicole Serratore reviews Review: Bus Stop at Classic Stage Company at Classic Stage Company

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · May 26

I profiled Patti LuPone, who sounded off on the state of Broadway ("I don't want to be onstage anymore. PERIOD."), her love of the New York Rangers ("It was all sex appeal"), the couple she deems "two of the stupidest human beings on the face of the earth," and Audra McDonald ("not a friend").

Patti LuPone Is Done with Broadway—and Almost Everything Else

The seventy-six-year-old theatre diva, famed and feared for her salty bravado, dishes on Hal Prince, her non-friendship with Audra McDonald, and sexy but dumb New York Rangers.

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Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · May 10

This is the only way forward.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · May 10

Also at the vet’s, they were inducing turtle labor on a turtle who had 9 eggs in her. I saw her X-ray. It looked uncomfortable.

Nicole Serratore @mildlybitter.bsky.social · May 10

The vet gave me medication to help one of my cats calm down before vet visits. Now I just also need a prescription for myself. Trying to get these two to the vet is mentally and physically exhausting. And I have to do it all over again in 2 weeks for their dental work. 😭😭😭

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