Laura Motta
@lauramotta.bsky.social
Travel writer and editor, content strategist, lifelong theater nerd, selective figure skating fan.
This week on The Escapologist:
- Prince, Dolly Parton, Elvis, and other spirits
- An icon of American architecture — and American media — is up for sale
- Non-annoying places to buy New Yorky holiday gifts
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- Prince, Dolly Parton, Elvis, and other spirits
- An icon of American architecture — and American media — is up for sale
- Non-annoying places to buy New Yorky holiday gifts
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Elvis Is Buried by the Pool and Other Ghost Stories
Plus a quickie guide for where to buy NYC-themed holiday gifts that don't suck
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December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This week on The Escapologist:
- Prince, Dolly Parton, Elvis, and other spirits
- An icon of American architecture — and American media — is up for sale
- Non-annoying places to buy New Yorky holiday gifts
open.substack.com/pub/lauramot...
- Prince, Dolly Parton, Elvis, and other spirits
- An icon of American architecture — and American media — is up for sale
- Non-annoying places to buy New Yorky holiday gifts
open.substack.com/pub/lauramot...
“You don’t like fondue? Get out.” - @aileenmeghan.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“You don’t like fondue? Get out.” - @aileenmeghan.bsky.social
People wondering why the men in the Washington Press Corps don’t stand up for their women colleagues. Are you actually serious?
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
People wondering why the men in the Washington Press Corps don’t stand up for their women colleagues. Are you actually serious?
Football Peace Prize
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Football Peace Prize
I think Broadway desperately needs a Urinetown revival but fear that audiences have become too stupid to understand Urinetown, which is more or less what Urinetown is about.
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I think Broadway desperately needs a Urinetown revival but fear that audiences have become too stupid to understand Urinetown, which is more or less what Urinetown is about.
Am thinking about which Tony Award is the most cursed and it’s definitely Best Featured Actor in a Musical, right?
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Am thinking about which Tony Award is the most cursed and it’s definitely Best Featured Actor in a Musical, right?
Sometimes I think there are people who are walking and talking among us who also didn’t make it through the pandemic.
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sometimes I think there are people who are walking and talking among us who also didn’t make it through the pandemic.
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This week on The Escapologist:
🛳️ Wtf is up with cruise musicals?
✨ The unshakable power of Jonathan Groff
🎸 Beau opens at St. Luke’s Theatre
😬 Existential dread at a new non-musical
This week on The Escapologist:
🛳️ Wtf is up with cruise musicals?
✨ The unshakable power of Jonathan Groff
🎸 Beau opens at St. Luke’s Theatre
😬 Existential dread at a new non-musical
Are Cruise Ship Musicals Bad?
Let’s talk about it. And also a bunch of other theater stuff.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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This week on The Escapologist:
🛳️ Wtf is up with cruise musicals?
✨ The unshakable power of Jonathan Groff
🎸 Beau opens at St. Luke’s Theatre
😬 Existential dread at a new non-musical
This week on The Escapologist:
🛳️ Wtf is up with cruise musicals?
✨ The unshakable power of Jonathan Groff
🎸 Beau opens at St. Luke’s Theatre
😬 Existential dread at a new non-musical
Les Miserables Arena Concert Spectacular has one too many words.
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Les Miserables Arena Concert Spectacular has one too many words.
If I had bangs like Linda Ronstadt in the 70s I would have a whole different life.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If I had bangs like Linda Ronstadt in the 70s I would have a whole different life.
My review of the Lorenz Hart biopic Blue Moon.
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My review of the Lorenz Hart biopic Blue Moon.
I adore Hamilton. But watching the creators of Hamilton sit in a room and congratulate themselves for making Hamilton is actually the worst.
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I adore Hamilton. But watching the creators of Hamilton sit in a room and congratulate themselves for making Hamilton is actually the worst.
Am I to understand that “Group 1” is a meme when six other groups board before Group 1.
October 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Am I to understand that “Group 1” is a meme when six other groups board before Group 1.
The White House is a National Historic Landmark under the purview of the Department of the Interior and the National Parks Service. It is the property of all Americans, is subject to congressional oversight, and does not belong to the President of the United States.
October 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The White House is a National Historic Landmark under the purview of the Department of the Interior and the National Parks Service. It is the property of all Americans, is subject to congressional oversight, and does not belong to the President of the United States.
Thinking about David Hajdu’s essay about how Anita O’Day’s heroin use was critical to her sound and… I think there’s a whole kind of opinion that I would classify as, “I get it but I don’t like it.”
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thinking about David Hajdu’s essay about how Anita O’Day’s heroin use was critical to her sound and… I think there’s a whole kind of opinion that I would classify as, “I get it but I don’t like it.”
If you and your partner are over the age of 50, you are not in an age gap relationship.
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If you and your partner are over the age of 50, you are not in an age gap relationship.
Needs to be said. The bar/bookstore and cafe/bookstore trend in NYC is overrated and they’re almost always better at coffee than books.
October 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Needs to be said. The bar/bookstore and cafe/bookstore trend in NYC is overrated and they’re almost always better at coffee than books.
I really do appreciate that everyone wants me to nominate them for a Grammy Award right now but I have no power to do that.
October 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I really do appreciate that everyone wants me to nominate them for a Grammy Award right now but I have no power to do that.
Hear me out… Kelly Clarkson as Dolly Levi.
October 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Hear me out… Kelly Clarkson as Dolly Levi.
I say this without any particular bias but I honestly don’t understand how Haein got canceled and uncanceled within about twelve seconds.
October 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I say this without any particular bias but I honestly don’t understand how Haein got canceled and uncanceled within about twelve seconds.
Famous people saying, “I resonate with that,” are going to be the actual last straw for me.
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Famous people saying, “I resonate with that,” are going to be the actual last straw for me.
Love that everyone in the East Village is still committed to being a weirdo in 2025.
October 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Love that everyone in the East Village is still committed to being a weirdo in 2025.
Haha putting yourself out there is horrible can I please just hide under a blanket for the rest of my life.
September 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Haha putting yourself out there is horrible can I please just hide under a blanket for the rest of my life.
Hear me out… Movin’ Out revival.
September 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hear me out… Movin’ Out revival.
Brainstorming how figure skating can take advantage of the hockey romance novel trend but in a non-horrible way.
September 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Brainstorming how figure skating can take advantage of the hockey romance novel trend but in a non-horrible way.