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42nd Street (2019)
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Dear Evan Hansen
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The Sound of Music

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lindseylcarroll
- “The Anonymous Ones”: Why Dear Evan Hansen (2021) Isn’t a Total Disaster
- The Girl May Be Funny, But The Plot Is Not
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- Pink and Blue. Sparkly and Strong.
- Traditions and Thoughts
christinessin
- Provoked and Triggered: Content Warnings and Student Spectators
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emilywillett25
ewonvkim
- Maria the Tomboy
- Beautyism in Funny Girl
fergumf1
- It’s not “So Long, Farewell” to The Sound of Music Just Yet
- The Marital Power Struggle: Who Wins?
figaroca
- Black at East High? Good luck.
- Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist- and Broadway a Little Bit More
Hayden Paige
- “Breaking Free” from the “Status Quo”
- Pantsuits versus Lingerie: How Gyspy Subverts Beliefs About Women’s Power
ilanacohen3
jillyfuller
- All That Jazz
- His Love Makes Me Beautiful: Race, Gender, and Relationships in ‘Funny Girl’
jjain0704
- Together, Together, Together Everyone!
- A Female Breadwinner??!! **GASP**
jonahbarbin
- Into the Woods: My Second Act!
- Baby It’s Cold in Allentown: A Lullaby into Acceptance of Misogyny and Objectification
kacyljones
- You (Don’t) Belong with Me: Senseless Racism in the Face of Eastern European Jewish Culture
- American Man Discovers a Vietnamese Woman is a Human (Not Clickbait)
kberlatsky1
- The Weapon of Womanhood
khinchey99
- If Anatevka were a Bridge, Tradition would be the Keystone
- Women on Broadway: Fetishized and Tokenized
Koby Hrynkiewicz
madyjohnston2
masakihn
matthewbenfinger
mayaparness
- The Silence of White Violence: Racialized Perceptions of Masculine Aggression in Miss Saigon
Melissa Dunn
- It’s the Subtle Racism for Me: How Miss Saigon Fails Minorities
morganebaxendalevanderbiltedu
- How One of the “Nicest Kids in Town” Helped Turn Segregation into Integration (Hairspray)
nataliepwright
Kevin Nguyen
- Laurey, What Happened to You
odonofrio
- “You Wouldn’t Stab a Child!”: A Discussion on Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Miss Saigon
- Katherine Deserved Better: How Newsies Fails at Feminism
oheaner
- The Musical Fetishization and Appropriation of Asian Cultures
osigweec
peytonboyd
priyasankaran1
remikw1
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Essay: A Musical of a Generation
- All (white) Men Are Created Equal
Rose Nguyen
sbhuntley
- The White Gaze Strikes Again: How Memphis (And Broadway) Fails to Tell the Stories of People of Color
- “Western People Funny”: How Anna’s White Influence Led to Tuptim’s Downfall in The King and I
Schyler Rowland
scottpdouglas1
- Miss Saigon – An Epic Story of Stereotypes
selibuatsi
- History In Color
- The White Woman Will Always Win- How White Privilege Hinders Feminism
shaharhartman824580235831
- A Strange Loop: Six thoughts- infinite perceptions
- Scarred bagel-girl
soleilmoffitt
- NO! NO! NO! Do we live in an East High Society?
- Moral of the Story: We Should All Quit Our Day Jobs and Become Strippers
tobiakisanya
warddavid
- Anna, Fanny, and a Puzzlement Concerning Powerful Women
Xinyi Wang
- To Live, Love, Fight on No Day but Today.
- Takeaways from : Appreciation, Respect, and Ambition
Yehchan Kim
zmulraine

Categories

42nd Street (2019)
Allegiance
Chicago
Dear Evan Hansen
Fall 2021
Fall 2022
Funny Girl (1964)
Funny Girl (2016)
Gypsy
Hairspray
Hamilton
High School Musical
Into the Woods
King and I
Previous semesters
Rent
Sample
The Sound of Music

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