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girloikawa · 4 years

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carry on youtuber au

baz starts out as a cover artist, occasionally posting his own songs (he does violin stuff too)

but eventually he gets recognition and people are like “who is this person?????” so baz does a few q&as

oh BUT THEN he reveals that he also has so many other interests (books, movies, planting, coffee, Controversal Topics) that people want him to do other types of videos

and that is what starts baz on the long road of his channel basically being an everything bagel where he does a bit of everything and people find it very chill

agatha and baz become friends over their mutual love of gossip in the community (as long as they’re not apart of it)

(because baz and agatha and simon and penny aren’t problematic)

which brings me to agatha, she’s one of those channels that keep everyone updated on the drama and the shitty stuff that happens on YouTube as long as regular media

very opinionated, this gal is, so she shares her opinion on...everything

though, sometimes she’ll do a q&a and do her makeup and talk about fashion or what she’s into at the moment

she’s basically angelika oles

penny’s a booktuber!!!

she mostly reads and reviews fantasy books, as they are her favorite, but she’ll also do those videos where it’s like “i just read a shitty wattpad romance story, let me rant” or “my top ten favorite ya pairings” or “tier ranking every harry potter character because life has no meaning”

now, simon, the babe, he’s (and you cannot fight me on this) basically jenna marbles

his videos are so random and spurratic, he doesn’t even plan what his next video is, and he’s the youtuber

i would also like to point out that simon probably totally has adhd and would talk about it and his experience with it

his most popular videos are of him baking. he’s like (and hear me out) very good and very bad at it. like, all throughout the videos, everybody’s holding their breath’s like “oh no this is going to turn out terribly” because simon being in the kitchen is like a horse babysitting a dog, it’s a mess, however the end product is always perfect and amazing and by the end everybody’s drooling behind their screens

simon is also widely conceived as the weirdest straight guy ever. like people (from just looking at him) think he’s just So Striaght but a very Cool Straight Guy who people wouldn’t actually mind being around

simon has the most subscribers (the majority being that they find him funny and see him as a friend, the minority being people who think he’s Hot As Hell and okay yeah he’s a good person too but have you seen those freckles-)

then it’s baz because he actually started first and his following has been a journey, then agatha (she’s the newest, and her subscriber rate is growing rapidly), then penny (booktube is a small community sad face)

penny n simon are irl best friends and penny was the one who convinced simon to make a channel bc he needed something to help let out his energy, “plus it’s a little fun hobby”

snowbaz now :)

simon has followed baz from pretty much the beginning. he saw his cringy covers, his development as a songwriter, and the walls built around baz crumble over the camera

baz...well, he’s one of those people who think simon is Hot As Hell, but he also genuinely enjoys the videos. at first, baz was like “I’m not watching him, everybody watches him, and I’m different” so he always avoided the recommendations youtube gave him of simon’s videos (but it was also bc he didn’t want to confront that he was very attracted to simon)

and then, one fateful night, agatha sent baz a link to a video called “coming out” and under the link she wrote “youtube angel!”—that’s their nickname for simon—“shocking the world!”

baz click click clicked because hot guy is lgbt+????? and baz watched the video, commenting “proud of you” or something along those lines, and then he watched so, so many more of simon’s videos

simon, a boy who just came out as bisexual, just had his youtube hero comment on his video where he came out and is like !!!!!!

simon’s sexual awakening is baz

also, simon breaks the internet with that video, because he isn’t striaght and that’s so mind-boggling to everybody. but there’s always that one group of people who are like “i saw this coming. do you not remember that one time simon showed his socks and his jeans were cuffed-”

simon replies to baz’s comment and is like “oh my god thank you so much. you’re like my actual favorite youtuber” like a fucking Nut and people see that and say “omg collab” because they’re both relatively high status youtubers and their collab would be Powerful

then, summoning all his courage, simon dms baz on instagram with just a simple “hey, a lot of people are saying we should collab lmao”

“i’ve seen that” “heh uhm yeah” “maybe we could get to know each other and see if that would be a good idea” “yes! i’d love that”

and they do. they get really close and stuff,, but people don’t exactly...see that

you see, on twitter, they get in millions of arguments. people genuinely think that they hate each other to some extent, when in reality, they’re swooning at the sight of the three dot bubble

baz, on twitter: “you cannot tell me that people actually enjoy sparkling water. it’s trash, move on” (they had an argument over it, privately, and baz is making it public to cause a rise out of simon bc he finds angry simon cute)

simon, in response: “yo I’m throwing you in the trash as we speak. fuhhhck u”

so, when they collab for the first time, everybody at home is just like *shocked pikachu emoji* they end up doing a video where simon bakes baz’s mom’s recipe of cherry scones with baz. it’s kind of a big deal bc both simon and baz don’t want to ruin baz’s memory of his mother

in the end, baz tears up and gives si a big ass hug because they’re perfect, simon. i love them, thank you. the fans start shipping. hard. it’s simon’s highest viewed video

that surprise hug is also what makes simon realize that his feelings are much deeper than attraction and surface level forms of knowing someone

on baz’s channel, they were going to film a video where they talked about their experiences being queer, but then simon realized that his biggest, most prominent example was staring at baz’s jawline, so he had to be like “uhhh, actually, I’m not really comfortable with that yet” which is part true. instead, they do a video where they have argumentative discussions, like on twitter but in depth and with less insults

anyways, they receive pretty positive feedback on the videos, people enjoy them, so they decide to do more. also, they both live in LA, so it’s actually pretty easy to do them, plus they have a diverse area to do them in

also, i think it’d be nice to mention that simon will sometimes do twitch streams of him playing minecraft and then he puts edited versions on his channel. it’s worth mentioning because during this one stream, he ends up slipping up and saying “we talk a lot, actually. and i—i like him a lot” about baz, then he blushes like hell because i really just said that and it’s live oh god

all the while, baz and simon actually just start hanging out (without hiding behind wanting to do a video). one meet-up, they go to disney world and halfway through baz is like “uh, should we be filming this?” and simon gives him a smile and replies, “no” because that moment is for them and them only + the fans who see them together and ask for a picture/just take pictures of them being like a couple

their next collab is a bit of a fun one. behind the scenes, pen, ag, si, and baz all become friends, because of that one time baz came over while penny was there and he barely payed attention to simon, too busy talking to penny. anyways, they do a big four person collab where agatha basically teaches them how to do makeup

on penny’s channel, it’s book related. they have to do a look based on the synopsis’ of each other’s favorite books. baz gets simon, simon gets agatha, agatha gets penny, penny gets baz. baz: “snow, you’re holding it wrong. it’s like this” simon: *stares longingly at the brush that gets to touch baz’s face*

on agatha’s, the video is just titled Teaching My Friends To Do Makeup (ft. idiots who test my patience). they all suck. majorly. well, by all, i mean simon and penny suck at makeup

on baz’s, they do a trivia of sorts. if they get a question wrong, they have to skip a product. simon: “oh thank god less work” agatha, deadpanning: “i think i might kill him”

on simon’s, they have agatha and penny go against simon and agatha. si and pen being the ones who have to actually do makeup because, according to agatha, “since you decided to bitch so much, you guys are doing our makeup” “but-!” “nope, I’m Peak Brains of us all so I call the shots” “you’re not even-” “shut up” Everybody (and by everybody i mean the fans) is actually glad that they got to see simon doing baz’s makeup, because it’s literally them just being so flustered the whole time

the collab stuns everybody bc: “they’re all friends??????” plus, some people start calling them the Four Fucks because at one point penny says “fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, and most importantly, fuck me” after simon flinged a bunch of eyeshadow on her

okay so agatha and penny are just like: “these idiots need to get together already” because it’s very obvious that they like each other. like the eiffel tower in paris, you can’t miss it. everyone watching the videos also sees it, so you can imagine the comments

during one of si’s live-streams (he’s playing the hunger games minigame on minecraft), the chat goes wild because baz pops in. he plans on surprising simon with a picnic (he just thought that they could go into simon’s backyard or the park that’s a few miles away), but it was pretty spur of the moment so he didn’t think about simon doing a stream. and to be honest, simon’s stream was also spur of the moment, so it’s not like he made sure to tell baz about it

“simon! hey, i let myself in!” baz called from the front doorway. the chat is freaking because: “is that baz???” “omg baz has a key to simon’s house!!” “are they dating???” simon kind of just freezes up and starts sputtering as he reads the chat and tries to reply to baz

of course, baz doesn’t understand that simon doesn’t want baz to go into his office/room with his computer, so he does go in and as soon as he sees the livestream he’s like: “oh, uh, I’ll go” and simon unfreezes and goes “no, no, stay, I’ll just be a bit” “do you want me to...leave the room?” “you can watch if you want” (baz wants) “okay, sure” so simon pretty much shows baz how to play minecraft

i never finished this, do i?

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carryonsimoncarryonbaz · 4 years

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Always The Sun.

Thank you for the ask @captain-aralias ! One of my favorite fics and one that started with an image, a line and a scene that I had to build a story around.

This was the scene that came to me, that I visualised and knew I had to find a way to incorporate into a fic. I could see it in my head, visualise their expressions, the way Baz lifts his hand. That very moment. It’s part of the twenty questions bit in the fic, when Baz touches Simon’s hair.

I clear my throat. “Do you prefer brown eyes?” I’m confident in this question, based on his assertion that they were expressive earlier, when he was guessing for me.

He shakes his head. “No. My turn.” He’s still looking at me. I can tell. “Brown hair?”

I have to think about this one. Snow’s hair is listed as brown on his info sheet but that word doesn’t do it justice. It’s a warm, light brown, yes, but swirled with gold and caramel. Bronze highlights and hints of honey.

It’s inches from my fingers now.

I watch my hand lift from where it’s been resting on the floor and come to lightly touch his curls. “What color is this?” I ask, my voice barely above a whisper.

“Brown.”

“Hmm. You sure?” I let my fingers sink into the mass of his hair. “This looks more golden to me.”

Snow chews his lip, eyes never leaving mine. I should look away but I can’t. “You haven’t said if I’m right, Baz.”

“What was your question again?”

“Do you prefer brown hair?”

I twine one of his curls around my finger. “Definitely.”

There was also a line for Baz that I had written down and saved in my notes, one that hadn’t really found a place in any of my other fics and it finally found its home once I started writing this fic. Baz complaining about someone being clueless when he’s actually the one who is:

Some lucky bastard has been the genus of Snow’s queer awakening and the tosser doesn’t even know what he’s missing by being so bloody oblivious.

Those two bits were the core. I just needed a setting, a situation, a story line for those ideas. Some time later I saw a photo on insta of two models doing a photo shoot and the chemistry between them was so palpable that I decided to base those ideas in a modeling AU.

So Always the Sun was built around that image of Baz tentatively and unexpectedly touching Simon’s hair.

Thank you so much for the ask! This was fun!

From this idea:

Send me an ask with one of my fic titles and I’ll tell you which SCENE or LINE was the catalyst for the fic! What bit came to me that I then had to create an excuse to write!

#cscb answers #follower asks #fic inspiration #fic scene/image/line asks #which scene started it all #which line started it all #what image started it all #carry on #baz pitch #simon snow #wayward son

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the-lincyclopedia · 5 years

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Carry On Fic Recs

I’m writing this with a specific, very new Carry On fan in mind, but feel free to take these recommendations no matter who you are!

SHORT FICS (under 10k)

Keep Me Warm by EchoSpell43, 1k, rated T: Set during seventh year at Watford. Baz nearly freezes while hunting in the Wavering Wood. When he returns to the room, Simon decides to warm him up. Short and adorable.

we are the kings and the queens by morbidbookworm, 2k, rated M: A royalty AU. As crown princess, Agatha is supposed to choose a prince consort by age 17. But the two young men who are supposed to be vying for her hand seem to be falling for each other instead. Achingly beautiful.

I Hoped It Was You by EllisyaSyron, 8k, rated T: Set during sixth year at Watford. Baz writes Drarry fanfiction. Simon reads it and draws fanart. They fall in love online, unaware that they’re roommates and mortal enemies in real life. Good enemies-to-lovers stuff here.

Merlin, May I? by Mudblood428, aka @vkelleyart, 7k, rated T: Set during eighth year at Watford. Baz goads Simon into playing a game of making dangerous requests. It doesn’t go as planned, but (ultimately) not in a bad way. Heart-wrenching and lovely.

Honestly by MissCeliaKnight, 7k, rated T: Set during seventh year at Watford. Watford students are assigned to use truth spells on their roommates. Simon gets Baz to admit way more than Simon was prepared to hear. Beautiful angst with a happy ending.

MY SHORT FICS (ignore this section if you don’t like my writing)

Nightmares by HermioneGirl96, 2k, rated T: Set a few months post-epilogue. Baz and Simon both have nightmares about losing each other, and they wind up having a serious conversation about the relationship.

Love Me and Mend by HermioneGirl96, 5k, rated T: Set a few months post-epilogue. Simon has the flu, so he has to miss going to the Globe Theatre with Baz. Baz goes anyway and then takes care of Simon.

Christmas Planning by HermioneGirl96, 3k, rated T: Set a few months post-epilogue. Baz’s father is homophobic and Penny and Simon try to comfort Baz.

I Remember the First Time We Wished upon Parallel Lines by HermioneGirl96, 5k, rated T: Set during fall of eighth year at Watford. Simon and Baz catch each other attempting suicide and talk each other out of it. TW for suicide attempts.

Love in the Time of Influenza by HermioneGirl96, 3k, rated G: Set several months post-epilogue. Baz thinks Simon is cheating on him. Simon thinks Baz is afraid of germs. They’re both wrong.

MEDIUM-LENGTH FICS (10k-60k)

Carry Me Home by Mathmagician, 34k, rated T: Canon-divergent AU where the Humdrum doesn’t exist. Baz is rescued from the numpties by a man who becomes his very abusive boyfriend. Baz is subsequently rescued from his abusive boyfriend by Penny and Simon. Teamwork, discoveries, and romance ensue. Angsty and beautiful. TW for violence.

Love Is Always in Style by rainbowbaz, 40k, rated T: AU where Baz is editor of a fashion magazine and Simon is his assistant. Baz seems so aloof at first, but soon enough he and Simon become . . . close. Witty and lovely.

True Love’s Kiss by rhien, 11k, rated T: Set during a later year at Watford. Baz awakens Simon from a spell-induced stupor with a true love’s kiss and has to deal with the fallout of Simon remembering what happened. Gorgeous and full of feels.

Straight Boy by @bazypitchandsimonsnow, 31k, rated M: University AU. Baz transfers to Watford University and becomes friends with Simon. Well--“friends.” Baz thinks they’re dating. Simon thinks of himself as straight. It’s a mess but works out in the end. Funny and relatable.

BAN’S MEDIUM-LENGTH FICS (because Ban deserves her own section)

network connectivity problems by BasicBathsheba, aka @basic-banshee, 35k, rated T: University AU. Simon has Baz’s number but doesn’t realize it belongs to Baz. The two fall for each other over text even though Simon hates Baz in real life. It gets messy but ultimately works out. Witty and real.

Large Black Coffee by BasicBathsheba, aka @basic-banshee, 19k, rated G: University AU. Simon and Baz are classmates and enemies. Simon is also Baz’s favorite barista. But everything changes when Baz gets sick. Just a fun read.

This Must Be the Place by BasicBathsheba, aka @basic-banshee, 36k, rated G: Canon-divergent AU where Simon gets a phone the summer before eighth year at Watford. He tries to contact Penny but winds up Snapchatting with Baz instead. A lot happens. Beautiful with just the right amount of sadness.

Take on Me by BasicBathsheba, aka @basic-banshee, 50k, rated T: AU where Baz and Simon work in Fiona’s bookshop. At first they hate each other, and then they don’t. What I love, here and elsewhere, is that Ban doesn’t shy away from messy emotional realities and Simon and Baz’s imperfections.

Family and Genus by BasicBathsheba, aka @basic-banshee, 48k, rated T: AU where Baz is supposed to fix up the family manor, and Simon winds up in the area looking for evidence about his parentage. It’s so lovingly written and just great.

LONG FICS (over 60k)

rebel rebel by BasicBathsheba, aka @basic-banshee, 183k, rated T: Canon-divergent AU where Baz was raised by Fiona, spanning all eight years at Watford. This fic is the literal best--funny, angsty, believable, complex. Just. I can’t even.

American Holiday by Olivia Ballard, 138k, rated T: Basically a sequel to Carry On. Baz gets into Julliard and the gang relocates to New York City. This fic will rip you apart and put you back together, and if I don’t like Wayward Son this is what I’m going to believe in instead.

WIPs

Can’t Find My Way Home by tbazzsnow, aka @carryonsimoncarryonbaz, currently 25k, rated T: Normal AU where Baz and Simon used to be roommates at a non-magical boarding school. They run into each other at an airport in a snow storm and a road trip to the nearest functioning airport ensues. I am LIVING for these updates.

One Nice Thing by @mybrianisfried, currently 20k, rated T: Normal AU. A very Gen Z group chat fic that I happen to find both hilarious and feels-y.

Video Killed the Radio Star by thegoodthebadandthenerdy, currently 97k, rated T: YouTuber AU where Baz and Agatha have a makeup channel, Simon has a baking channel, and Penny has a social justice/book review channel. Lots of queer OCs and lots of attention on Penny and Baz’s families. Just delightful.

MULTIMEDIA FICS

The Petal Peddler by @carryonebeneza is an AU told through Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter updates screenshotted and posted to Tumblr. Fiona and Ebb are an item; Baz works at the library; Simon works at Ebb’s flower shop; Agatha is aro; Penny is a boss; everything is great. 24 updates so far.

@simonsrosebud is doing a similar thing, but it’s a university AU and Simon’s the one who works at the library. Agatha’s an American exchange student rooming with Penny. There have only been a few updates, but it’s promising so far!

CONCLUSION

Feel no obligation to read any of these, but this is what I think is good in the Carry On fandom at the moment!

#carry on #fic recs #fic rec #snowbaz #simon snow #baz pitch #mine

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newyorktheater · 4 years

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Andrew Burnap in The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez

Adrienne Warren as Tina Turner

Slava Snow Show

Peter Dinklage, Cyrano

Anna Deavere Smith

Maria Irene Fornes

Horton Foote

Tony Kushner at rehearsal with Mamie Gummer at A Bright Room Called Day

Below is a selection of New York theater opening in November, organized chronologically by opening date, including five on Broadway – a much anticipated epic gay play, a blockbuster musical (both originally staged in London), and three holiday shows.

Off-Broadway this month, there will be a revivals or revisals of plays by Tony Kushner (his first!), Horton Foote (his Pulitzer-winner), Anna Deavere Smith (her most New York) and María Irene Fornés (her best known), as well as of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most popular musicals. Peter Dinklage returns to the stage for a new musical version of Cyrano.

Brooklyn is bopping this month with new and experimental theater. (I could probably write that every month.)

Each title below is linked to a relevant website.

Color key: Broadway: Red. Off Broadway: Purple, blue or black.Off Off Broadway: Green.Theater festival: Orange.Puppetry: Brown. Immersive: Magenta.

Check out the whole 2019-2020 Broadway season and the Fall 2019 Off Broadway offerings.

November 1

An Enchanted April (Theatre Row)

A musical based on the classic book by Elizabeth Hansen: Four world-weary women, desperate to escape their memories of WWI and the repression of London, dare to rent a villa in Italy for a month.

November 5

Dr. Ride’s American Beach House (Ars Nova at Greenwich House)

It’s 1983, the evening before Dr. Sally Ride’s historic space flight. Hundreds of miles from the launch, a group of women with passionate opinions and no opportunities sit on a sweltering St. Louis rooftop watching life pass them by.

November 6

Reparations (Billie Holiday Theater)

In this play by James Sheldon, a recently widowed white book editor invites a younger black writer to her apartment, only to find that a night of passion turns into a tumultuous morning-after.

Black Exhibition (Bushwick Starr)

.”By asking the audience to be explicit voyeurs of an artist’s exhibitionism, @GaryXXXFisher through a mining of transgressive texts both found and written hopes to awaken his audience to the true price of exposing oneself.”

User Not Found (BAM at Greene Grape Annex)

An immersive play exploring what happens to our digital identities after we die. Performed in cafés to authentically examine the public/private divide inherent in screen technology, User Not Found supplies audience members with a smartphone and headphones. The phones are all synced so that audience members can view the protagonist’s own private phone experience

November 7

Tina (Lunt-Fontanne)

A musical about the life of pop star Tina Turner, portrayed by Adrienne Warren, with a book by Katori Hall, directed by Phyllia Lloyd. A hit on the West End

Cyrano (New Group at Daryl Roth)

Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) stars in this new musical version of the classic tale of unrequited love and ghostwritten letters.

BrandoCapote (The Tank)

A multimedia dance theater piece inspired by a 1957 New Yorker magazine profile of the actor by Truman Capote.

November 10

Broadbend, Arkansas (Transport Group at the Duke)

Spanning nearly half a century, three generations of an African-American family grapples with decades of inequality, violence, and suppression in the South.

November 11

Fires in the Mirror (Signature)

Michael Benjamin Washington takes on the 26 characters on all sides of the Crown Heights riots of 1991 in this revival of Anna Deavere Smith’s documentary play (which until now she starred in herself.)

November 13

Evita (NY City Center)

A reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock-opera about Eva Perón, the first lady of Argentina, until her untimely death at age 33.

November 14

Slava’s Snowshow

The return to Broadway of a master clown’s surreal take on the world.

The Rise of Mediocrity (Chain)

On the eve of a novelist’s book release, a casual evening with friends gets turned on its ear when a young man from her past arrives and starts asking questions.

The End of Eddy (BAM)

A stage adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Édouard Louis, written when he was 21 years old, about being bullied for being gay. Part of a series of events celebrating Édouard Louis in collaboration with St. Ann’s Warehouse (See Nov 18)

November 16

Fefu and Her Friends (TFANA)

María Irene Fornés celebrated but rarely produced play about a group of articulate, idiosyncratic women gather in Fefu’s New England country house in 1935 to rehearse for a charity event

November 17

Samuel H. Levine, Kyle Soller and Andrew Burnap in The Inheritance

The Inheritance (Barrymore)

Written by Matthew Lopez, winner of the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Play, this queer-themed, two-part play is loosely inspired by E. M. Forster’s Howards End. Set in New York City a generation after the HIV/AIDS crisis of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the play follows a group of gay men as they struggle to connect to the past and maintain a sense of history.

November 18

History of Violence (St Ann’s Warehouse)

German-language stage adaptation of Édouard Louis’s autobiographical novel about a traumatic event that began in desire. Louis is also the basis for BAM’s The End of Eddy.

November 19

A Bright Room Called Day (Public)

A revival of this 1985 play by Tony Kushner, which was his first, and which he partially rewrites. Agnes, an actress in Weimar Germany, and her cadre of passionate, progressive friends, are torn between protest, escape, and survival as the world they knew crumbles around them. Her story is interrupted by an American woman enraged by the cruelty of the Reagan administration, and a new character, facing the once unthinkable rise of authoritarianism in modern America.

The Half-Life of Marie Curie (Minetta Lane)

Lauren Gunderson’s play about the scientist Marie Curie and radical engineer Hertha Ayrton—and the friendship that strengthened their resolve to pursue their ambitions.

November 20

A Christmas Carol (Lyceum)

Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), gased on the novel by Charles Dickens

Confidence and the Speech (Theatre Row)

A play about Jimmy Carter with an African American actress, Denise Burse, playing the former president

November 21

The Underlying Chris (Second Stage)

Will Eno looks at how a person comes into their identity

November 24

Young Man from Atlanta (Signature)

Revival of Horton Foote’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of an aging couple in 1950s Atlanta still reeling from the death of their only child.

November 29

The Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays (Neil Simon)

The return of the magic acts of seven illusionists.

November 2019 New York Theater Openings Below is a selection of New York theater opening in November, organized chronologically by opening date, including five on Broadway – a much anticipated epic gay play, a blockbuster musical (both originally staged in London), and three holiday shows.

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