About Giving Notes

Theatre seen from inside the building — for practitioners and the audience members who want to go deeper.

"Giving notes" is what directors do after rehearsal: they sit with the cast and give specific, honest feedback about what worked and what didn't. It's the most important part of the process. It's where the show actually gets made.

That's the editorial lens. Every piece on this site is trying to do what a good set of notes does: say something specific about what's working, what isn't, and why. Not just whether to see the show — but what the production is attempting and how well it's landing.

Who we write for: Working theatre professionals who want to see their craft taken seriously. And audience members who want to understand what they're watching — the design choices, the directorial decisions, the things that don't announce themselves.

Coverage: Reviews, craft analysis, industry context. Las Vegas primarily, with attention to work worth discussing wherever it happens. Projection design, direction, musical theatre, community theatre production models.

The Approach

We assume the production has intentions. The critic's job is to understand those intentions and evaluate how well they're executed. A community theatre mounting *Dear Evan Hansen* isn't trying to be the original Broadway production — it's trying to be the best version of *Dear Evan Hansen* in that room, with those resources, for that audience. We review the production they made, not the one we imagined.

Contact

Press tickets, correspondence, pitches: jen@broadwaystagecollective.com