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Manuel Betancourt

Manuel is a New York City-based writer interested in LGBT issues, media, and pop culture. He’s a regular contributor to The Film Experience, a book reviewer over at Slant Magazine, and his work has been featured in Film Quarterly, Theater Journal, MicNews, and PopMatters. He also has a PhD in English but hates bragging about it. You can find more of his work on his personal site. Follow him on Twitter: @bmanuel.

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A Man For This Season

On Ben Foster’s Monstrous Stanley Kowalski

23 June 2016

Manuel Betancourt on the Young Vic’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

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On the Timely Racial Politics of The Royale

24 March 2016

Manuel Betancourt on The Royale by Marco Ramírez at Lincoln Center Theater in New York City.

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Exploring Gay Panic Humor in Broadway’s Something Rotten!

8 December 2015

Manuel Betancourt on gay panic humor in Something Rotten! on Broadway.

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From The Public to Broadway

Fun Home’s Growing Pains

22 October 2015

Manuel Betancourt on the development journey of Tony-winning Broadway musical Fun Home by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori.

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