Risa Shoup

Is Trump an existential threat to our democracy? Yes. But that's not what working families are worried about around the dinner table. Talk about what we're doing to raise the minimum wage, expand access to health care, invest in child care and end med debt. That's how we win.

🔴 LIVE: @NYCCouncil and Cultural Institutions Rally to Call on Mayor to Restore $53 Million in City Budget Cuts x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@JustinBrannan @CarlinaRivera Thank you for the great support for arts and culture yesterday, Councilmember Dylan ;)

Gonna tell my kids this was Joan Baez and Bob Dylan

Never forget…

@frankelfrankel @LauravS @EtheredgeGeorge 👏👏👏

Oh snap! Thoughtful article about my work by @LauravS with great pics by @EtheredgeGeorge and a punny headline in today’s The New York Times, sharing a page with Doja Cat. 📸 by my mom.

Eric Adams’ daily schedule

🤩🥳

The guy doing bag checks at “The Cottage” yesterday was funny, playful, efficient — the first person the audience encountered on the way in. It felt so welcoming. That shouldn’t be remarkable for Broadway, but is.

@sachalouise @artny72 Thank you 🥰🥰🥰

My amazing friend @The_Risa talks to just an incredible roster of caregivers in the NYC theatre scene in the latest @artny72 What's Off podcast -- give it a listen! podbean.com/ep/pb-sieaf-14…

I love theater gays. Literally no one gives a shit about the Sally Bowles casting but I’ve seen at least three different actresses of a certain age suggested for Fräulein Schneider.

Previously unreleased Steely Dan track. What a week already! expandingdan.substack.com/p/second-arran…

“The sea is ours. Attempt no more voyages within it.”

Two separate friends sent me the screenshot of Tar saying I am Petra’s Father. Happy Daddy’s Day y’all.

While we’re at it, I’ve uploaded a second essay, entitled “Gender Criticism vs. Gender Abolitionism.” I’ve had some difficulty placing this piece—it was commissioned and then killed (i.e., they paid me and didn’t publish)—by a UK broadsheet. gracelavery.org/gender-critici…

Listening to Congressman Dan Goldman on @BrianLehrer rn and I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the Congressman sounds exactly like H Jon Benjamin.

Bonnie Milligan. ❤️ Fuck yes.

Companies on May 31st vs. June 1st:

V proud like peacocks

Pacino vs DeNiro is child’s play. Patinkin vs Gould is what separates the women from the girls

@lourdesgnavarro Boar

What’s a good #SuccesionHBO menu? They never actually eat on the show.