Is New York the new Peoria?
This is just a quick post to note a trend that I think many of us have been conscious for a long time, and that can be summed up in the following question: is New York the new Peoria? It used to be that New York was the source of theatrical culture - but these days it's more like the last stop, the site of final ratification of cultural touchstones perfected elsewhere. Musicals are probably the exception …