House Closed: Theater We Saw

Sims and Scully are joined by Billy McEntee—theater editor of the Brooklyn Rail, theater writer, and theater maker—for two summer plays. First up: Camping by Victoria Lynne Barclay, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt for Colt Coeur at HERE Arts Center. Alice Kremelberg and Colby Minifie play Brit and Ari, two friends who keep returning to the same tent over twenty-five years. The trio talks Colby...

Scully and Sims are joined by playwright Jacob Robinson as New York tips fully into summer—Knicks fever during the Finals and Sting (plus Shaggy) rewriting The Last Ship over at the Met. Then it's out to the Williamsburg waterfront for Sugar Sugar! , Theresa Buchheister and Alessandra Gómez's free outdoor series at Domino Park, where a double bill of DeliaDelia and Pussypaws Puppetry someh...

Sims and Scully are joined by playwright Erin Proctor to dig into two new plays about girlhood, growing up, and the fathers who don't quite know how to talk about it. First up: Dad Don't Read This by Eliya Smith, directed by Chloe Claudel, and presented by Goat Exchange at St. Luke's Theatre. The show follows Mal and her friend group as they navigate adolescence, anxiety, and a whole l...

Sims and Scully break format for a special Broadway episode—their first! They're joined by Jackson McHenry, critic at Vulture and editor of the weekly theater newsletter Stage Whisperer , to go category by category through this year's Tony nominations: who will win, who should win, and who got left out entirely (Jonathan Cake, Joey sees you). They weigh in on a Broadway season that never q...

It's that time of year: the 2026-27 season announcements are rolling in, and Scully and Sims have… mixed feelings. They work through the latest reveals from Classic Stage Company, The Public Theater, and more, weighing what's exciting, what's puzzling, and what's making them question the state of the city's mid-size institutions. Plus they discuss two science-based shows: Have...

This week, Sims & Scully are joined by dramaturg, cultural commentator, and TikToker Grace Walker ( NotKristenBell ) for a wide-ranging conversation that starts with the ongoing discourse around theater influencers, free tickets, and who's actually telling the truth online—and whether any of that is the scummiest thing Broadway producers are doing anyway. Connor battles the rain to catch Cumulo ,...

Scully and Sims are joined by theater critic and TikTok commentator Joe Weinberg (aka @overthinkingtheater) to break down a pair of very different, very unsettling shows: No Singing in the Navy at Playwrights Horizons and The Adding Machine at The New Group. Scully and Sims are joined by theater critic and TikTok commentator Joe Weinberg (aka @overthinkingtheater) to break down a pair of very diff...

Scully and Sims took off their shoes at The Shed and put on some glasses for An Ark , Simon Stephens' mixed reality experiment; then laced them back up for Burnout Paradise , where they got put to work. Other important questions being asked include: what's the deal with The Shed?

In their first episode, Joey and Connor break down Without Mirrors and Cold War Choir Practice —and spiral into thoughts on puppetry, how dark a theater should actually be, and whether children should even be allowed to act. Follow them at @houseclosedpod on instagram.