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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 different, very unsettling shows: No Singing in the Navy at Playwrights Horizons and The Adding Machine at The New Group. They get into what worked, what didn’t, and why both shows left them feeling a little off. Along the way: Olivier Awards discourse, Octet casting reactions, and the question—what play should get the all-puppet treatment?

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.