Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit

An ongoing digital archive of 1,410 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.

  • Toy Story 3

    Toy Story 3

    Directed by Lee Unkrich

    “Now Woody, he’s been my pal for as long as I can remember. He’s brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind, and smart. But the thing that makes Woody special, is he’ll never give up on you… ever. He’ll be there for you, no matter what.”

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg / Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer / Original text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel / Book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg / Based on “Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo / Directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell (Broadway in Boston, Boston, MA)

    Curtain call at Les Misérables
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Music by Alan Menken / Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz / Book by Peter Parnell / Based on “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” by Victor Hugo / Directed by Doug Hodge (Norton Singers)

    Curtain call at The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • The Drama

    The Drama

    Directed by Kristoffer Borgli

    “Why do you want to talk about fucking in front of your family? Or her family?”

  • The Producers

    The Producers

    Directed by Susan Stroman

    “Wait, here’s one: ‘One morning Gregor Samsa awoke to discover he had been transformed into a giant cockroach!’ Nah, too good.”

  • Fallen Angels

    Fallen Angels

    by Noël Coward / Directed by Scott Ellis (Roundabout Theatre Company, live stream)

    “If you’ll allow me to say so, madam, several drinks never did any harm; it’s only the first drink which is dangerous; after that the damage is done.”

  • Suffs

    Suffs

    Music, lyrics, and book by Shaina Taub / Directed by Leigh Silverman (PBS Great Performances)

    “How will we do it when it’s never been done? How will we find a way, where there isn’t one?”

  • I Built You a Tower

    I Built You a Tower

    by Death Cab for Cutie

  • On Your Feet: The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan

    On Your Feet: The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan

    Book by Alexander Dinelaris Jr. / Music and lyrics by Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, and the Miami Sound Machine / Directed and choreographed by Marcos Santana (North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly MA)

    Curtain call at On Your Feet
  • Big Mistakes: Season 1

    Big Mistakes: Season 1

    Created by Dan Levy and Rachel Sennott

    “I should have never weaponized you with an education.”

  • Unlicensed : Bootlegging as Creative Practice

    Unlicensed : Bootlegging as Creative Practice

    Edited by Ben Schwartz

    “That’s something I really enjoy, to kind of stick your brain into somebody else’s brain and figure out how he or she did something. There is a real learning process that is happening there, and it’s how I learned about so much. There is a sort of embodied element to it, you have to actually go through the process, and I think when you do that there is a lot to be gained.”

  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Directed by Quentin Tarantino

    “The lioness has rejoined her cub, and all is right in the jungle.”

  • Hacks: The final season

    Hacks: The final season

    Created by Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen Statsky

    “Why am I in the rough draft of a car?”

  • Black Swan

    Black Swan

    Book by Jen Silverman / Music, lyrics, and orchestrations by Dave Malloy / Directed and choreographed by Sonya Tayeh (American Repertory Theater)

    Curtain call at Black Swan
  • The Clean Issue

    The Clean Issue

    Kinfolk Magazine

    “‘We are constantly contending with algorithms of all kinds,’ writes Kyle Chayka in his book Filterworld, ‘each one attempting to guess what we are thinking of, seeking and desiring.’”

  • Swept Away

    Swept Away

    Book by John Logan / Music and lyrics by The Avett Brothers / Directed by Jeremy Johnson (Speakeasy Stage Company)

    Curtain call at Swept Away
  • Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

    Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

    by W. David Marx

    “So how did the Japanese save American style? The Americans discarded style as it became unfashionable and moved on to new things. The Japanese collected, analysed and improved it, and sold it back.”

  • The Crucible

    The Crucible

    by Arthur Miller / Directed by Toni Ruscio (Curtain Call Theatre)

    “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!”

  • Spring Experience 2026

    Spring Experience 2026

    Choreography by Jerome Robbins, William Forsythe, and Lia Cirio (Boston Ballet)

    Curtain call of William Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman
  • The Comeback: The final season

    The Comeback: The final season

    Created by Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King

    “Cause when it comes down to other people’s opinions, don’t listen to Emmy of them!”