←Recommendations of i can fix him

Hell hath no fury like a teenage girl. As someone who grew up an "uncool girl" (gn) on Tumblr in the heyday of 2010s fandom (notably including Superwholock), "i can fix him" speaks to both to the mob mentality and the bleeding heartache of loving your favorite characters. Leiber gives each character the gravitas they deserve and doesn't hide from the darker underbellies of their lives, while still thunderously hitting every comedic beat and eyebrow-raising nod to the Sopranos-esque fanfiction operation itself. Also: I really want to see the Jess Mariano powerpoint on stage. Absolutely brilliant.

"I can fix him" should be the first play to use the word Johnlock on a Broadway stage. And if that word elicits a deep shiver down the base of your spine, this is the play for you. Filled with memorable characters, this play is a love letter to weird girls and the things that are important to them. Leiber plays up the stakes to create a narrative that is tense and compelling. Every issue in these girls lives are treated with grave importance- leading to strong laughs and strong emotions.

A play that both treats its absurd subject matter with empathy and self seriousness while always having the ability to turn around and laugh along with them. "i can fix him" GETS these types of teenage girls, gets the need behind their boy worship, and loneliness they fill with self importance. It tells a story relying well on the tropes of both mob and high school movies, chock full with betrayals, schemes, and an impenetrable social code, but so effectively uses the theatrical medium. Very producible and skin crawlingly relatable.

As someone who was never a teen girl, but who navigated fandom, fraught friendships and feelings all while being a young writer, Sarah Jae Leiber’s "i can fix him" made me bust my gut as often as it punched me in the gut. The Mean Girls-meets-The Sopranos energy, the message about the meaningful nature of being a fan filled with complicated feelings, the pitch-perfect characterization -- all of these ingredients come together to produce an excellently funny, thoughtful play. Highly recommended for fans of all ages!

combining the baroque, blustery irony of THE SOPRANOS with the unhinged teen-girl fury of DANCE NATION, "i can fix him" is one of the few plays i've found that captures the tyranny and agony of a Tumblr-girl friend group. when your waking life seems to happen at school between the hours of 7:30 to 3:30 pm, how can you not project yourself into the high fantasy romcom narratives you have unfettered access to online? and how does that jibe with the messy reality of connecting with your fellow humans? killer play, killer ensemble--would be perfect for college students

The uncool girl representation we all need! This play is FUN without shying away from the messiness of female friendships and trying to navigate a social dynamic you don't quite understand. What drives us to make fandom a part of our identity? (And what IS it about Draco Malfoy?) Plays should come with a glossary of fanfiction terms more often.