sleeper
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“Widow’s Bay” is this season’s sleeper hit because the show is a horror trope clearinghouse.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026
"All it means is that I get home later in the evening, meaning early in the morning. And I'm not a big sleeper anyway."
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
Good work, however, won’t be denied, even if Broadway producers have perhaps overlearned the lesson of last year’s sleeper, Cole Escola’s “Oh, Mary!”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Weingard says that in some ways, he wishes Schylling’s sleeper hit could have stayed under the radar for longer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
She was a deep sleeper and hadn’t stirred.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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