Litsy

The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built | Jack Viertel

#CoverStories

TBH, I forgot I had this #Music (or rather musical) title sitting in my Kindle TBR but it looks interesting. 🎶🎵🎼

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Well played 👏🏻 5d

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lil1inblue

Love Letters | A. R. Gurney

This play was so popular when I was in forensics in high school. It was THE choice for Dramatic Duets. I've also seen it performed in full several times. But never with any of the pictured stars. I would have loved to see Alan Alda and Candice Bergen.

#coverstories #letters
@Eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 1w

MaleficentBookDragon I am a big Carol Burnett fan. 1w

lil1inblue @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙 💙 💙 1w

lil1inblue @MaleficentBookDragon I would love to have seen her tackle this, too! I'm not sure who she was paired with, but her and Brian Dennehy would be a great combo. 1w

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Amor4Libros

The Grand Scheme of Things: 'Enjoyable, riotously mischievous and gleefully direct' Daily Mail | Warona Jay

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I felt that the book delivered what it was meaning to, which was shed light on privilege and racism in the theather world.

I sometimes felt annoyed by the attitudes displayed by Hugo and Eddie, but it was overall a great read that gave you something to think about.

This being the author's debut novel already has me looking forward to what she will come up with in the future.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #arc

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big.al.reads

Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History | Glen Berger

so-so

“There are shows that turn a theatre into a dark and suffocating coffin. And there are others that turn you on and resuscitate your soul. Life. That‘s the most important thing.”

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Robotswithpersonality

Classical Tragedy, Greek and Roman: 8 Plays in Authoritative Modern Translations Accompanied by Critical Essays | Robert Willoughby Corrigan

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It is done! Or at least as done as it's going to be from me. I picked up this collection for Euripedes' Medea, was happy to get Sophocles' Antigone in the bargain, and a bonus second Medea by Seneca. Euripides' Bakkhai is a wild time, The Oresteia is pretty familiar ground given the link up to Illiad characters. I wish there was more of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, but what there is extant of it is good. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? I did Sophocles ' Oedipus the King, and didn't feel in the mood to do Seneca's Oedipus later. I did give the associated essays a try, but they focused more on the plays/play mechanics/playwrights than the stories/myths behind the plays, which are more my interest. Will definitely be seeking more scholarship on Greek myth, (only took 17 years after the Greek and Roman studies degree for me to recover my desire to do research on that topic) 2w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? especially through a modern feminist lens. Antigone and Medea's stories stand out because they exhibit female agency (Clytaemnestra's in The Oresteia is pretty short-lived 😬), and Medea in particular because she 'gets away with it'. Major themes (don't fuck with the gods, expect your family lineage's curse to haunt you in some way, nothing could be more heinous than killing family - except perhaps sleeping with them 🤢) exist throughout. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 4/4 Medea makes for an interesting case because one seems to trump the other - her divine lineage is part of what makes it possible for her to kill and survive - for once no mention of the Furies...will definitely be looking up further modern retellings of her story. Don't get me started on Jason. 🙄
⚠️mentions of SA, suicide, gore, child death 2w

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Vansa

I'm Here I Think, where are You?: Letters from a Touring Actor | Timothy West

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Look at that beautiful photo of Timothy West and Prunella Scales.Lovely epistolary memoir of the life of a touring actor.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7404883873

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Vansa

Parcel Arrived Safely, Tied with String | Michael Crawford

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Began this memoir as a Phantom of the Opera and Hello Dolly! super-fan, ended it as a Michael Crawford superfan.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7404860879

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Vansa

Glorious Exploits: A Novel | Ferdia Lennon

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Using litsy after a while!Also writing reviews after a while, bear with me while I do a reviews dump of books I've loved!Cannot recommend this delightful historical fiction enough.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6758491576

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Amor4Libros

The Grand Scheme of Things: 'Enjoyable, riotously mischievous and gleefully direct' Daily Mail | Warona Jay