We moved! This, plus visiting colleges, buying a new flute, and working on Aladdin Jr., has consumed my life these days. I did a little reading here and there. Here's what I remember:
Symphony for the City of the Dead by M. T. Anderson (about Shostakovich and the symphony he composed during the Seige of Leningrad -- Maggie was reading this for her EE and it looked interesting -- and it was)
Fences by August Wilson (read the play and watched the film adaptation -- my Lit and Performance students' summer work)
Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill (a play adaptation/interpretation of the Jane Austen classic -- very good -- playing at Hudson Valley Shakespeare right now but too bad I don't really have time to get there and see it)
The Chosen by Chaim Potok (the play adaptation of this is being staged at Long Wharf this year, so I might take students to see it -- there is a film adaptation too so it might be interesting for them to compare those two versions)
The Curiosities as well as The Anatomy of Curiosity (both are collections of short stories and commentary on writing by Maggie Steifvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff -- fun stuff!)
Still working on Les Mis and I booked tickets for 50 at the Bushnell for October!
Next up is work for a unit on Julie Taymor for IB Theatre...super fun!!
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