“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’ I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Good morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out farther than the brim of his shady hat. “What do you mean?” he said. “Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that … More Good Morning
Whether you find his work torturous or inspiring, love him or hate him, it’s impossible to deny that Shakespeare’s lingering influence is everywhere. Seriously!! Even hundreds of years after his death in 1616, his plays are still being performed and adapted to fit modern society. When you watch ‘She’s the Man’, ‘Ten Things I Hate … More Learning to Love Shakespeare
Stratford’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Lets all take a trip to England!
Pomp, Circumstance, and all the rest. Joyful faces under square hats, that sit jauntily upon the heads of mere babes. So assured, that the world is their oyster~ they are ready to take on the world. But, their parents know that behind their cocky smiles and false bravado~ these are the little boys and girls … More A whole new Journey
The violet hour is neither day nor night, but a lush moment. It’s fleeting; you can’t grasp it, hold it still. Its tenuous nature makes the ache: the fragility of ice, the first inhalation of night-blooming jasmine. On April Fools’ Day, 1919, aspiring young publisher John Pace Seavering faces an increasingly serious dilemma. A pal … More The Violet Hour
This is a wonderful review of Homestead High School Choir’s Benefit Concert and World Premiere of Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” A Review of Composer Josh Schmidt’s “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”.
Theatre is fundamentally about sharing ideas. It’s about sharing ideas not only from the cast to the audience, but from and to everyone involved in the process. It’s about a writer having an idea and sharing it with the director, and about this director sharing that idea with a cast, and that cast sharing their ideas with … More What’s the point of theatre?
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