We are now in week three of rehearsals for Sweeney Todd. As I become familiar with the libretto I am continually struck by the subversive humor of Sondheim’s lyrics, the dark turns that the music takes, the shocking juxtaposition of beauty and grotesquery evident in some of the finest moments of the show. Several lyrics […]
“And though I’ll think of you, I guess, until the day I die…” Read More »
In the classic children’s novel The Cricket in Times Square there is this lovely moment near the end of the story when Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat are saying goodbye to Chester Cricket, who after many great adventures in New York decides to return to Connecticut, his true home. As the friends make their way
The end of the semester is looming, so a lot of my attention has turned toward the important but unglamorous work of wrapping up courses with students, preparing them for finals, and girding myself to grade large batches of final papers. Even though the Thames River Ramble is behind me, I am still thinking a
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I’ve not touched my blog for the past week, so apologies to family and friends eager to hear more about our adventures. Tara and I spent Thanksgiving in Dublin, Ireland. This was our first time in Ireland. It was a pleasant, relaxed trip. During our first two days we hit all of the “greatest hits”
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I have this memory. When I was a little kid, there was a Christmas market in our rural hometown. My parents gave me and my siblings some money to spend on Christmas gifts. Making my way through the vendor booths, I found myself staring at a luminous, cheap, fake diamond ring. It was little more
I woke up early Thursday morning looking forward to a “light” 10-mile ramble from Putney Bridge to Tower Bridge, the heart of London. The day did not turn out as I expected. The trip to London was just fine. I took the 5 AM Tube to London, getting off at Notting Hill, just a short
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