We recently saw the musical The Outsiders. Of course, I knew it started as a book, then became a movie, but it had been decades since I’d read or seen it. So, a couple of weeks in advance of the play, I re-read the book. I’d …
Three Plays in Three Days
We aren’t usually this social. And while we love musicals and plays, we don’t usually attend the theatre this often. But everything came together as a perfect storm, and we found ourselves in the audience three times …
Our State Fair is a Great State Fair
I find myself singing the songs from Rogers & Hammerstein's State Fair when fall arrives. In the 1962 movie version, they moved the State Fair of the show from Iowa to Texas, which, of course, you find the biggest and …
Dinner and a Show
As of today, we have been married for twenty-six years! Last year we celebrated a quarter-century with an amazing trip to Savannah and St. Simons Island. (This picture was taken on St. Simon's Island last year.) This year we …
Les Mis, The Movie
We'd never gone to the movies on Christmas day, though apparently there are many families who do. But Les Mis, the movie, was, in our opinion, not to be missed, so we went. Let me explain a bit of background. My husband and …
Les Mis the Musical
How many times have I seen/listened to the musical Les Miserable? I can’t even count. And yet when my husband and I stumbled on the 25th anniversary concert version last night on TV, we watched with rapt attention, as if it …
Three Forms, One Story
It isn’t often that I can embrace other forms a book I love, though on occasion, it happens. Such as Emma by Jane Austen and the movie Emma with Gwyneth Paltrow. Or the book Les Miserables and the musical Les Miserables. …