News of note for readers: March 28, 2023

Posted on March 28, 2023 at 8:28 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the day ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your...

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Tagged As: Awards, Historical fiction, Movie adaptation, Nonfiction, Pop culture, Short story, Stage adaptation

News of note for readers: March 20, 2023

Posted on March 20, 2023 at 9:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the day ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your...

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Tagged As: Libraries, Literary tourism, Reading, Scandal, Stage adaptation

Read a review of the musical version of "The Outsiders"

Posted on March 14, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Did you know that S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders has become a musical? Well, it has, and it made its world...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Stage adaptation, Young adult literature

The musical "Gatsby" will premiere in 2024

Posted on February 23, 2023 at 11:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As promised (or threatened), a musical version of The Great Gatsby is becoming a reality. Deadline reports that this adaptation...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Pop culture, Stage adaptation

Jessica Chastain on what it means to play Nora in "A Doll's House"

Posted on February 23, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Actress Jessica Chastain is going big in her return to the stage after years on screen. She's starring as Nora...

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Tagged As: Pop culture, Stage adaptation, The New York Times

"Room" will premiere on Broadway in April

Posted on January 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The 2010 novel Room is being adapted for a visual medium, again. Author Emma Donoghue wrote the screenplay for the...

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Tagged As: Stage adaptation, The New York Times, Women in literature

Watch a trailer for "Matilda the Musical"

Posted on June 17, 2022 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Matilda the Musical is coming back — but on screen, not stage. This adaptation of Roald Dahl's tale of bookworm...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Classic literature, Stage adaptation

A play premieres in honor of Bloomsday

Posted on June 16, 2022 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy Bloomsday! This year's celebration of the James Joyce novel Ulysses — which takes place every year on the only...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Stage adaptation, The Guardian

Why Anton Chekhov is the "it" playwright and writer

Posted on June 7, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Now might not be the time that you'd expect to hear someone declare a Russian playwright to be the stage...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Short story, Stage adaptation

"Death of a Salesman" returns to Broadway this fall

Posted on June 2, 2022 at 4:11 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is coming back to Broadway this fall. And it'll have a special look: an...

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Tagged As: Stage adaptation