It’s been crazy times here at Chicago Theatre Addict the past week and a half (including the exciting news that I’m an uncle now!), but things will pick up soon — as in this week. Hopefully. This weekend I finished the most remarkable book: “Room”, by Emma Donoghue. I learned of this book through my [...]
Things I learned reading Patti LuPone’s memoir: a fan’s perspective
To say I’m a fan of Patti LuPone’s would be an understatement. Sixteen years ago, I happened upon a record (the vinyl kind) of the 1987 cast recording of Anything Goes where she starred as the sassy Reno Sweeney. I quickly wore that record out, and this thin, dorky high schooler was hooked. I’ve since [...]
It’s (finally) arrived.
Review to come. (And, oh boy, I can’t wait to write it.) Get your copy > “Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy night.”
Book worm
I rarely have time to pleasure read. I literally have books I’ve been working on for a year on my bed-side stand collecting dust. On top of that, I actually think I have undiagnosed literary narcolepsy, because every time I crack open a book, I’m guaranteed to be drooling on it 10 minutes later, dead [...]
The Unreachable Star: My Unauthorized Travels with Patti LuPone
You know how we hold some people on such a high pedestal, they can’t possibly ever live up to our expectations? And in the quest to make a connection with such a person, we end up getting bruised and battered — and wiser? Such is the case with Maile Hernandez’s relationship with Broadway star Patti [...]
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