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Author Archives: Marco Graziosi
'Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas'
‘Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas’: And He Clucked, ‘What a Faaabulous Trick’ The movie is so clogged with kooky gadgetry and special effects and glitter and goo that watching it feels like being gridlocked at Toys “R” Us … Continue reading
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Seussical
Seussical Seussical, the Musical, , produced here in Boston, but warming up to open at the Richard Rodgers Oct. 15th in NYC, is currently something like what hatches from the egg that moon-faced Kevin Chamberlin (Horton) keeps warm through most … Continue reading
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Seussical The Musical
Seussical The Musical The official home page for the musical discussed in the NY Times Review below.
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Is There a Dr. in the House for 'Seussical'?
Is There a Dr. in the House for ‘Seussical’? How the charmed musical that could do no wrong turned into the “troubled Suessical” that could do no right has become a parable about how much Broadway has changed. What in … Continue reading
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Thurber's world and welcome to it
Thurber’s world and welcome to it Thurber’s comic hero, who came to be known as Thurber Man, is a squinty, skewed kind of guy; a digression blinking at a wife, a boss, an errand that wants him straight, and on … Continue reading
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Webs of weeds
Webs of weeds The Gormenghast trilogy, together with the dazzling drawings he produced in the 1940s and 1950s, have no parallel in English art or fiction. But he paid a terrible price. This biography tells the story of his inexorable … Continue reading
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'Oz' Expert: If Ever Oh Ever a Wiz There Was
‘Oz’ Expert: If Ever Oh Ever a Wiz There Was There’s no yellow brick road to find the way, but starting Friday the Los Angeles Central Library is transforming itself into the wonderful land of Oz. Through Feb. 24 the … Continue reading
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Hans Christian Andersen by Jackie Wullschlager
Observer review: Hans Christian Andersen by Jackie Wullschlager Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy-tales won him fame and wealth – but he probably died a virgin. Jackie Wullschlager tells the story of the life of the great storyteller.Books Unlimited
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The sorrows of a great Dane
The sorrows of a great Dane THE LIFE OF Hans Christian Andersen, told with thoroughness and sympathy in this new biography, was as peculiar, fascinating and painful as any of his celebrated fairy tales. This big-boned, gawky, lanky egotist was … Continue reading
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More than just make believe
More than just make believe Review of Jackie Wullschlager, HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: The Life of a Storyteller. Wullschlager is right to give Andersen the credit for being the first person to choose the fairy story as a literary form and … Continue reading
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