Tell Me Tuesday

So, what are you reading now?

Show Business: The Road to Broadway

We watched a good documentary this weekend, Show Business: The Road to Broadway. Jim and I both enjoyed it. Here's the synopsis from AMG and a link to the homepage of the film below that.

The documentary ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway journeys behind the scenes of four Broadway productions mounted during the 2003-4 theatrical season that ultimately garnered nominations for Best Musical: Wicked, the Rosie O'Donnell/Boy George collaboration Taboo, Tony Kushner's Caroline, or Change and the iconoclastic puppet review Avenue Q. The film provides a glimpse into each stage of the theatrical process for these productions - from auditions to staging to rehearsals to previews to opening night to awards season. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

http://www.showbusiness-themovie.com/

And She Has a New Book Out!

Is it Tuesday again?

Please tell us what you're reading.

Down Time

I had some quiet time this weekend and spent some of it thumbing through these cookbooks. It's a favorite thing of mine to do. Made my first risotto! But it was nothing to brag about. I like the idea of cooking more than actually cooking I think. And how 'bout that Next Iron Chef last night? Bye, bye Chef Appleman. I like Freitag!

Just Finished

I like reading books about teachers and teaching. This one is by a veteran teacher from a challenged elementary school in Los Angeles. There is a good documentary about him and his work, The Hobart Shakespeareans, which I have seen and enjoyed. This book was a little preachy. He made his students sound like they are better human beings than most. And that's great. He's doing his job very well. Those kids are so lucky to have him in their lives. I think he just could have toned down the "us against the world" attitude. He takes his group to a night baseball game and finds fault with everyone sitting near them, everyone on the jumbotron, everyone in the whole stadium. His lessons would have been more accessible to me as a teacher if he wouldn't have talked to me like I was also one of the jerks of the world.

Tell Me Tuesday

What are you reading today?