The color purple novel7/6/2023 ![]() The production earned 10 Tony nominations in 2006 and LaChanze won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her portayal of Celie.Ĭheck out a snapshot of Alice Walker's The Color Purple Alice Walker on "The Color Purple"ĭemocray Now!'s Amy Goodman interviews Alice Walker about The Color Purple 30 years after its landmark publication.ĪMY GOODMAN: And then you’ve got the amazing Shug Avery. The following year, Oprah Winfrey joined the production team and in 2005, Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Color Purple debuted on Broadway. ![]() The production gained another producer in Quincy Jones who composed the music for the 1985 film, and had its out-of-town tryout in 2004 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman ( ‘night, Mother) penned the book for the show, with music and lyrics by Stephen Bray, Allee Wills and Brenda Russell Gary Griffin signed on as director with Donald Byrd choreographing music director extraordinaire Linda Twine also joined the creative team. It was important to Sanders that this team included artists of color and female artists as it would best capture this story. After some time, she gave her consent and it took almost two years to assemble a creative team. Walker was initially reluctant to this idea and took some convincing from Sanders that it could be an amazing concept. ![]() Nearly 20 years after the novel was published, Walker was approached by producer Scott Sanders about adapting her book into a Broadway musical. The People's Party: BIPOC Affinity Nights. ![]()
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Wiseguy pileggi7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() He neglects his schooling, and when the truant officer sends a letter to his parents, the Varios respond by threatening Henry's mailman to ensure Henry never receives another such letter. Henry feels accepted and approved of for the first time in his life. He quickly earns the approval of his elders, who allow him to drive their cars and drink their booze, making Henry feel like an adult. Henry is industrious, clever, and willing to hustle to run whatever errands the men need. As these men are criminals by nature, they have no qualms about luring young Henry into the life. The impressionable boy is introduced to the wealth and power that is granted the men in the Varios' employ. Henry is drawn to the mafia lifestyle as a young boy, taking a job at Tuddy Vario's cabstand at the age of eleven. Henry's heyday takes place during the 1960s and 1970s during which time he works under prominent mob boss Paul Vario in the Brownsville-East New York section of Brooklyn. Wiseguy is the true story of Henry Hill, a member of the Lucchese organized crime family in New York. ![]() ![]() Nicholas Pileggi's non-fiction book, Wiseguy, is the basis for the hit movie, GoodFellas, directed by Martin Scorsese (1990). ![]() ![]() ![]() This illuminating new portrait gives us a very human Lincoln-an imperfect man whose moral antislavery commitment was essential to the story of justice in America. In Lincoln we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations.Īt once familiar and elusive, Lincoln tends to be seen in popular minds as the greatest of American presidents-a remote icon-or as a politician driven more by calculation than by conviction. He was hated and hailed, excoriated and revered. Abraham Lincoln was president when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions inextricably bound up with money, power, race, identity, and faith. ![]() Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and #1 New York Times best-selling author Jon Meacham chronicles the life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln and explores why and how Lincoln confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery in order to expand the possibilities of AmericaĪ president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. ![]() Eldritch tales7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I would recommend this audiobook to a friend because of the great stories that are told within. Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? Samuel Johnson The Beast in the Cave The Poe-et's Nightmare Memory Despair The Picture in the House Beyond the Wall of Sleep Psychopompos A Tale in Rhyme The White Ship The House The Nightmare Lake Poetry and the Gods Nyarlathotep Polaris The Street Ex Oblivione Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family The Crawling Chaos The Terrible Old Man The Tree The Tomb Celephais Hypnos What the Moon Brings The Horror at Martin's Beach The Festival The Temple Hallowe'en in a Suburb The Moon-Bog He Festival The Green Meadow Nathicana Two Black Bottles The Last Test The Wood The Ancient Track The Electric Executioner Fungi from Yuggoth The Trap The Other Gods The Quest of Iranon The Challenge From Beyond In a Sequester'd Providence Churchyard Where Once Poe Walk'd Ibid Azathoth The Descendant The Book The Messenger The Evil Clergyman The Very Old Folk The Thing in the Moonlight The Transition of Juan Romero Supernatural Horror in Literature History of the Necronomicon The Alchemist A Reminiscence of Dr. ![]() The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson7/6/2023 ![]() I'm still buying the series for the little girl as books can be timeless and (with the exception of how they communicate) emotions and feelings about being abandoned, lost, or scared never change. so yes, yes I really am that old I guess. Instead the covers are blah and boring looking with "Puffin Classic Collection" across the top. ![]() not the classic covers I remember (as seen in this edition that I own). Plus it's based on a true story AND I know it's an excellent book.Īnd what do I find. So today I go to look for the series, to gift to a little girl who has been asking about kids in Ukraine, as I feel it's a good representation of what happens when children are ripped from their parents because their parents have to go fight in a war. ![]() I must have read it 3 or 4 times as a kid (and the whole series). I read this book as a child for the first time, right around it's publication time because my Mom is an avid reader and always made sure I had the newest books from the library to ensure I had new things to read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() During a game, a member of a professional sports team made a rookie mistake. No malice, no ill-will, no injury, and no loss of life or loss of points just a mistake. And, despite the mistake, the team won the game. The media coverage and ensuing reports did address the unexpected team victory but always concluded with the rookie mistake. Even one of the broadcasters reported that this simple mistake had eclipsed the unexpected team victory. To his credit, the mistake-maker publicly owned it, took it in stride, and returned to play another day. Of course, he will not make that mistake again, but what a shame it was that the microscope was directed at his flaw rather than his accomplishments. ![]() Cold Magics by Erik Buchanan7/5/2023 ![]() The Curious Case of Agatha Christie by Ashley Kreeb Here for the Wrong Reasons by Sabrina Batchler He Had It Coming: Princess Marguerite by Mady Dever ![]() who will determine the Finalists and eventual Winner. JolivetteĪll Semifinalists will be reviewed exclusively by Warner Bros. The Owl and the Hummingbird by David Ciccarelli The Last Queen’s Painter by Lindsey Galloway Rules of Being a Princess by Leigha Marie Daliet The Watcher by Connor Pannell & Michael GoitanichĭRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY presented by Writers Guild of America, EastĪ More Certain Light by Elizabeth Corbettīlockbuster, Alaska by Callie Bloem & Christopher Ewing The Devil’s Brood: Shipwreck by Saiya Floyd Three Faces of Hunger and Thirst by HF CrumĪll Semifinalists will be reviewed exclusively by AMC who will determine the Finalists and eventual Winner.ĬALL ME MADAM by Marc Blitstein & Brian Roussoĭarker Than You Can Imagine by Peter Hoffman Kimball The Seventh Rule by Zackary Hill & Matthew Riffle The Moon Represents My Heart by Jesse Lin Snow in July by Sera Barbieri & Heather Barbieri How To Catch a Time Traveler by Graham Parke The production company was founded by Rick Dugdale and Daniel Petrie, Jr.įIVE WITH A BULLET by Christopher Isenegger For feature scripts in all genres with an original concept and distinctive voice that can be produced for under $10 million. ![]() Goodreads interior chinatown7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() But it is things like this that made me want to read Interior Chinatown. ![]() (Which is particularly ironic since Yang experienced this marginalization by said people.) Though I believe he was sidelined for his relatively centrist message rather than his Taiwanese heritage, it seems to me there is a prejudice against successful Asian Americans by certain people, especially when it does not fit their political narrative. There was much evidence he was systematically ignored or silenced by certain media outlets ( this was one of many examples). The election approaches, and I’m still disappointed by the end of Andrew Yang’s run for presidency. Meanwhile, he watches the people in his life-father, mother, girlfriend-morphing between different roles and stereotypes, trying to find a good life for themselves and their families. Wu soon finds himself in an uphill battle to escape the role of Generic Asian Man, stuck as Guest Star in a crime TV series called Black and White with no room for Asian leads. It turns out those memories weren’t so off-base, at least in Hollywood, and Kung Fu Guy is hard to get as it is. Not just any movie star, but the role of Kung Fu Guy-the pinnacle of Asian acting, according to childhood memories. Willis Wu is a first-generation Chinese American whose dream is to become a movie star. ![]() My Lady Thief by Emily May7/5/2023 ![]() Length: A full-length Regency romance of 83,000 words but what he discovers will turn his life upside down.įinalist in the Booksellers Best, National Readers' Choice, and Australian Romantic Book of the Year awards. When London's altruistic thief comes to his sister's aid, Adam sets out to uncover the rogue's identity. Worse, his sister has struck up a friendship with Miss Knightley, the young lady whose prospects he inadvertently destroyed when he said she smelled of the gutters. Just is one of England's most eligible bachelors, but his sister's first Season is teetering perilously close to disaster. ![]() ![]() and dispense a little justice on the side.Īdam St. ![]() An elusive thief is haunting Regency London, stealing from the wealthy to give to the poor.Īrabella Knightley might be an earl's granddaughter, but behind her back she's known as Miss Smell o' Gutters. ![]() Sherrilyn kenyon julian of macedon7/5/2023 ![]() "A Hard Day's Night-Searcher" (Rafael Santiago & Celena) - short story in My Big Fat Supernatural Weddingġ6. Dark Side of the Moon (Ravyn Kontis & Susan Michaels)ġ5. Unleash the Night (Wren Tigarian & Maggie Goudeau)ġ4. "Second Chances" (?) - short story in The Dark-Hunter Companionġ3. Sins of the Night (Alexion & Dangereuse St. Seize the Night (Valerius Magnus & Tabitha Devereaux)ġ1. "Winter Born" (Dante Pontis & Pandora) - short story in Stroke of Midnightġ0. Night Play (Vane Kattalakis & Bride McTierney)ĩ. ![]() Kiss of the Night (Wulf Tryggvasen & Cassandra Peters)Ĩ. ![]() "Phantom Lover" (V'Aidan & Erin McDaniels) - short story in Midnight Pleasuresħ. Night Embrace (Talon & Sunshine Runningwolf)ĥ. Night Pleasures (Kyrian of Thrace & Amanda DevereauxĤ. "Dragonswan" (Sebastian Kattalakis & Channon MacRae) - short story in Tapestryģ. Fantasy Lover (Julian of Macedon & Grace Alexander)Ģ. ![]() |