Two recommendations.

[saxikath]

Recommendation the first: go see Iolanthe if you haven't. Of course I'm biased, having choreographed some of it, but I quite enjoyed it tonight. Orchestra's very sharp, chorus sounds super (props to greenlily and mrmorse for their vocal directing), staging & characters very well done too (props to navrins). And the audience liked my trio choreography, yay! (Helped immensely by tenore and T and L's great style with it, of course.)

Recommendation the second: Read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon. Quick read; I read it all today, part on my morning commute and part between work and Iolanthe. It's quick, but it's also gripping. The narrator is an autistic boy, and the understanding the author has of the autistic mind is extraordinary. The story is sad and funny and moving and excellently written. Perhaps its themes -- including how disabilities affect families -- resonate more strongly for me than they may for those who haven't lived that particular challenge, but I think it's worth anyone's reading.

And now I suppose I should go to bed.

Comments

Sigh...

[zenala.livejournal.com]

Darn it, I need one of Dumbledore's* time gizmos. I'll start out first thing in the morning, see the Saturday evening Iolanthe, then go back to now and get a good night's rest and be in the Mikado chorus at the same time...

*I'm a bad geek, and caught myself typing Gandalf...

[lauradi7.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm more tired than I thought. I read the first part recommending Iolanthe (I heard them rehearsing on Tuesday and they did sound good)and then read the line "Perhaps its themes -- including how disabilities affect families" and though
"is she talking about wings?" before I noticed that it was a new paragraph...