Lizzie Skurnick, author of the recently released Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading, used to write a column on Jezebel dissecting the young-adult novels we read as kids–and likely reread as adults. (Her book is based on…
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Twitter Rhymes
If you’ve been following Rose Wilder Lane and Half Pint Ingalls on Twitter, you’ve already seen this exchange — my favorite Twitter couplet ever, because it rhymes. @HalfPintIngalls: Almanzo likes big bustles; he cannot lie. @RoseWilderLane: As the young people…
Interview With Steve Blanchard
Here’s a radio interview with Steve “Pa Ingalls” Blanchard, who’s traveling with the musical right now, courtesy of the musical’s Twitter feed.
Kevin and Kara Again In the Homesteader
Are you a Homesteader subscriber? I sure hope so! We just got confirmation that the next issue will contain a joint interview with Kevin Massey and Kara Lindsay, current stars of the Little House on the Prairie musical that’s making…
Laura the Teacher (on TV)
I like to leave my DVR set to record episodes of Little House on the Prairie — five at a time — and from time to time I check to see which ones it’s got loaded. Today I’m glad I…
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More Notes on the Play (And More Spoilers)
I’ve done some googling to remind myself more of the play, since I didn’t take notes during the performance. This document (what a find!) provided me with a few additional notes: Almanzo and Cap hunt the wheat onstage during the…
Play Spoilers! If You Don’t Want to Know, Don’t Read.
I may be a writer, but I’m not a review writer. I’d much rather sit back and read the music reviews and book reviews of my colleagues who craft them so much better than I ever could. And I hate…
Interviews With The Cast on YouTube
My review is upcoming, but in the meantime, check out this three-minute segment of interviews with Kara Lindsay (Laura), Steve Blanchard (Pa), and Melissa Gilbert (Ma), as well as the director, Francesca Zambello. I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed…
Little Musical In New Jersey
Tomorrow morning, I get on a train. Destination: New Jersey. To quote Bull Durham, I’m goin’ to the show. Well, not that show. The “Little House” show. At the Paper Mill Playhouse. I’ve done a little digging–enough to re-familiarize myself…
Close Your Eyes, Mary!
I’ve already outed myself as someone who’s not necessarily a TV show expert. And I do admit, at times I can be so detail-oriented on the one hand, and so completely oblivious on the other — often at the same…