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NOTES FROM THE WEBMASTER

APRIL THROUGH MAY, 2024

As before, delay due to professional and personal obligations.
The way I’m going to try to stay current is by uploading one or a few reviews at a time,
rather than the bulk uploads of yore, since the architecture of
AISLE SAY’s new design supports it. So please return periodically;
there should be new reviews appearing somewhat regularly.
You’ll know there’s new stuff when the featured picture to the right changes.

Meanwhile—also again—if you’d care to check out my new book,
which, happily, has received rave reviews from the pros and five stars from readers, it’s

THE NOVELIZERS:
An Affectionate History of Media Adaptations and Originals,
Their Astonishing Authors—and the Art of the Craft

And it’s at Amazon at these links, in
casebound color hardcover,
grayscale trade paperback

and budget-priced color ebook

New Features

HERE LIES LOVE

HERE LIES LOVE Concept, Music and Lyrics by David Byrne Music by Fatboy Slim Additional Music by Tom Gandey & José Luis Pardo Developed and

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THE SHARK IS BROKEN

THE SHARK IS BROKEN by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon Directed by Guy Masterson Starring Ian Shaw, Alex Brightman and Colin Donnell John Golden Theatre

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THE LIFE OF PI

THE LIFE OF PI Based on the novel by Yann Martel Adaptation by Lolita Chakrabarti Direction by Max Webster Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Official Website Reviewed

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SHUCKED

SHUCKED Book by Robert Horn Music and Lyrics by Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally Directed by Jack O’Brien Nederlander Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer

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A DOLL’S HOUSE

A DOLL’S HOUSE by Henril Ibsen A new version by Amy Herzog Directed by Jamie Lloyd Starring Jessica Chastain Reviewed by David Spencer A famous dramatist

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PARADE

PARADE Book by Alfred Uhry Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Co-conceived by Harold Prince Directed by Michael Arden Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Official

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SMART

SMART by Mary Elizabeth Hamilton Directed by Matt Dickson Ensemble Studio Theatre Reviewed by David Spencer   Smart is being presented as a play about the

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