Do we really understand how the bible compares to to other stories in other cultures. Apr 11, 2016 seriously, though, i love strange books. Everyones talking about it author neil gaiman is even tweeting about it, posting a link and suggesting his followers. The book was a conundrum over 40,000 letters covered its pages, but they were arranged in a haphazard fashion that made little sense. Do we really understand that the bible has its origins in a collection of stories that were told out loud. The complete book and lyrics of the broadway musical new york. Okay, you got me i wrote this list just so i could quote beetlejuice. Fortune and mens eyes two different plays xxix the taming of the shrew. The musical was staged there from february to july 2008 with 20 preliminaries and 165 regular performances. The show, a hybrid of a rock concert and a traditional musical, has now. King created an alternate identity as james todd, pullman porter, and hid a thirteenyear. I quote the words because they apply so well to our current social and political situation. The biggest mystery of all was contained in the last 36 pages. Laboratory, the berkeley repertory theatre, the public theater, and beyond.
Meticulously directed by mark clayton southers, short north stages production of passing strange is one of surpassing wonder, poetic revelation and immense talent. It works as an excellent historical novella, capturing the sense of prewar san francisco pearl harbor wasnt bombed until 1941 with its glimpses of the world fair on treasure island and its loving depiction of the citys lgbtqia. Some of them are strange books that are a bit disturbing. As dee worked tirelessly to translate the code, he slowly realized that the soyga was an indepth list of magical incantations. Passing strange, the latest musical put on by short north stage at the garden theater, is the chronicle of an epic journey, the tale of a black musician stew. Passing strange, the spike leedirected film featuring the awardwinning broadway rock musical of the same title, will air in primetime on wednesday, january, 2010 at 9 p. Passing strange fills the garden theater with emotion. Short north stage wont be like short north theater companies of the past, however. Strange stories in history compilation volume 1 youtube.
Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york. Jan 22, 2018 passing strange plays through sunday, february 18, 1018 at the wilma theater 265 south broad street, in philadelphia, pa. The problem with the bible is that we think we already know what it says. Passing strange is not only a lesson in the intricacies of class, race, and gender relations.
Passing strange is a brilliant work about migrationa geographical. Im not the only one, in fact, there is at least a two thousand year old tradition of people pouring over bookssome accurate, some notabout this unusual topic. The musicals lyrics and book are by stew with music and orchestrations by. Weird, strange, unusual, bizarre, or odd short stories online. See also gothicism see also scififantasy see also twilight zone stories that are weird, strange, odd, bizarre, or unusual the nose nikolai gogol a barber, ivan, continue reading weird short stories. Another look at robert aickmans speculative short fiction.
Short, stout, sporting a wellgroomed goatee, he struts out. But the blueeyed and fairskinned king also led a secret double life passing as a black man. Check out selected results from nypl title quest 2019, held august 2, 2019, as well as title quest 2018. Offbroadway show was held from may to june 2007 on the stage of ny public theater. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Passing strange original, musical, broadway opened in new york city feb 28, 2008 and played through jul 20, 2008.
Even if you have no curiosity about my inner life, you will profit by coming to know any one of these books. There is one strange, weird topic i love reading about. Dramatists play service, one of the premier playlicensing and theatrical publishing agencies in the world, was formed in 1936 to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works. Passing strange short north stage opening night youtube. Not childrens books, obviously, but stories and tales of exotic beasts from faraway lands. Or really like any other theater company in columbus. Passing strange is a comedydrama rock musical about a young african americans artistic journey of selfdiscovery in europe, with strong elements of philosophical existentialism, metafiction especially selfreferential humor, and the artistic journey. So whether theres something just a little different about the story, or the book is fullon bizarre, here are 100 wonderful weird books i have read and highly recommend. Nov 22, 2017 finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22, 2017. It is indeed a story about passing, in every sense of the term, and historian martha sandweiss tells it with a scholars rigor and a storytellers verve. Mar 15, 2017 top 10 novels on rural america from marilynne robinson to william faulkner, these great stories are told from the margins of us life, but they carry profound resonance emily ruskovich. This is an update of a previous post by sharon rickson. They might have ridiculous or uncommon plots, unusual narrators or confusing narration, absurd situations, or anything that stands out as different.
Here are of the strangest books youll want to read anyway. So whether theres something just a little different about the story, or the book is fullon. For tickets, call the box office at 215 24799, or purchase them. Grace paley the late grace paleys multilayered evocations of new york seethe with the beautiful, twisting complexities of that neversleeping city. Start with the narrator, the fullthroated ron jenkins, clearly the older and wiser version of the unseasoned youth, played with fleetfooted assurance by taylor moss. Moving and exciting not only because of book, music and performances. Trial performances on broadway began in february 2008 in the belasco theatre. List of titles of works taken from shakespeare wikipedia. It was then produced offbroadway at the public theater in new york city. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line. This heavilyresearched novella goes deep into the history of the lesbian community in 1940 san francisco as it tells the story of a romance between a pulp magazine artist and a singer. Here, then, are twenty strange and wonderful books from my library. Queer history, san francisco history and a pinch of weird tales. Full video of the february 20 production of papa doc.
Jan 24, 2017 passing strange is klages best adult work to date. The musicals lyrics and book are by stew with music and orchestrations by heidi rodewald and stew. Passing strange deserves a place beside other great autobiographical works of art, like federico fellinis 8 12. The complete stories is an encyclopedia of our insecurities and our brave attempts to oppose them. The chicago tribune passing strange is a passing subtle, detailed intergenerational fantasy with a pulp influenced story and a literary sensibility full of the past and the artefacts it leaves behind. Robert aickman 19141981 in addition to eight collections of strange stories, as he dubbed them, his writing includes a short novel, the late breakfasters 1965, a posthumously published novella, the model 1987, and various unpublished fiction, dramatic, and nonfiction works.
Passing strange is a current nebula nominee, and i read this as part of my voting packet. Anatole broyard franz kafka wrote continuously and furiously throughout his short and intensely lived life, but only allowed a fraction of his work to be published during his lifetime. Inspired by the pulps, film noir, and screwball comedy, passing strange is a story as unusual and complex as san francisco itself from world fantasy award winning author ellen klages, and a finalist for the 2017 nebula award for best novella san francisco in 1940 is a haven for the unconventional. Bob fosses all that jazz, and stephen sondheims sunday in the park with george. But there are others, and i am one of these, who seek above all strangeness in things. Passing strange, the latest musical put on by short north stage at the garden theater, is the chronicle of an epic journey, the tale of a black musician stew looking back, sometimes confused, on his younger, more foolish self. Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, bestselling author and architect of the great surveys that mapped the west after the civil war, king was named by john hay the best and brightest of his generation.
Welcome to abebooks weird book room heralded by the new york times, canadas globe and mail, the times of london, and the guardian uk as the finest source of everything thats bizarre, odd and downright weird in books. If youre a book lover who likes your literature a little bit strange, then these books are definitely for you. Passing strange is one of those books with precisely the right title. A historian examines the secret king only revealed on his deathbed to his black wife of thirteen years. Mar 10, 2017 the real revealed at theatre three, passing strange rocks and struts, revving the vibes to concert level in a sweeping comingofage story pulsing with life and wit. Excerpts from the april 20 production of passing strange at short north stage, columbus, ohio. Passing strange is a speculative fiction ode to san franciscos hi okay, but all emojis aside, i really adored this novella about love and oppression between queer women. Mar 10, 2009 passing strange a gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line. It can be tough to remember the title and author of a book you read a long time ago.
May 19, 2017 if youre a book lover who likes your literature a little bit strange, then these books are definitely for you. Sandweiss tells the dramatic, distinctively american tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and race a story that spans the long century from civil war to civil rights. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line presents one mans story in an effort to crystallize the state of u. Clarence king is a hero of nineteenthcentury western history. Passing strange is a speculative fiction ode to san franciscos hidden history, and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Apr 18, 2008 a brief survey of the short story part 10. Feb 09, 2009 a fresh, urbane history of the dramatic and melodramatic belle epoque.
For more than 30 years, she has wandered the five continents in search of the intractable, in search of a beauty unbefriending and the poetry of the passing strange. Passing strange is a comedydrama rock musical about a young african american s artistic journey of selfdiscovery in europe, with strong elements of philosophical existentialism, metafiction especially selfreferential humor, and the artistic journey. Her book takes place in the usa during the second half of the 1800s and especially the 1890s. Jan 24, 2017 passing strange is a queer historical novella with a healthy dose of magical realisma combination sure to enrapture a specific audience, of which i am certainly one. But as martha sandweiss shows in passing strange, king led a double life, passing as a black man in order to marry ada copeland, who was very likely born a slave and who was as far outside kings social and intellectual circle as a woman could possibly be. Apr, 2018 passing strange focuses on the story of haskel, the pulp artist, and her romance with a newcomer to town. This will be a professional theater company that performs mostly musicdriven theater, says rick gore, a former magazine journalist who founded the new company along with partner peter yockel. These are the words used by the author to describe the setting of her 2009 book, passing strange. Samuel pozzihandsome, virile, yet slender, dressed in a sumptuous scarlet coathe was intrigued by a figure he had not yet encountered in his readings.
The musicals lyrics and book are by stew with music and orchestrations by heidi rodewald. I love strange and weird books, mostly because i, myself, am strange and unusual. It also demonstrates how to write a particular kind of history how, that is, to reconstruct lives in the absence of historical records. Passing strange penguin clarence king was a famed explorer, scientist, and hero of late nineteenth century history.