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An opera based on "The Grapes of Wrath" is coming to Carnegie Hall. Rehearsals are underway for the operatic version of John Steinbeck's Pulitzer-winning 1939 novel set during the Great Depression [...]
A compelling story can be mined in several mediums. The Grapes of Wrath has been acclaimed as a novel and movie. In its latest incarnation at Carnegie Hall March 22, presented by The Collegiate Chorale, John Steinbeck's story about Oklahoma sharecroppers hoping for a better life is now a concert. More specifically, a concert rendition of the Ricky Gordon/Michael Korie opera first staged at Minnesota Opera. [...]
The trouble with most new plays I see these days — not just commercial fare but also the supposedly more adventurous work off-Broadway — is that they are too simple: the characters too familiar, the stories too formulaic, the messages too spoon-fed. Donald Margulies' new Broadway offering, [...]