A few things I've been looking at, listening to, and doing these past months during the pandemic for comfort, entertainment, and even a little joy.
“On my radar: Elizabeth Strout's cultural highlights,” The Guardian, October 31, 2020.My Name is Lucy Barton: From Page to Stage
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout, and award-winning actress Laura Linney, discuss bringing the beloved novel My Name is Lucy Barton to the stage. Broadway previews begin Jan 6.
Award-winning actress Laura Linney returns to Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club's production of a haunting new solo play adapted by Rona Munro from the bestselling novel by Elizabeth Strout.
A sold-out sensation originally produced by the London Theatre Company at the Bridge Theatre in London, Ms Linney was hailed as "luminous" by the The New York Times, "genuinely phenomenal" by Time Out London, and the play was called "deeply affecting and heartbreaking" by The Observer.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit https://lucybartonplay.com
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“My Name is Lucy Barton: From Page to Stage,” Manhattan Theater Club on YouTube, Nov 21, 2019.CBS This Morning: Oprah’s Book Club Reveal
In case you missed my appearance on CBS This Morning with Oprah!
“Oprah’s Book Club Reveal,” CBS This Morning, November 7, 2019.Oprah's New Book Club Pick: Olive, Again
“My latest pick is Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again,” Oprah says. “Ah, Olive. She teaches us so much about loneliness, judgment, aging, and loss. And empathy, too. I’m in awe of Strout’s ability to convey so much in so few words.”
Oprah has done so much to support readers and writers over the years. I am really thrilled and honored that she chose OLIVE, AGAIN as her next Oprah’s Book Club pick.
“Oprah's New Book Club Pick: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout,” Oprah.com, November 7, 2019.The Guardian: A moving tour de force
“Olive, Again is a tour de force. With extraordinary economy of prose – few writers can pack so much emotion, so much detail into a single paragraph – Strout immerses us in the lives of her characters, each so authentically drawn as to be deserving of an entire novel themselves. Compassionate, masterly and profound, this is a writer at the height of her powers”
Hannah Beckerman, “Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout review – a moving tour de force,” The Guardian, November 3, 2019.