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WIZARDS AT THE LYRIC
My birthday present – my quite extravagant birthday present to myself – was tickets to the two-part all day performance of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at the Lyric Theatre in New York. And since today is Harry Potter’s … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Lyricism, Live! On Stage
Tagged birthday, Broadway, cgi, Cursed Child, Fantasy, Frozen, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, illusion, J. K. Rowling, Keep the Secrets, Let It Go, Lyric Theatre, magic, Olivier Award, stagecraft, staircases, Time, Time Management, Tony Award
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Another Year, Another Trio of First Grade Operas.
Three first grade operas have performed in their classrooms in front of an audience of parents, grandparents and loved ones. In three consecutive days 1-3’s “Diamond Kids”, 1-2’s “The Alicorns” and 1-1’s “Imagine” regaled audiences with stories, dialog, lyrics and … Continue reading
So, Apparently the Corpse of Harry Potter Washed Up on a Beach
SPOILER AND ODOR ALERT: The following contains details of the movie Swiss Army Man, starring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe, as well as of the Harry Potter series which many will consider spoilers. As well as ghastly many references to … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism
Tagged canon, corpse, Daniel Radcliffe, dead body, Deatheater, Dobby, Expelliarmus, farts, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, magic, Paul Dano, spells, Spielberg, Swiss Army Man
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FIRST GRADE OPERAS: It’s MAGIC time, times three!
It’s a whole new season of First Grade Operas at the Brooklyn Children’s School. The three first grade classes have all begun the process of creating their own original opera, or musical, with performances set for the end of March. … Continue reading
Posted in The Teaching Artist
Tagged brooklyn, children, Children's School, democracy, first grade, magic, mind control, money, musical, Opera, original, teaching, teaching artist, teleport, theme, thesis sentence, vote
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THE ENDURING POPULARITY OF DRAGONS IN KINDERGARTEN – The Fairy Tale Opera 2
Every year when I start the Fairy Tale Opera project in Kindergarten (at the Brooklyn Children’s School), I ask the class to make a long list of characters that appear in fairy tales. Then the kindergartners choose three characters around … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn Children's School, dragon, fairy tale, Kindergarten, knights, magic, musical, Opera, potion, Princess, siege, teaching artist, wizard
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