Tuesday, January 8, 2013

2012 in Review: Theater

Parentheses indicate where I saw the production.

Necessary Sacrifices (Ford's)
Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare)
Really Really (Signature)
1776 (Ford's)
Anything Goes (Broadway)
Evita (Broadway)
Brother Russia (Signature)
Into the Woods (CenterStage)
Xanadu (Signature)
The Music Man (Arena)
First You Dream (Kennedy Center)
God of Carnage (Signature)
Double Indemnity (Round House)
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Woolly Mammoth)
The Normal Heart (Arena)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Signature)
Fly (Ford's)
War Horse (Kennedy Center)
Complete History of America (abridged) (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina)
A Clockwork Orange (Scena)
A Christmas Carol (Ford's)
Assassins (Broadway)
Les Miserables (National)

Looking back, there are actually a bunch of thought-provoking shows in there, and a good mix of musicals and straight plays. Go me!

2012 in Review: Books

* is a reread. Bold is a recommendation.

Yours Until Dawn; Medeiros
Worthy Any Price; Kleypas
Lipstick Jungle; Bushnell
Lady Sophia's Lover; Kleypas
*Calico Captive; George Speare
You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl; Rivenbark
The Wall St. Journal Complete Home Owner's Guidebook; Crook
Foreign Affairs; Lurie
Death Comes to Pemberley; James
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History; Barry (with this and Into the Silence, I'd recommend if you're already interested in the topics--they're both BIG books)
The Complete Persepolis; Satrapi
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest; Davis
Stories I Only Tell My Friends; Lowe
Bad Heir Day; Holden
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and Murders of a President; Millard
Swamplandia!; Russell
The Scottish Prisoner; Gabaldon
40 Love; Wickham
Write More Good; The Bureau Chiefs
Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything; Foer
The Marriage Plot; Eugenides
The Governess Affair; Milan
*Size 12 Is Not Fat; Cabot
*Size 14 Is Not Fat Either; Cabot
*Big Boned; Cabot
Truly, Madly; Webber
The Next Best Thing; Weiner
Because You're Mine; Kleypas
A Little Bit Wild; Dahl
Size 12 and Ready to Rock; Cabot
The Cat's Table; Ondaatje
Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, & the Great Season a Pitcher Ever Had; Achorn
Columbine; Cullen
Keeping the Castle: A Tale of Romances, Riches, and Real Estate; Kindl
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing; Fforde
A Desirable Residence; Wickham
A Midnight Clear; Wharton
Redshirts; Scalzi
*The Trolley to Yesterday; Bellairs
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking; Cain
How to Be a Woman; Moran
Death of a President: November 1963; Manchester

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever; O'Reilly & Dugard
Doctor Who: The Angel's Kiss; Richards
Fasting, Feasting; Desai
*Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game; Lewis
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand; Simonson
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence; de Becker
A Christmas Carol; Dickens
Confectionately Yours: Save the Cupcake!; Papademetriou
All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey With Jane; Smith
The Band That Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down With the Titanic; Turner
My Year With Eleanor; Hancock