Tag: Broadway

• The Sun Came Out This Weekend – Again

  The Broadway smash hit musical Annie has a special place in my heart. In the summer of 1987, I met my husband while playing the role of Mrs. Greer in a summer stock production of Annie, working backstage also as assistant director/stage manager. We began dating during that production and after twenty-eight years, it’s safe…

  michardillo

  April 24, 2016

  Essay

  Annie, Annie Jr., Broadway, Columbia Theatre Players, Frau Schmidt, High School Musical, It’s Raining Men, Lady Bracknell, language arts, middle school, Miss Hannigan, Ms. Darbus, Ms. Stellar, Rooster, Scharmal Schrock, Sound of Music, Steven Daigle, summer stock, teaching, The Importance of Being Earnest, theater, theatre

• The Second Mrs. de Winter: Not Your Mama’s Cinderella

  Despite what Walt Disney’s mega-marketing machine would have you believe, he did not create Cinderella. The story may have originated as early as 7 BC, but its European roots date from the mid 1600’s. The basic story line does not vary much: the prince or other wealthy man saves the poor orphaned girl from a…

  michardillo

  August 9, 2015

  books, Essay

  Academy Awards, Alfred Hitchcock, Atlantic Ocean, Baton Rouge, Broadway, Cinderella, Cinderella story, Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier, Disney, Du Maurier, English countryside, gothic, Hollywood, Julia Roberts, Kits Browning, Louisiana, LSU, Manderley, Maxim de Winter, Monte Carlo, Oscar, Prince, Rebecca, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Richard Gere