Author: charlotteadfiehn

This semester, I am teaching a Holocaust Literature class. Today, we spent a good deal of our time in class discussing what responsibility writers have, if any, to be accurate in how they represent the events of the Holocaust. Should We Hold Writers Accountable? So far, the class has read Deborah Lipstadt’s Denying the Holocaust, Elie… Read more

My friend and I went to see A Prayer for the French Republic at the Manhattan Theater Club. It was the first of two theater trips we made in a forty-eight hour window, since apparently it was just one of those weekends. The play has since closed at the Manhattan Theater Club, but I hope that it will… Read more

On the night of April 17th, I had the distinct pleasure of getting dolled up (thank you CUNY friend Elizabeth for the pro tips) to go to Carnegie Hall to see the MasterVoices adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from 1939, music by Ricky Ian Gordon, Libretto by Michael Korie, and concert narration… Read more

I was late to the party discovering Amy Herzog. I dodged A Doll’s House because I teach the play quite frequently, and I wasn’t so sure about the publicity photos of Jessica Chastain’s tear-stained face. I did, however, enjoy An Enemy of the People with Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli. I was excited to go and see Mary Jane with Rachel… Read more

My daughter and I went to see the latest production of Cabaret on Broadway in June. Our friend (and regular theater companion) was supposed to join us. Unfortunately her dog was injured in a routine grooming and had to be taken to emergency vet care. Handing her ticket over to her cousin, my friend was understandably disappointed… Read more