On how to choose a musical

Nothing much to report today on the news front with the possible exception of this highly valuable piece of advice on how to choose a musical, courtesy of the Nashua Telegraph:

Judy Hayward, resident music director for Stagecoach Productions in Nashua, said the group's mission is to do the smaller, more experimental shows.
"Three years ago when we started, part of our mission was to do good shows that aren't done, that are not as popular," she said.
For example, the playhouse did "Jane Eyre, The Musical," even though almost nobody had ever heard of it. But Stagecoach Productions chose it because the music was beautiful, she said. (Melanie Plenda)

Which, in our humble opinion, should be one of the main reasons for picking a show always. And we wonder whether 'experimental' really applies to Jane Eyre, the Musical.

The blogosphere is a bit livelier. More reviews of Jillian Dare, this time by Creative Madness and Blogging with Carol. Also in the Brontë-inspired category would be Jennifer Vandever's The Brontë Project, which is reviewed by Books I Done Read. Shelf It or Sell It posts about Wuthering Heights and sns_red_curtain has uploaded screencaps from Wuthering Heights 2009. Both One person's journey through a world of books and Donna's Journey write about Jane Eyre. And it couldn't be otherwise, at least one blog has remembered so far: Rank Zero and Brontës.nl commemorates Anne Brontë's death anniversary today.

Categories: Books, Jane Eyre, Music