Think back about …
Theater
“All’s the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare has told us. Have you seen theatrical performances that have delighted you, or intrigued you, or brought you to tears? Or perhaps you’ve sat in the orchestra pit, or have directed, or been on the other side of the footlights as an actor? Or worked behind the scenes at stage craft or sewn costumes? Or had that dream job and been paid to go to the theater as a reviewer?Think back about Theater and share forward!
Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt

I was taught early on that there is no theater like NYC theater. And also that there is no glitz like NYC glitz, no corned [...]

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Jim Willis
Two musicals stand out in memory, as much for their impact as for the shows themselves.

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pattyv
(Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you [...]

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Laurie Levy
I guess I ended up with the wrong set of genes for my theatrical fantasies, but I’m really enjoying watching my granddaughter [...]

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Betsy Pfau
Like so many very shy youngsters, I was drawn to the theater at a young age as a way to hide myself by exploring other [...]

The Play That Goes Wrong – sidesplitting. As a girl I dreamt of a life on the stage, I acted in neighborhood and [...]

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John Zussman
We wore multiple hats because we had to, but we also thought we could do anything and no one was there to tell us we couldn’t.

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Suzy
Inspired by John Zussman's republishing his story from the 2017 prompt "Let's Put On a Show."

Doing original theater is very different from dredging up the old chestnuts. Sometimes there’s nothing you can do but laugh.

New Stories on Old Prompts

It’s so humiliating
When you are wanting to enact your role as part of a “recently married couple”
And instead, you find [...]
Prompted By Trauma
March 25, 2023
Past Stories You May Have Missed

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Risa Nye
I was never really satisfied, but basically gave up on achieving the ideal arch I'd been searching for most of my life. I [...]
Prompted By Hair
June 23, 2018

Baby Girl Downstairs in the open loft apartment, I hear above me my daughter and her husband and my new grandbaby having one [...]
Prompted By Grandparents & Grandchildren
December 10, 2018
Think back about …
Theater
“All’s the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare has told us. Have you seen theatrical performances that have delighted you, or intrigued you, or brought you to tears? Or perhaps you’ve sat in the orchestra pit, or have directed, or been on the other side of the footlights as an actor? Or worked behind the scenes at stage craft or sewn costumes? Or had that dream job and been paid to go to the theater as a reviewer?Think back about Theater and share forward!
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