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New York City (& Yerma Review)
The plan to travel to New York started with a singular thought: Billie Piper. For those who don’t know, Billie Piper played Rose Tyler in my favorite seasons of Doctor Who, alongside Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. She is a brilliant British actress who is altogether girlish, ultra-sexy, compassionate, and charming. I have adored her since the day I first met her as Rose. In the past year, her talents have moved from screen to stage, as she starred in an adaptation of Frederico Garcia Lorca’s Yerma, a play about a thirty-something woman whose infertility catapults her into a spiral of despair. Since the day Billie Piper started playing this role, she has gained…
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New York City
How do I introduce a city like New York? With a cliché about bright lights, tall buildings, subway rats? With a story about a little girl who always dreamed of stardom on the Broadway stage? With a quote from 42nd Street, Home Alone, or “Welcome to New York”? I think I’ll just preface this post by telling you about our individual relationships to New York City: my husband Matt is city-slicker wannabee, but I am the outdoorsy nature girl that prefers blue skies to skyscrapers and mountains to metro stops. Nevertheless, I have loved New York since I was little, and have very fond memories of trips there with my parents and…
