Opening in Chicago tomorrow, from The Neo-Futurist Theater: Elements of Style, a stage show based on The Elements of Style. The makers have taken to heart the admonition to omit needless words, having omitted the from their title, and all spoken words from their production.
Theirs is not the first adaptation of William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White’s work for performance: in 2005, Nico Muhly created a song cycle, The Elements of Style. Here’s a brief excerpt.
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Thursday, July 6, 2023
The Elements on the stage
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And, of course, Maira Kalman illustrated it in 2007.
Yes! I knew I should’ve left the word performance in the post. Nico Muhly’s song cycle was a response to Maira Kalman’s Elements.
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