A look at Goethe's novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and Jules Massenet's opera adaptation "Werther." I take a look at the adaptational changes in general and the Opera Orlando 2025 production in specific.

I dive into Richard Sale's novel "The White Buffalo" and revisit the 1977 film adaptation. Spoilers: It's a pretty good book.

A look at Italian filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). Spoilers: It's really good.

A deep dive into Orlando Shakes' 2024 production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" starring University of Central Florida Masters students.

A look at Orlando Ballet's 2024 production of "Romeo and Juliet" with new choreography by James Sofranko.

A look at Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. I have mixed feelings on this one...

A look at Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood," a 1957 film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth"

Enter Four Murderers - M4cbeth. An in depth look at four Macbeth films

A look at Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel "The Bride of Lammermoor" and some comparisons with the opera it inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor"

Part 3 of my series on Moby Dick and its adaptations, looking at Christophe Chaboute's 2017 graphic novel.

A dive into Leo Tolstoy's 1878 masterpiece "Anna Karenina."

Flashback to a college essay I wrote circa 2000 about William Wordsworth's "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey"

Part 1 of a series on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick," looking at style, structure, and the themes of proto-cosmic horror and nihilism.

Part 1 of a look at Dracula in media, starting with Bram Stoker's 1897 novel and Michael Pink's 1996 ballet.

The second in a two-part look at R.F. Kuang's novels Babel and Yellowface and the ways they reflect on each other.

The first in a two-part look at R.F. Kuang's novels Babel and Yellowface and the ways they reflect on each other.

A look back at some of the best books I read in 2019.