Chanpory Rith
Aug 31, 2010

Need examples of witty writing with few words?
Check out The Listings in The New York Times’ Weekend Arts section. You’ll find some succinctly superb snippets under Long-Running Shows. Here are my favorites from last Friday:
Billy Elliot The Musical
Ballet dreams in coal country
Mamma Mia
The jukebox musical set to the disco throb of Abba
Chicago
Jazz Age sex, murder, and razzle-dazzle
West Side Story
Romeo on Juliet’s fire scape, once again
Wicked
Oz rivisited
Mary Poppins
Supernanny
What are your favorite examples of ultra-short writing that packs a punch? Share away.


1 Comment
Sarah
12:59 pm
I can’t decide: shall I be the person who suggests haiku, or Twitter?
Problem solved! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127774103