Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit

An ongoing digital archive of 1,263 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.

  • The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor—the Truth and the Turmoil

    by Tina Brown

    “As the Queen’s grandmother Queen Mary once said to a relative, ‘You are a member of the British royal family. We are never tired and we all love hospitals.’”

  • La Bohème

    Music by Giacomo Puccini / Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa / Directed by Yuval Sharon (Boston Lyric Opera)

    Curtain call at La Bohème
  • Disegno #34

    Disegno, the quarterly journal of design

    “Fake bags can be understood as providing a commentary on the intricate history of cultural appropriation and commerce.”

  • The Great Outdoors Issue

    Kinfolk Magazine

    “Paper straws are still carbon- and energy-intensive to produce, and several types are not even recyclable, unlike their plastic counterparts. This is ecological gesture politics, in which a tiny concession (straws make up 0.025% of ocean plastics) precludes more meaningful sacrifices, such as giving up driving, flying or eating meat.”

  • Better Nate Than Ever

    Directed by Tim Federle

    “It’s one thing to be old, to be forty or fifty with a broken heart, but it’s practically terminal when you’re thirteen. When you’re thirteen with a broken heart, I bet your valves aren’t even strong enough to mend themselves.”

  • Little Shop of Horrors

    Music by Alan Menken / Lyrics by Howard Ashman / Book by Howard Ashman / Based on “The Little Shop of Horrors” by Charles B. Griffith / Directed by Bob Richard (North Shore Music Theatre)

    Curtain call at Little Shop of Horrors
  • Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

    Book by Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, and Kees Prins / Featuring the music of Tina Turner / Directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Broadway in Boston)

    The megamix at Tina

  • When Brooklyn Was Queer

    by Hugh Ryan

    “But nothing lasts forever, even silence.”

  • Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

    Directed by Anthony Fabian

    “It’s not sewing, it’s making moonlight.”

  • Elvis

    Directed by Baz Luhrmann

    “You can do ten stupid things if you do one smart thing.”

  • Waterfire

    Providence, RI

    The braziers in the basin
  • Anastasia

    Music by Stephen Flaherty / Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens / Book by Terrence McNally / Based on “Anastasia” by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, and Bob Tzudiker / Directed by Sarah Hartman based on original direction by Darko Tresnjak (Broadway in Boston)

    Curtain call at Anastasia
  • Varla Jean Merman’s Ready to Blow

    The Paramount Room at the Crown and Anchor

    Varla performs her show
  • Chita Rivera with Seth Rudetsky

    The Art House at Town Hall

    Chita performs “All That Jazz” from Chicago
  • Along for the Ride

    by Scott Kearnan (Napoleon Room)

    Scott sings a tune
  • Champagne: How the World’s Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times

    by Don Kladstrup and Petie Kladstrup

    “Is there anyone in the civilized world whose eyes do not light up and face does not smile when he hears the word champagne?”

  • TitanĂ­que

    Book by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli / Featuring the music of Celine Dion / Directed by Tye Blue (Asylum NYC)

    The cast leads the audience in a singalong of “My Heart Will Go On”
  • Company

    Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim / Book by George Furth / Directed by Marianne Elliott (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre)

    Curtain call at Company
  • Into the Woods

    Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim / Book by James Lapine / Directed by Lear deBessonet (St. James Theatre)

    Curtain call at Into the Woods
  • The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice

    by Judith Mackrell

    “It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live in Venice or even to visit it means that you fall in love with the city itself. There is nothing left over in your heart for anyone else.”