Email Author Linda Shapiro

2001 Stories by Linda Shapiro

• Hoof and Mouth

  published November 14, 2001

  Chvala Talks on the Tenth Anniversary of His Troupe. More >>

• Words Fail

  published October 24, 2001

  Choreographer Susan Marshall turns a writer's paralysis into motion. More >>

• Crash

  published August 29, 2001

  Matthew Bourne's fiendishly smart The Car Man sends a small town on a collision course with violence and sexual betrayal. More >>

• Far Away Places

  published May 9, 2001

  I WAS THREE years old when my father shipped out to Japan during World War II. The smoky radio voice of pop singer Jo Stafford crooning,... More >>

• I Y'am What I Y'am

  published April 11, 2001

  WHAT DO POPEYE the Sailor Man and Persephone, the hapless goddess, have in common? Well, Popeye's belle Olive Oyl spent half her time as a... More >>

• Beyond the Pale

  published February 14, 2001

  Choreographer Morgan Thorson examines racial privilege through flying silverware, sniffing dogs, and prancing puppets. More >>

• Nothing Succeeds Like Excess

  published January 24, 2001

  Tere O'Connor's burlesque sensibility is evident in "The World Is a Missing Girl." More >>

• Dancing on Air

  published January 3, 2001

  Performer Bill Shannon, better known as Crutchmaster, does battle with the elements in Old Rain. More >>