So yeah – I made a new pop-exhibit.
On October 2, after three years, my new book Matching Minds with Sondheim: The Puzzles and Games of the Broadway Legend was launched.
For the past two months I’ve led ten workshops, presentations, and book events.
I’ve been producing my own book-related podcasts (9 so far) and appeared in those of others.
So I imagine you are thinking: Barry must be getting bored. Right? Right!
So last week, in less than 48 hours, I produced a pop-up exhibit about my book. In partnership with The Drama Book Shop, for the month of October, the two cases feature a wide range of Sondheim’s games and puzzles that magically came my way through the generosity of strangers to support the research for my book.
Just by walking into the store, they can now be seen in person, original materials from Sondheim’s treasure hunts, his opening night jigsaw puzzles, items from his collections of books on puzzles and magazines on games, the original Al Hirschfeld created to promote The Last of Sheila, and so much more (including the smallest Sheila running on a loop you’ll ever see – bring a magnifying glass to read the captions).
If you visit, make sure to ask for a Matching Minds bookmark and tag me in your photos. Feeling FOMO? No worries – I created a web site to document it all.
