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Fat Pig is a chamber opera by composer Matt Boehler and librettist Miriam Gordon-Stewart, based on the 2004 play by Neil LaBute. The opera was commissioned and developed by Victory Hall Opera in 2020, and had its world premiere in Charlottesville, Virginia, in January 2022.
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- ↑ "Dane Cook & Josh Hamilton Bring Fat Pig to Broadway in 2011; LaBute Directs". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ↑ "A Doll's House | Williamstown Theatre Festival". Wtfestival.org. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Selected shorts" . Retrieved January 9, 2012.
Gaiman's own story, The Thing About Cassandra also dissolves the boundaries between real and imagined life. It's read by Josh Hamilton—whose stage credits include Proof and The Coast of Utopia, and whose television credits (almost de rigueur for SHORTS readers) include Law and Order. Hamilton is making his Shorts debut with this reading.
- ↑ https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/reality/
