“Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story,” the popular public-radio series, returns to the Getty Center on March 23 and 24 with short fiction live readings about favorite leisure activities.
Actors will perform stories about the pleasures and travails of all the things people love to do—from baking to ballroom dancing, card playing to movie watching and knitting to sex.
This year’s stellar lineup includes performances by Leonard Nimoy, Jane Kaczmarek and Kate Burton, who will read stories by Joyce Carol Oates, John Cheever and Dorothy Parker, among others.
“We look forward all year to bringing our ‘Selected Shorts’ tour to the Getty, where the audiences are the most enthusiastic around,” said producer Katherine Minton. “This year’s readings—all around the theme of favorite free-time activities—are wonderfully wide-ranging, from Dorothy Parker’s deliciously dry monologue of a wallflower in a ballroom longing to find a waltzing partner to Steven Millhauser’s fanciful and poignant tale of childhood summers spent racing around the neighborhood on flying carpets.”
Performances are 3 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, and 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium. Tickets ($15-$20) are available by calling (310) 440-7300 or visiting getty.edu. Reservations are suggested. A detailed event schedule is posted on the Web site.
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