As this summer sadly comes to a close, it’s time to make way for the fall and to start thinking ahead. But don’t worry, we can save the stresses of the upcoming school year for another time. A new season presents loads of fun and interesting experiences; a host of new movies, television shows, museum exhibits, books, and theatre events on the horizon will definitely have you excited for the fall season! Here are a few to look forward to:
Movies:
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (opening November 22, 2013) – This much-anticipated sequel to The Hunger Games, a story about a dystopian future where children are forced to fight to the death on national television, stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson and is based on the novel by Suzanne Collins.
- Ender’s Game (opening November 1, 2013) – This futuristic science-fiction action movie about children preparing for an alien invasion at a military school in space stars Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin, Harrison Ford, and Hailee Steinfeld and is based on the novel by Orson Scott Card.
- Anchorman: The Legend Continues (opening December 20, 2013) – This sequel to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a comedy about newsmen in San Diego, stars Will Ferrell, Steve Carrell, and Paul Rudd.
TV Shows:
- Betrayal (premieres September 29 at 10 on ABC) – This series revolves around an affair between Sara and Jack, two unhappily married people who are involved in opposite sides of a murder trial and stars Hannah Ware and Stuart Townsend.
- The Blacklist (premieres September 23 at 10 on NBC) – The story of a most-wanted criminal who decides to work with the FBI to track down and capture other criminals on the FBI’s blacklist features James Spader, Charles Baker, and Megan Boone.
- The Crazy Ones (premieres September 26 at 9 on CBS) – This comedy about the happenings at a successful advertising agency stars Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and James Wolk.
Museum Exhibits:
- The Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800 (September 16, 2013 -January 5, 2014 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art) is a new exhibit that illustrates the styles and skills of different cultures through their textiles.
- American Modern: Hopper to O’Keeffe (August 17, 2013–January 26, 2014 at The Museum of Modern Art) is a new exhibit which features works by artists such as Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, and George Bellows and examines the cultural changes of America in the early 20th century.
- T. J. Wilcox: In the Air (September 19, 2013 – February 9, 2014 at the Whitney Museum of American Art), shot by artist T. J. Wilcox, is a panoramic movie installation about the artist’s view of New York, creating an “immersive cinematic environment” within the Whitney Museum.
Books:
- Dark Lies the Island, by Kevin Barry (comes out September 23, 2013), features a collection of modern short stories that discuss the lives of ordinary people through Barry’s fast-paced, witty language.
- The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Tommy Taylor and the Ship that Sank Twice, written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Peter Gross (comes out September 24, 2013), is the second book in the Unwritten comic book series that follows Tommy Taylor, the namesake of a character in his father’s wildly popular Harry Potter-like novels, as he discovers he may be more like his namesake than he imagined.
- The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri (comes out September 24, 2013), is a novel that illustrates the relationship between and separation of two Indian brothers as their country faces partition and Communist uprising.
Plays:
- After Midnight (opening November 3, 2013) is a Broadway musical set in the early 1900s that revolves around Duke Ellington’s years performing at Harlem’s Cotton Club.
- 700 Sundays (opening November 13, 2013 – 54 performances only!) is a new Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning, autobiographical one-man play about star Billy Crystal’s childhood and the early death of his father.
- All That Fall (opening November 5, 2013) is an Off-Broadway play by Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot) that depicts an elderly woman traveling to a train station to pick up her blind husband to bring him home.
