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:

Suzanne Collins. Credit: commons.wikimedia.org.
Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

TV Shows:

Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress in The Crazy Ones. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Museum Exhibits:

Self Portrait by Edward Hopper. Credit: commons.wikimedia.org.
Self Portrait by Edward Hopper. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Books:

Mike Carey, author of The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Tommy Taylor and the Ship that Sank Twice. Credit: commons.wikimedia.org.
Mike Carey, author of The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Tommy Taylor and the Ship that Sank Twice. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • 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.
Samuel Beckett, playwright. Credit: commons.wikimedia.org.
Samuel Beckett, playwright. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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