The play came about because a friend gave director Thomas Kail the book Tiny Beautiful Things, which he then gave it to Vardalos. You show me yours, and I will show you mine." Sugar's not Dear Abby or Ann Landers: "Cheryl uses storytelling to reveal something about herself," Vardalos explains, to "make the person feel like: It's OK, it's OK. I reveal myself to you in every column," Strayed's character "Sugar" says.Īnd, in revealing herself, Sugar reveals more about our common humanity, without ever telling people what to do or how to think, says Vardalos. Actress and writer Nia Vardalos, of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and Thomas Kail, the director of Hamilton, have collaborated to create an unlikely off-Broadway play based on Strayed's bestselling book of advice columns, Tiny Beautiful Things."You know who I am. Now that town square is the Public Theater in New York. "I always think of the 'Dear Sugar' column as, like, therapy in the town square." "Cheryl Strayed - author of the bestselling memoir Wild- was still an unknown writer when she started an anonymous advice column called "Dear Sugar." She remembers reading and writing things "that we don't normally say to people in the public space," she recalls - and those intimate exchanges made her explore her own life more deeply. The People's Party: BIPOC Affinity Nights.
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