The Broadway Haiku Thread
The Broadway Haiku Thread
#1The Broadway Haiku Thread
Posted: 5/30/08 at 10:51pm
For anyone who ever wanted to whittle a long, complex opinion of a show/topic of interest down to three easily digestible lines!
How to Write a Haiku
Three lines:
First line: five syllables
Second line: seven syllables
Third line: five syllables
Example
A PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Haiku
"Love me until death"
"Say you'll love me all life long"
Which man do I choose?
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
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