If I had been watching the movie at home, I definitely would not have teared up. But sitting in a theater with about 3,000 other people, watching the Beast turn around and see Belle at the top of the stairs near the end of Beauty and the Beast, I couldn’t help it: I was verklempt. That was not the only surprise of my theater season that wrapped up yesterday when I saw the national tour of The Notebook. My theater menu this year included a subscription to the Broadway series at Durham … [Read more...] about Field Notes from a Soft-Hearted Theater Snob

