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Goodnight Moon: A Lullabye for Soprano and Orchestra (and "The Runaway Bunny")

Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny are two of the most beloved children's books of all time. Both were written by Margaret Wise Brown and this unique album is being released on May 23rd in honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th birthday.

Poetic License: 100 Poems / 100 Performers

Join Jason Alexander, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski, Zoe Caldwell, Tyne Daly, Joanna Gleason, Florence Henderson, Michael Learned, Judith Light, Patti LuPone, Kate Mulgrew, Kathleen Turner and Michael York and more on this spectacular trip through their favorite poems.

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Rave Reviews for Poetic License!

Tom Lutz

“This is the best of the best, read by the best of the best. I plan on listening to this CD every day on my commute and saving a bundle on my mental health bills.”

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Travalanche

“Unless you’re complete a Cro-magnon, there’s something here for everybody. Three of my favorite poems happen to occur all in a row: Poe’s Annabel Lee, Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Tennyson’s Ulysses — it’s like back-to-back hits on the poetry Top 40.”

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Amazon.com Editorial Review

“Give these CDs to everyone you love, especially to those who think they don’t like poetry. You will change their lives.”
–Willard Spiegelman, Hughes Professor of English

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The Huffington Post: Stage, Screen Stars Record Poetry Album

“I love poetry. I love reading it. I love memorizing it. I love hearing great actors recite it.”

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EW Exclusive: Poetry reading by Cynthia Nixon and Catherine Zeta-Jones

“Who said poetry readings had to be stuffy, unglamorous affairs? Scores of celebrities, including Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon (pictured, far left) and Catherine Zeta-Jones, are creating their own verse-case scenarios.”

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The Boston Globe

“I looked at the list of poems and got excited — besides the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Auden, Donne) there’s a Cavafy, a Pinsky, and Kathleen Turner reading Ariel
Dorfman.”