Queer children’s book author Maurice Sendak is beloved for “Where the Wild Things Are” and over other 150 beloved tomes by the largely self-taught artist, but did you know he brought his vision to the stage? This summer, a special exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Musuem, “Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak’s Designs for Opera and Ballet,” explores Sendak’s successful “second act” as a set and costume designer. His stage designs present worlds that are both magical and mysterious, joyful and volatile—places where one might feel at times like an outsider, a theme which resonated through Sendak’s own lived experience.
| When | Where | How |
| through Sept. 11 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum , Boston | gardnermuseum.org |
