Picture Perfect

Selected Shorts by Symphony Space

Jul 23, 202601:01:30Arts

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works about idealized lives, and ideas about what constitutes an ideal life. “Boy Meets Girl” is Jen Kim’s humorous version of a Hollywood love story. It’s read by Tony Hale. In the John...

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