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Nikon has made its entire curriculum of online photography classes free until the end of May. The classes were originally made free throughout April, but Nikon has now extended access for another month.

All 10 classes available at the Nikon School can be streamed for free. The classes are normally priced anywhere between $15 and $50 each.

Each class is taught by a professional photographer and provides in-depth lessons to help you get better at taking photos. Some courses cover Nikon-specific products, but many of them teach the fundamentals of photography, such as a course that teaches you how to photograph your children or pets or the basics of making a music video. So even if you don't own a Nikon camera, many of these classes might still be worth a watch.

If you're interested in streaming the courses, you can do so by going to Nikon's official website. You will need to sign up by entering your name and email address before you can view the classes, but you can opt out of receiving marketing emails.
Update May 7th, 1:54PM ET: This story has been updated to mention Nikon extending its free online courses through the end of May.

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Nikon has made its entire curriculum of online photography classes free until the end of May. The classes were originally made free throughout April, but Nikon has now extended access for another month. All 10 classes available at the Nikon School can be streamed for free.

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As Coronavirus spreads throughout the globe, we are surrounded by tragedy and uncertainty. We find ourselves navigating a terrain that changes daily. Work interruptions. Family disruptions. Health concerns. It appears no one is immune to an increase in stress and anxiety as we traverse into the unknown.

On top of everything, parents are struggling to take on the new role of teacher as schools close or move to online coursework. We feel the current tension affecting our ability to adapt to a new normal. Where do we start? How do we help our kids when we need help ourselves?

Dr. Bruce Perry, child psychologist and trauma expert, has a helpful guide for parents looking for answers. His research on handling stress and staying regulated can inform us as we're faced with challenges ahead. Self-regulation involves controlling our own behavior, emotions, and thoughts as we pursue long-term goals. This crucial skill is something parents can help develop in their children, especially during times of uncertainty and stress.

Stress does not have to be a bad thing if we respond in ways that increase our resilience. We can do our best to introduce stress to our children in predictable, moderate, and controllable ways.

Perry has proposed 8 tools for families to use during the Coronavirus pandemic:

1. Structure your day. As plans and expectations shift amid this global crisis, we can aim to continue routines with our children. Our children are more tolerant to stress when it is introduced in predictable ways, such as daily chores, bedtime routines, etc. It is when stress is unpredictable, extreme, and prolonged, that children become more vulnerable, rather than resilient.

2. Have family meals. Mealtime is a great way to preserve structure and routine while checking in with our children. If there are behavioral issues or family problems to discuss, we can ensure that our children feel safe and heard first. This will make them more receptive to our message. As Perry says, "We must regulate people before we can possibly persuade them with a cognitive argument or compel them with an emotional affect." We can help our children regulate, then relate, then reason. Ensuring our meals are nutrient-dense will help our families handle an active stress response during this time.

3. Limit media. While navigating our way through this pandemic, many of us are experiencing a state of fear, and children are no exception. Just like the Coronavirus, emotions are very contagious, and children often sense when others are anxious or upset. In a state of fear, children rely more heavily on primitive parts of the brains. We should avoid media that is violent, which can further activate the stress response system. This leaves children unprepared to learn using more sophisticated parts of their brains. Technology can be an excellent tool to build connection with others while physically distant, but relying on media too heavily can replace time spent developing empathy, learning to ease another's stress, and connecting emotionally.

4. Exercise. Now is the time to be creative and get bodies moving while practicing social distancing. As previously mentioned, when children are in a fearful state, they are in a heightened state of arousal, relying on lower-functioning brain regions. Perry states:

The only way to move from these super-high anxiety states, to calmer more cognitive states, is rhythm. Patterned, repetitive rhythmic activity: walking, running, dancing, singing, repetitive meditative breathing - you use brain stem-related somatosensory networks which make your brain accessible to relational (limbic brain) reward and cortical thinking.

5. Reach out. Connecting with others is one of our greatest tools. Perry tells us, "The most powerful buffer in times of stress and distress is our social connectedness; so let's all remember to stay physically distant but emotionally close. Reach out and connect." Handling such unprecedented circumstances is nearly impossible on our own. It is ok to reach out, seek help, and accept assistance. Taking care of our own needs is vital when it comes to meeting the needs of our children. An unregulated child cannot be regulated by an unregulated parent.

6. Help others. Many people who have experienced adversity in the past, are in a state of sensitization and vulnerability. They may have experienced poverty, racism, violence, marginalization, etc., increasing their risk for behaviors such as 'comfort' eating, emotional isolation, sleep disruptions, and so on. We can reach out to these individuals who are already prone to an overactive stress response. Perry emphasizes the moral obligation of those of us coming from a privileged background, who have learned resilience and coping strategies in predictable environments, to look after the distressed and marginalized. He states:

The real crisis of this current pandemic is not necessarily the next six months. It really is, What are we gonna [sic] do with the social and emotional toll that this is having on individuals and families, who will remain the most marginalized for the next six decades?

7. Practice good sleep hygiene. It is not unusual for us to be in a heightened state of alarm during this pandemic, feeling the need to always be ready for a threat. We may find ourselves growing physically and emotionally exhausted at a faster pace than normal. Sleeping a bit longer is normal while our bodies are in a heightened state of alertness. We can get more restful sleep if we exercise in the morning or afternoon, wind down with calming activities, and avoid late eating and screen watching.

8. Stay positive and future-focused. As mentioned previously, emotions are contagious. Perry informs us that, "The same way anxiety and panic is contagious, so is calm...Don't underestimate your power to bring calm to others and don't underestimate the impact of dysregulated people on you." When we stay calm and regulated, those around us will feel less distressed. Everybody will be socially, emotionally, and physically healthier if we help each other model positive responses to stress. When we interact with things that deregulate us such as an abundance of negative news stories or relationships with anxious individuals, we can act to get regulated again by "filling our cup," using music, movement, social connections, journal writing, etc.

This is a trying and unprecedented time. Let us be gentle with ourselves and practice self-compassion. Let's allow ourselves to grieve the missed time loved ones, travel plans, celebrations, and stability. We likely won't be as productive as we would normally; we can preemptively decrease our workloads when possible before feelings of exhaustion overwhelm us. Our families will come out of this with greater personal strength and resilience as we practice self-care, rely on others, and connect with the marginalized around us.

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Museum Asks People To Recreate Paintings With Stuff They Can Find at Home, Here Are The Results

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Even though most of us are stuck at home and can't go out and enjoy art in museums, that doesn't mean that life is boring or uncultured. The Getty Museum in Los Angeles challenged art fans to post photos of themselves recreating their favorite works of art from the safety of their homes.

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Not to be outdone by the children's and YA authors " signal boosting" their fellow authors on Twitter, two novelists, Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum, are promoting their colleagues with an ambitious initiative called A Mighty Blaze. Anyone can participate in the conversations on A Mighty Blaze on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram about new releases, but for authors wanting their books to be signal boosted on these platforms, there are a few requirements: the book has to be traditionally published for adult readers, and the author's book tour has to have been canceled.

A Mighty Blaze began with the cancellation of Leavitt's appearance at the Texas Library Association's annual conference earlier this month to promote her latest novel, With Or Without You (Algonquin, Aug.)

"I had already memorized my speech, complete with hand movements to make it funny," she recalled during a Zoom conference call with PW and Blum, explaining that she then made a video of her presentation and sent it to the TLA. "They liked it and said we'll send it to our libraries and I thought maybe I can do this for other authors."

Leavitt branded her initial effort as "Nothing Is Canceled Virtual Book Tours," which signal-boosted short videos by other authors. After hearing that Blum was doing something similar, Leavitt and Blum joined forces and rebranded it as A Mighty Blaze. On Tuesdays--when most new books are released--A Mighty Blaze goes into overdrive, promoting authors whose books are being released that day with elevator pitches, interviews and discussions, and other group interactions, complete with visuals, such as author headshots and book covers.

"We're just two writer girls trying to help our friends," Blum said, explaining that she sympathized with writers who had spent "three, five, eight years" writing their books, and were "devastated" that they now were being denied the opportunity to "meet their readers."

"Jenna came up with this line which I really love," Leavitt added, "We're two technophobe female novelists in yoga pants trying to save authors from canceled tours and indie bookstores from being shuttered and we're doing it every Tuesday."

While A Mighty Blaze began as authors helping other authors, it's grown quickly since March 13, when it was officially launched on social media. It now has more than 1,000 followers on Facebook, though it has not caught on as well on Twitter and on Instagram. Not only are prominent authors like Jodi Picoult, Alice Hoffman, Dani Shapiro, and Anne Lamott participating by promoting others on A Mighty Blaze, so are literary organizations and publishers. To date, A Mighty Blaze lists 28 partners, including the Authors Guild.

"We're trying to bring everyone in from the literary community," Blum said, noting that the two have had to add staff to help them, such as a scheduler, tech person, and literary festival outreach coordinator (all are working for free). The most recent hire was an indie bookstore liaison. Plans are also in place to launch a website and Blum is trying to have Stephen King and Reese Witherspoon participate. Currently, participation in A Might Blaze is free, but the Leavitt and Blum are thinking about monetizing it in some fashion at some point.

Literary organizations and publishers, even indie bookstores can participate by promoting A Mighty Blaze on their own social media platforms. And on April 25, A Mighty Blaze will host the Newburyport (Mass.) Literary Festival on social media with live author interviews and virtual cocktail parties.

A Mighty Blaze intends to further involve indie bookstores by posting bookstore logos on A Mighty Blaze's social media platforms, conducting fundraising campaigns, and branding Wednesdays as "Indie Bookstore Wednesdays" and spotlighting a different indie each week. Blum is also contemplating adding "Favorite Line Fridays" and hosting virtual cocktail parties on Friday evenings.

"It's so good to be connected with other authors and to feel you're doing good," she said.

"It's like we're holding each other's hands," Leavitt added, "There's such s sense of community; it's exhilarating. People are sequestered but they still need books."

While A Mighty Blaze was conceived as a response to the social lockdown accompanying the coronavirus pandemic, Leavitt and Blum are contemplating keeping it going even after the virus passes and life returns to normal. After all, Leavitt says, bookstore events in real life are always subject to external factors, such as distance, bad weather, "or the World Series," she said. "If there's video, people can watch author events at their favorite indie any time they want to."

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15 Broadway Plays and Musicals you can watch at home!

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Lists 15 Broadway Plays and Musicals You Can Watch On Stage From Home

From Newsies to Sweeney Todd, we're running down some of the best filmed Broadway shows-and where to find them.
This article has been updated as of March 16, 2020.
While it used to be a rare treat when a Broadway show was filmed live on stage, it's becoming more and more common today-great news for Broadway fans. Now, if you can't make it to New York City or just want to see a show you may have missed, there's an ever-growing list of productions available to watch wherever you are.
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More and more, live musicals are being filmed for PBS or streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, BroadwayHD and more. Productions of Off-Broadway's Puffs to Broadway's Indecent to the West End's An American in Paris, new captures of stage productions regularly become available.
READ: Join Playbill March 20 for a Movie Night With Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Starring Lesley Ann Warren
Let's take a look at some of the best filmed Broadway shows to know about and where to find them.
READ: 17 Must-Watch Documentaries for Broadway Musical Fans
Jonathan Larson's Rent updates the story of Puccini's La Boheme, setting it in New York City's East Village. As most theatre fans know, it made a splash on Broadway, and the level of devotion its biggest fans carried had never really been seen before. It was the first major Broadway show to offer rush tickets, and fans would camp out overnight to get inexpensive front row tickets. The production won four 1996 Tony Awards including Best Musical, along with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It enjoyed a run of 12 years and over 5,000 performances.

Though it was adapted into a motion picture in 2005 featuring much of the original Broadway cast, the final performance of the Broadway production was captured and shown in movie theatres as well, later released on DVD and Blu-ray. At the time of the filming, the cast was not exceptionally well known, but looking back now, it's pretty much an all-star cast, including performances by Renée Elise Goldsberry, Adam Kantor, Will Chase, Michael McElroy, Rodney Hicks, Tracie Thoms, Eden Espinoza, and Telly Leung.

Available on Amazon Prime, Google Play, Vudu, and YouTube, as well as on DVD/Blu-ray from Amazon.

Once Broadway's longest-running musical, everybody has an opinion on this Andrew Lloyd Webber show, but what can't be denied is that Cats is like almost no other musical to ever play the Main Stem. Based on a book of poetry by T.S. Eliot, Cats is about... well, cats! The production features an iconic costume and set design by John Napier, leglendary make-up design by Candace Carell, fabulous choreography by Gillian Lynne, and of course the anthem "Memory," one of the more successful songs to come from a musical in the last 40 years.

Cats wasn't filmed on Broadway, but the original production was captured on a stage in London in 1998, with original West End star Elaine Paige no less.

Available to stream on BroadwayHD, Amazon Prime, and on DVD from Amazon.

Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company broke all the rules when it opened on Broadway in 1970. Instead of offering a linear plot, Company explored the concept of marriage through a series of scenes between Bobby, a 35-year-old bachelor, and a variety of his married friends. The show gave us such songs as "The Ladies Who Lunch," "Sorry Grateful," "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," and "Being Alive," and ushered in a new era of daring musical theatre on Broadway.

The original production was never filmed for home release-though there is a fascinating documentary (Original Cast Album: Company) that captures the original cast album's recording session-but a 2006 Broadway revival directed by John Doyle and starring Raúl Esparza was filmed for broadcast on PBS. There's also a New York Philharmonic concert staging available that features an all-star cast, including Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, and more. And, of course, IFC's Documentary Now! famously spoofed the documentary of the cast recording in Original Cast Album: Co-Op with John Mulaney as a Sondheim substitute.

The 2006 Broadway revival production is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and on DVD.
The 2011 concert production is available on DVD.
Original Cast Album: Co-op is available on Netflix and IFC.com.

William Finn and James Lapine's 1992 musical Falsettos is actually a combination of two earlier one-act musicals, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland. Together, they tell the story of Marvin, a gay man trying to navigate his relationships with his former-wife, their child, and his boyfriend, all against the backdrop of 1980s New York when all of this was completely uncharted territory.

Lincoln Center Theater's 2016 Broadway revival featured a cast made up of Broadway favorites, including Christian Borle, Andrew Rannells, Brandon Uranowitz, Stephanie J. Block, Tracie Thoms, and Betsy Wolfe. It was also filmed for television broadcast-part of Live From Lincoln Center -but it ultimately found its way to movie theatres, and is now available for streaming online.

Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and BroadwayHD.

Though revived in 2017 to acclaim in a production starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford, the original production of Sunday in the Park with George remains a particular favorite among theatre fans. Tony Straiges' Tony-winning scenic design stands up over 30 years later for how brilliantly it realizes impressionist painter Georges Seurat's iconic painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, and it doesn't hurt that the original cast included Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin.

Available to stream on Hoopla and for rent or purchase on iTunes.
Available on DVD from Amazon.
Nicholas Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby brought Charles Dickens' novel-about a young man who has to support his mother and sister following the death of his father-to the stage, and it wasn't an experience for the faint of heart; the complete play consisted of separate full-length parts that together made over eight hours of theatre. The show started in London, with a cast that included Roger Rees in the title role. Nicholas Nickleby did later transfer to Broadway with the London cast, winning 1982 Tony Awards for Best Play and Leading Actor in a Play for Roger Rees.

The filmed version of Nicholas Nickleby actually happened shortly before the work's Broadway transfer, but didn't receive its inaugural television broadcast until 1983. Given the play's immense length, home viewing might be the best way to watch; you can take an intermission whenever you like.

Available for streaming on BroadwayHD.
Billy Elliot The Musical
Elton John and Lee Hall's Billy Elliot The Musical tells the story of a little boy in a small British town who prefers ballet to boxing, much to the dismay of his conservative working-class community. When it opened on London's West End in 2005, it became an immediate hit winning four Olivier Awards. The production's Broadway transfer was equally successful, winning 10 Tony Awards, including a history-making joint win for all three young actors who shared the title role.

Though the Broadway production closed in 2012, the London production ran through 2016 and was filmed live on stage in 2014. The live recording doesn't feature the original cast, but it does include Broadway and West End star Ruthie Henshall as Mrs. Wilkinson, the ballet teacher.

Available on YouTube, Amazon Prime, iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, on Blu-ray from Amazon.

Elaine Stritch was nearly as famous for her onstage performances as she was for her offstage persona-and her storytelling. In Elaine Stritch At Liberty, her 2002 solo show that played Off-Broadway at the Public Theater before moving to Broadway, Stritch takes you through her entire life, from childhood to Sail Away to Company, and beyond. And she does it wearing nothing but a white blouse and black semi-sheer pantyhose.

Elaine Stritch At Liberty wasn't filmed on Broadway, but when Stritch took the show to London's West End, cameras captured a performance for release on DVD. If you're fond of backstage anecdotes, showtunes, and dry wit, you won't want to miss this one.

Available to stream on BroadwayHD and Amazon Prime.

Before it was a hit movie starring Meryl Streep and James Corden, Into the Woods was one of Sondheim's most successful Broadway shows. It's still one of the most-produced works at schools and regional theatres across the country. This mash-up of fairytales that dares to go beyond "happily ever after" is one of Sondheim's most accessible works, and has certainly been the Sondheim entry point for more than a few theatre fans, largely due to the video of the original Broadway production with the original Broadway cast, including Bernadette Peters and Joanna Gleason in her Tony-winning performance.

Available to stream on YouTube, Google Play, Vudu, Amazon Prime and DVD on Amazon.

With a classic Cole Porter score that includes such tunes as "Another Op'nin', Another Show," "So in Love," "Too Darn Hot," "Always True to You in My Fashion," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," Kiss Me, Kate became an almost-instant classic when it debuted on Broadway in 1948. The 1999 Broadway production won the Tony Award for Best Revival, directed by Michael Blakemore, choreographed by Kathleen Marshall and Rob Ashford, and starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie. The 2019 revival starred Will Chase and Kelli O'Hara.

The 1999 revival production was filmed after it transferred to London's West End in 2003. Neither of the Broadway leads were still with the production when it was filmed, but the great news is that they were replaced with Brent Barrett and Rachel York, both Broadway stars in their own right.

The 2003 production is available to stream on BroadwayHD and on Blu-ray from Amazon.

You can also stream the original 1953 movie musical directed by George Sidney, starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller (and a young Bob Fosse) on Amazon Prime.

J.M. Barrie's classic story of the flying boy who never grows up has been one of the most frequently adapted stories out there since it premiered in 1904. Though there have been several musical adaptations of the story, it is the 1954 musical with a score by Moose Charlap, Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Carolyn Leigh that tends to be the best known amongst theatre fans.

This version of the story was filmed four separate times. The first three feature the musical's original stage star, Mary Martin, in the title role, a performance for which she won a Tony Award. Though they were not filmed on a stage, all three are faithful recreations of the original Broadway production in a television studio. The first filming, broadcast live on TV in 1955 within weeks of the show's Broadway closing, features the complete original cast.

A revival of the show starring Cathy Rigby, the most prolific stage Peter Pan of the last 30 years, was filmed live on stage in 2000 and was released on DVD.

The 2000 revival is available to stream on BroadwayHD and Amazon Prime.
The 1955 and 1956 black and white broadcasts are available on Blu-ray from Amazon or streaming on Amazon Prime.
The 1956 black and white broadcast is available on DVD from Amazon.
The 1960 color broadcast is available on DVD from Amazon.

Kevin Kline earned his third Tony Award playing Garry Essendine in a revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter, which follows a few days in the life of a highly successful and egotistical actor. Appearing alongside Kline in this most recent production were an all-star cast that included Kate Burton, Kristine Nielsen, and Cobie Smulders. This 2017 production was filmed on stage before the curtain fell for the final time.

Available to stream on BroadwayHD.
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd is regarded by many as a masterpiece, and with good reason; the original Broadway production won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Score. The story is a grisly tale of revenge and murder, with a famous plot twist that has the denizens of London gobbling up human flesh in the form of meat pies. Don't let that deter you, though; Sweeney Todd is more a Victorian melodrama than a gore-filled horrorfest.

The original Broadway production, directed by Harold Prince, was filmed during its national tour. Though the complete original cast was not captured, the recording does feature Angela Lansbury (in her Tony-winning performance), Ken Jennings, and Edmund Lyndeck. Broadway replacement George Hearn stars in the title role.

Available to stream on Amazon Prime and on DVD from Amazon.

You'd be hard pressed to find a theatre aficionado who isn't fond of She Loves Me, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joe Masteroff's 1963 musical about two co-workers who hate each other while unknowingly being romantic pen pal partners. The score contains such favorites as "Tonight at Eight," "Will He Like Me?," "Dear Friend," "Vanilla Ice Cream," and "She Loves Me."

The 2016 Broadway revival from Roundabout Theatre Company boasted a cast that included film and TV star Zachary Levi, Laura Benanti, Jane Krakowski, and Gavin Creel. It was this production that made theatre history when it became the first Broadway show to be live-streamed, and only the second to be broadcast live (following Carol Channing in Show Girl in 1961, which was broadcast live on pay-per-view TV in Canada).

Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and BroadwayHD.

Based on the 1992 film of the same name, Disney's Newsies tells the story of the real-life New York City newsboys strike of 1899. With a score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, the movie had long been a cult favorite, so when Disney decided to bring it to the stage with an expanded score, excitement was high. Luckily, Newsies met the hype and became a big hit on Broadway.

The Broadway production was filmed on stage during a Los Angeles stop on the national tour, and much of the original cast returned to their roles for the filming, including Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Ben Fankhauser, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, and Tommy Bracco. This recording was initially released as a limited release in movie theatres in February 2017, but a few months later it became available for digital download.

Available for on YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu.

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Much of the world is finding itself stuck at home in self-quarantine amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Star Trek: Picard star Patrick Stewart is trying to do something small to help lift people's spirits. Before he was Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Stewart was best known as a Shakespearian actor. He returned to those roots on Saturday when he posted a video to Twitter of himself reciting Shakespeare's Sonnet 116. Stewart received a strong response to the video. He returned to Twitter on Sunday to apply some wisdom from his mother to the current crisis. "I was delighted by the response to yesterday's posting of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116, and it has led me to undertake what follows..." he tweeted.

"When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." How about, "A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away"? So...here we go: Sonnet 1."

From there, he goes on to recite Sonnet 1 and it seems he plans to keep on reciting the sonnets for as long as this quarantine continues. You can watch below:

2. When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." How about, "A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away"? So...here we go: Sonnet 1. pic.twitter.com/kDoMNhdqcI
- Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) March 22, 2020

This week, Star Trek: Picard will release its first season finale. The episode will resolve the issue of a fleet of 218 Romulan warbirds heading towards the planet where Data's children and their community of synthetics reside.

Ahead of the show's premiere, ComicBook.com spoke to Stewart about how his return to the role of Jean-Luc Picard compares to his return as Professor X in Logan. "I am reluctant to make comparisons because when I cited Logan it was still a very, very fresh experience for me," Stewart said, "and I only used it to enforce to the people I was talking to - Alex [Kurtzman] and Michael [Chabon] and Akiva [Goldsman] - that it was very important that our starting off point was not the day that I walked off the Enterprise say, but other things, more complicated things, things that he is perhaps badly responsible for, not doing his job properly, not being effective, and also letting pride control his actions and self-regard control his actions, which is very un-Picard-like but is truthful in this situation."

Will you be keeping up with Stewart's sonnets? Let us know in the comments. New episodes of Star Trek: Picard stream Thursdays on CBS All Access.

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Much of the world is finding itself stuck at home in self-quarantine amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Star Trek: Picard star Patrick Stewart is trying to do something small to help lift people's spirits. Before he was Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Stewart was best known as a Shakespearian actor. He [...]