"The older you get, the more your heart gets broken, the more you realize about life, the deeper the music gets. "
Jefferson Mays stars as Salieri in Pasadena Playhouse's production of "Amadeus"
Attend the tales of "Sweeney Todd," "The Dance of Death" and some great music
"I wish it didn’t feel so current, but it does. That urgency was very much part of what propelled me forward."
"In stand-up, I fight for the thickness of a laugh. In 'Hamlet,' I fight for the thickness of silence."
"What Shakespeare does is dismantle the myth of the perfect hero. When he dismantles the myth of pure evil, he’s also forced to dismantle the myth of pure good."
The 8th Annual Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival begins this week
Marilyn Maye's first album in 10 years tops this week's list
Isabel Leonard, Patrick Page, Julia Bullock and more are featured this week
There seems to be a theme running through some of this week's new releases