"In a way 'La Cage' is, for me, how I would love America to be. Not even drag queens, glitter and glam. The love and the joy that we've created in the show is how I wish we were in the country."
"When it's spoken through a puppet, the audience leans forward and starts to imagine and engage in these thoughts in a very different way. It's almost like the landscape of Coetzee is etched into the puppet and he into the landscape."
Two new Broadway musicals, a revival of a Sondheim classic, farewell to a violinist and more top this week's list
"The music is beautiful, but it's really something different. Even to me, I go, what is the meaning of this? I understand it better now, but I have questions."
Two new musicals open on Broadway, a film composer's string quartets are showcased, a jazz legend celebrates his 80th and new music is presented over 12 hours in Los Angeles. These are the events selected for this week's BEST...
It's the first full week in November and we are quickly working ourselves to the end of the year. Which means we have some very interesting Best Bets coming up and this week is no exception. Here are the...
"We talk a lot about path dependency in the arts, and you never change the path unless you actually try something new."
MasterVoices opens their season with a concert version of the Gershwin's Strike Up the Band
"It means more than just you're not alone. It means you're not alone in your desires, your dreams, your wishes, your hopes. I've got them, too. So let's both dream together."
"As much as you want to make it be about me, there's just too many ways in which it isn't."