This week's Best Bets: July 21st - July 27th contain a few firsts: a first-time visit by a centuries old orchestra; a legendary soprano makes her directorial debut and a novel considered to be one of the best crime...
6 Streaming Jazz Concerts from the 92nd Street Y is one of our Best Bets!
The new musical "42 Balloons" opens this week at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
San Francisco Symphony celebrates Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen in four weeks of concerts
Jordan Harrison's "The Antiquities" at the Goodman Theatre is one of this week's highlights
"We talk a lot about path dependency in the arts, and you never change the path unless you actually try something new."
"Yet the questions must continue to be posed. The audience must continue to be involved."
"If people are able to walk away talking about their own identity as well as understanding a little portion of this Latino family's journey, I think that would be really cool."
"I'm hoping the play makes you fall in love with all those old movies and the images they created, but it also explores the detrimental impact that had on the participants in the machine."
"Whether it is a performer of color or a person who is from the LGBT community, it is very important that when they embody a character, that they bring 100% of themselves to that character."