Tag: interview
Billy Stritch Celebrates His 60th By Performing
"Liza used to tell me any time that you can work and perform on your birthday, it’s kind of the best thing to do because it is the birthday wish come true. "
Gregory Porter: The Deejay of His Own Music
"Once you get a feel for the audience after two or three songs, you kind of take them on this music journey and you're a deejay of your own music."
Composer Ricky Ian Gordon Writes His Italian Opera
"The tragedy in this movie is that at the heart of it is this unrequited love story, which is a very, almost adolescent kind of pain. But that pain is magnified by the pain of the catastrophe in the background."
Soprano Tiffany Townsend Sings George Walker’s “Lilacs”
"Am I just here because I'm Black or am I here because I'm talented? I tend to be the only black person in the room. I see that changing."
Sasson Gabay Returns to The Band’s Visit
"In a way we are kind of messengers of humanity. I remember when we shot the thing, we had a feeling that we had something really special, but we didn't know to what extent."
Composer Julia Adolphe Writes the Colors of the Violin
"Working on it helped me process my unconscious. But I don't want them to be distracted by it, by me. I want my music to be a vehicle for them to access their own unconscious."
Makaya McCraven Offers a Dose of Something Real
"There has been a framing of jazz in a way for sometime where like it's not for young people. It's not cool. I always want to push back on that one."
Koons & Pinkleton Turn “Head Over Heels” On Its Head
"I think how we've approached this, from looking at it with the Playhouse, was as an invitation back. Welcome home. Welcome back!" - Jenny Koons
Veronica Swift – Storyteller
"Whether you're a musician or a writer everything comes down to story and narrative. And that's why I like to call myself a storyteller more than a singer or a musician."
The “Head Over Heels” Cast Invites You to Their Party
"I want to welcome audience members who feel like they stick out like a sore thumb. Come here and stick out like a sore thumb with all of us. " - George Salazar