Tag: interview
Rhapsody in Blue is 100
"Could Ellington and others have done this kind of work earlier if Gershwin hadn't done it? Maybe. But if they wanted to go that direction, they would have done it regardless of what Gershwin did."
Mink Stole Is Peaches Christ’s Idol…
"I can't say we're being completely ourselves. We're being our heightened selves because we're on stage in front of an audience. But we are as ourselves as we can be."
Matt Cook Launches Sierra Madre Playhouse’s 100th Birthday
"There will always be a place for what we do if we keep the intentions in the right place."
Resident Director Keith Bennett Still Feels the Love Tonight…
He's not just the resident director, he's played Bonzai on Broadway
Composer Terry Davies Reworks Prokofiev’s Ballet Music…
"I didn't want to do a reduction. The score is fantastic. I really like the idea of going very small and something that was very fragile."
Mezzo Soprano Audrey Babcock and a Night of Firsts
"I have this intense drive to create. I didn't get into opera because of opera. I got into opera because I have a big voice and a lot to say."
The Soraya’s Thor Steingraber Acknowledges Seismic Shifts
Can the performing arts survive the unsteady ground on which they find themselves in 2024?
Pianist Althea Waites Has Bonds with Black Female Composers
"Both Price and Bonds were teachers and fierce advocates for inclusion at a time when it was hardly popular."
Mary Kouyoumdjian and Her First Opera…
"If anyone has experienced grief, we all know that this brings out the best and the worst in people around you."
The “New York, New York” Cast Album Lives On
"We were doing a show with a big budget that had a huge set, fantastic lavish costumes, great choreography and a full orchestra with strings. I would love people to know how brave and unusual that was that we did."