Tag: interview
John Beasley Shares the Secrets of Creation
"Chucho knows that to get the best out of somebody in his own work he has to give up a part of himself and let it pay forward to the next step of the process."
Cabaret Artist Jeff Harnar Knows Things Now…
"I was intrigued and dazzled and humbled and intimidated until I was 51. That was the first time I ever performed as an openly gay man onstage through the courage that his lyrics gave me."
Choreographer Emily Johnson Relates Her Work to the Land
"Are we in great relationship with the land that we occupy? Are we in the right relationship right now with everyone who has gathered? Maybe, maybe not."
Julie Benko and Jason Yeager Go Hand in Hand
"It's not a jazz record. It's not a theater record. It's our record and it's very emblematic of the music that we enjoy listening to and the music that we enjoy creating together."
LA Phil’s Joanne Pearce Martin Gets in Synch with Amadeus
"You have to match it a lot with great precision in some places because in this film, quite a few times, the video will cut to Mozart's hands at a piano."
Playwright Johnny G. Lloyd Practices Patience
"I feel very lucky that I've been able to, in a way, fail at certain parts of the theatrical tradition in order to learn things. We're all trying to create something together and having the opportunity to simply exist is how you learn and how you grow."
Producer Bill Damaschke: A Tale of Two Musicals
"If we put all of our love and heart and soul into it, maybe someone will want it when we're done with it. I put the same kind of love and care into The Prom as we did in Moulin Rouge."
Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer: The “Alt” Satine in “Moulin Rouge”
"I think we could all agree it's a beast on the show. She's on that freight train until the end."
This Is The Golden Age of Terence Blanchard
"It goes back to that whole thing of find a balance between all of those things, you know, allowing yourself to be in the moment and allowing yourself to be free to respond to things that you may not have thought of."
Composer Kirsten Volness and the Opera RBG Supported
"This is a great moment to show all the different ways that they did stand up and put in their effort toward finding peace and bringing the soldiers home safely."