Tag: interview
Eduardo Vilaro: Ballet Hispánico 50 & Beyond
"My hope as we continue to foster the artwork in terms of the organization that Ballet Hispánico is poised to be a voice. At one time we were fighting to be at the table. Now we have to create the table and invite everyone to come in."
Sally Struthers Has More to Do and Show
"There's all sorts of things that I thought I would be that I'm not. And I have made my peace with all that. But I still want to have dinner with Mel Brooks and be in Tyler Perry movies."
Conductor Lina González-Granados Considers “Lucia”…
"I honestly think that there is nothing more gaslighting than this opera. Even the orchestra speaks for her before she can."
Monica Bill Barnes is Born to Run
"I've always felt like you can understand the moment you're having in your life better when you're in conversation with people who are all at different moments in their lives."
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."