Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category
Lila Rose Kaplan’s THE MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER at Spooky Action Theater
Earlier, I had the welcome opportunity to chat briefly with playwright Lila Rose Kaplan, whose intimate but magical, profound but wonderfully mischievous new play, The Magician’s Daughter, will have a free public reading on Monday, February 13th at 7pm at Washington, DC’s Spooky Action Theater. We chatted about the play’s origins out of a silent […]
Pianist Claire Huangci Celebrates a Musical Milestone With the National Philharmonic
Pianist Claire Huangci will join the National Philharmonic for a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. On this concert celebrating Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday year, the National Philharmonic’s music director Piotr Gajewski will also lead the orchestra in the epic Symphony No. 2 for one performance on Friday, February 3, at […]
Brahms, Strauss, and Simon in Columbia
The Columbia Orchestra’s next concert is on Saturday, February 4. I got a pleasant surprise when I spoke with Music Director Jason Love about the program – the details are in our interview!
International Shakespeare Theatre Association honors CSC founder
Ian Gallanar, Founding Artistic Director of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, has received the 2023 Sandra and Sidney Berger Award from the international Shakespeare Theatre Association. Ian has philanthropic plans about putting the award to good use, and he came in to talk to me about them.
How Does Your Garden Grow? It Better Not Be On My Property!
Neighborly disputes over property lines are as old as time. From February 2-26, GALA Hispanic Theatre in DC is presenting Jardin Salvaje, or Native Gardens, written and adapted by Karen Zacarias. I recently spoke with Ms. Zacarias and director Rebecca Aparicio about the production and how the show is about the clash of both generations […]
Monster Calling: an interview with director & assistant director of Towson Theater Dept’s production of A MONSTER CALLS
Joining me in the WBJC studio were Towson University Department of Theater Professor Tavia La Follette and graduating senior Gina Matucci, the director and assistant director respectively of A Monster Calls–playing on campus December 7th through 10th at 7.30pm in the Studio Theater at Towson’s Center for the Arts. Tickets and more information (including a […]
Christmas with Choral Arts 2022
The annual tradition of Christmas with Choral Arts returns—the same but different! I spoke with Music Director and Conductor, Anthony Blake Clark.
‘Tis The Season!
If you’re anything like me, you’re wondering “how on Earth is it December already?” Time waits for no one and Hampton National Historic Site is getting ready for the holidays. Recently, I chatted with Gayle Economos about Hampton’s 2022 holiday celebration and the site’s ongoing commitment to telling the stories of all people who lived […]
Pianist, Daniil Trifanov for Shriver Hall
“Without question the most astounding pianist of our age” —The Times, London The Russian-born pianist, Daniil Trifonov, who now makes his home in New York City, returns to Shriver Hall for a massive program of Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Mozart, Ravel, and Scriabin. Catherine Cochran, Executive Director of Shriver Hall Concert Series, came in to talk […]
A Celebration of Women Composers
Pianist Sarah Cahill has compiled a three volume set of recordings called “The Future is Female” featuring over 70 compositions by women composers from the past to the present. Ms. Cahill spoke with me about her marathon journey through the vast piano repertoire by composers such as Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Hélène de Montgeroult, […]
