Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category
Music at Emmanuel’s expansive new concert season
Music at Emmanuel in Baltimore’s historic Mt. Vernon neighborhood is offering its most expansive concert season yet. I spoke with their Director of Music, Christian Lane.
MACHINAL gears up at Fells Point Corner Theatre
From September 6th through 29th, Fells Point Corner Theatre is featuring one of the landmark American plays of the last century, Sophie Treadwell’s Expressionist tour-de-force, Machinal. Directed by Deirdre McAllister, the production comes to life 96 years almost to the day since the play premiered to both shock and acclaim on September 7th, 1928. A mere […]
Shriver Concerts 2024—2025 season
The Shriver Hall Concert Series goes from strength to strength, and the next season builds on their success. I spoke with Executive Director, Catherine Cochran.
Culture clash at Baltimore Theatre Project
Playing through August 31st at the always-eclectic Baltimore Theatre Project is a new play by local playwright Mark Scharf, The Monroe Doctrine. The project is produced by Vest Pocket Productions, directed by multi-talented Baltimore theater-maker Ann Turiano (also co-Artistic Director of Sisters Freehold), and features an array of seasoned local artists on stage and behind […]
Getting hysterical with Summer at the Center
2024 heralds the revival of the Summer at the Center arts festival at Towson University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC)–for the first time in nearly 20 years. This festival offers a celebration of, as well as a tribute to, Baltimore’s vibrant artistic tapestry and COFAC’s long history as a part of it. Spread […]
A 1742 grist mill and miller’s house as a creative hub
The restored Manor Mill in Monkton, MD offers everything from classes, workshops, and a fine arts gallery to musical performances and poetry and prose readings. I spoke to the owner, Angelo Otterbein, about his vision.
Mary Zimmerman’s Matchbox Magic Flute
Mary Zimmerman’s Matchbox Magic Flute, a collaboration between The Goodman Theatre and The Shakespeare Theatre Company, reimagines Mozart’s final opera as “a hybrid, a playful variation, more a creature of the theatre [than of] opera.” I spoke to Mary about her concept.
Go into the woods with Shakespeare at Everyman
Everyman Theatre is making a rare foray into the Shakespearean canon with its current production of the much-loved comic romance, A Midsummer Night’s Dream–playing through June 9th. This fresh, surprising new take* on the old classic looks to find new resonance, new twists, new laughs, new life, new bite, and a balance between heart and […]
The Washington Chorus Celebrates Timeless Choral Music
On Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 PM The Washington Chorus will present sacred choral works by Lili Boulanger, Igor Stravinsky, and Beethoven with National Philharmonic all under the leadership of TWC’s Artistic Director, Dr. Eugene Rogers who joined me to talk about the concert.
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