Now Route 7 is close to the center of my life; when I was in college it was Route 2; when I was a boy it was Route 29. Route 29 led to Saratoga, and that's where I was last Saturday night. I went to see a Kander and Ebb show, "Curtains.” Not many community theaters have the guts to put up a show that parodies community theater. The quality of the production I saw made me realize Saratoga's Home Made Theater had little to fear. Not to harp on...
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Williamstheatre announces the third annual Dialogue ONE Solo Theatre Festival, supervised this year by David Eppel. Dialogue ONE is an international theatre festival whose primary aim is to establish a platform for Williams students and professional artists to work together. “We believe that a global range of artists will inspire the artistic dialogue among students, professionals, and audiences,” says Artistic Director Omar Sangare, who started...
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For the past few years my friend and musical partner Rick Harlow and I have hosted an Open Mic New Years Eve event at his 2000 square foot artist loft in North Adams, MA. This used to simply be a party but this annual 'happening' has transformed into a venue where young artists can show up (via invitation & word of mouth) and sing or play instruments or perform slam poetry or standup comedy, etc.
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LGO Opera's Fall Concert features a variety of selections from Mozart operas and concert works. Artistic Director Curtis Tucker will lead the program, with performances by sopranos Kirsten Chambers and Deborah Rocco, mezzo soprano Kara Cornell, baritone Jonathan Michie, bass Yong Li, and pianist Michael Clement. The program will highlight the breadth of Mozart's vocal works, from well-known operas such as The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute,...
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This thoughtful and lively program of Baroque and modern music is typical of the Cantata Singers, who in recent years have been building their season programs around a single composer, this year Heinrich Schütz, the greatest predecessor of the central figure in the group's mission, Johann Sebastian Bach.
This gave me an opportunity to continue our podcast series in conversation with David Hoose, the Cantata Singers' Music Director for the past...
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