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Archives for March 29, 2013
Smash 2:8 Bells and Whistles
I talk a lot about “professionalism” when I write about Smash. Maybe it’s a personal sticking point, but I have to imagine that a large portion of this show’s weekly audience can actually see the things I see, and this isn’t just a product of the fact that I’ve been living a theatre-based life for […]
The fearless Francesca Zambello takes over Washington National Opera
Francesca Zambello, the newly appointed Artistic Director of the Washington National Opera, sits in an emerald raw silk jacket, checking on emails. She is surrounded but yet oblivious to the opulence and eye candy in the Willard Hotel Lobby, totally absorbed in her quotidian task. As I approach, she looks up and assesses me in […]
Hands on a Hardbody
I knew Keith Carradine and Hunter Foster were featured in this musical, but the rest of the cast were not familiar to me. I knew Neil Pepe, the artistic head of the off Broadway Atlantic Theatre, to be a director of range. Sergio Trujillo has done fine work on several shows, and is one of the […]