Posts Tagged ‘theater’

Jan. 25 2013

Instant Audience: Just Add Casual Attire?

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | 7 Comments

I have a confession to make: lately, every time I see an article or a blog post about finding ways to attract new (and presumably younger) audience members to classical music performances, I groan. Actually, I’m starting to wonder if they’re all the same piece, or at least written by the same author. Inevitably, they […]

Jan. 14 2013

A big week for Everyman

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs | 1 Comment

Everyman Theatre, which has been a lynch pin in the Station North Arts and Entertainment District on Charles Street for almost two decades, has moved! This morning, at 10 o’clock, it was the ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the official public opening of the brand new Everyman, just around the corner from the Hippodrome on the […]

Aug. 08 2012

Tomorrow and tomorrow and…

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on Tomorrow and tomorrow and…

Tomorrow is opening night! We finished tech cues for Jewish Theatre Workshop’s “Macbeth” last night, so our final dress rehearsal is this evening. It’s great fun to see everyone in costume & the weapons in this production are truly stunning, both visually & in the sense of how some characters meet their ends. Ouch! I […]

Jul. 27 2012

What’s My Line?

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on What’s My Line?

No, really, what is it? It was in my head when I walked into rehearsal. So was the one before it, the one after it, the one… you get the idea. Where did they go? As you may have guessed, I’m doing a show this summer. For years, I did mostly opera chorus & musical […]

Jun. 11 2012

The Problematic Shrew

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs | 2 Comments

The Taming of the Shrew is such a problematic play, isn’t it?  It feels almost sacrilegious to say that I dislike a Shakespeare play but I really do dislike this one.  It’s true that we often have to suspend belief for a Shakespeare play and have to approach it bearing in mind the context in […]

Apr. 12 2012

Morning, Noon, and Moonlight with Robertson Davies

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | 1 Comment

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.   The marvelous quote above is from Canadian author, playwright, critic, journalist, & professor Robertson Davies, one of my all-time favorite authors. […]

Feb. 27 2012

Flying with Twyla

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on Flying with Twyla

Twyla Tharp – for a start, isn’t that a wonderful name to conjure with?  (Her parents clearly had a vivid imagination—her younger sister’s name is Twanette.)  I’ve known of Twyla Tharp’s work, peripherally, for years, and loosely associated her with Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor—that style and period of choreographers—but I had never seen […]

Feb. 24 2012

Opera on-screen!

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on Opera on-screen!

While skimming friends’ Facebook posts this morning, I came across a few comments relating to Placido Domingo & Stephen Colbert having sung Verdi’s La Donna e Mobile on last night’s “Colbert Report.” Having missed the broadcast, I immediately Googled the performance & was delighted with the video I found. Both men sound great & look […]

Feb. 08 2012

Let’s not do lunch

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | 5 Comments

Every job has its quirks. One that comes with being on the air is that as per the FCC, leaving the building during one’s show for any reason short of a fire or other disaster is not an option if yours is the name signed on the control room log.  Since I work right through […]

Feb. 06 2012

What a weekend!

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | 6 Comments

As you are probably aware, WBJC had its Winter On-Air Fund Drive last weekend. Our listeners were as generous as ever & we actually exceeded our projected financial goal for the drive, so we’re a tired, yet happy bunch this morning. Big thanks to everyone who called in a pledge – you keep the music […]

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