Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category
Bach maestra Angela Hewitt returns to Shriver Concerts
Angela Hewitt‘s performances of Bach have established her as one of the composer’s foremost interpreters, and she returns to the Shriver Hall Concert Series with two of his works, along with pieces by Rameau and Scarlatti on Sunday, February 22.
Retelling BEOWULF. Again
Almost a year ago, Marcus Kyd was mired deep in memorization and uncertainty, possibly regretting a few ambitious life choices but determined to press on. He was on the brink of opening a new piece with Taffety Punk Theatre Company (where he’s a founding member) that left him alone on stage for its entirety–in a […]
As Shriver Concerts celebrates 60 years, looking back on the millenium decade
Having joined WBJC in February 1998, my personal experience with the Shriver Hall Concert Series began that year. I caught up on the decade from the mid 90s to the mid-aughts with Exceutive Director, Catherine Cochran.
Music at Emmanuel’s spring season
Christian Lane, Director of Music at Emmanuel in Mount Vernon, puts together an impressive program of 30+ concerts and liturgies each season, and I invited him back to talk about the 2026 spring lineup.
Midpoint: Halfway Between Dark And Light
On Sunday, February 1 at 3pm, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church will present Midpoint: Halfway Between Dark and Light. The program will consist of Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Robert Schumann’s A Woman’s Life and Love. New York-based opera singers Sara Pearson and Laura Virella will perform with James Harp at the piano. I chatted […]
DANCE NATION comes to Fells Point Corner Theatre
Clare Barron’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated Dance Nation, one of the most successful, acclaimed, and influential among recent American plays, gets its Baltimore premiere at Fells Point Corner Theatre February 13th – March 8th, in a production directed by former Single Carrot Artistic Director Genevieve de Mahy. It’s a piece the New York Times celebrated for capturing […]
A new DAWN on stage at Everyman Theatre
After a long, winding development saga that has taken it and its author criss-crossing the country, a brand new play is set for its world premiere at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, directed by Seonjae Kim. The play is Dawn, the author is playwright Tuyết Thị Phạm, and the production runs February 1st through March 1st–with […]
Celebrating the best principals in Baltimore City schools
The Fund for Educational Excellence was established in 2016 to provide support for Baltimore City Schools. I recently spoke with The Fund’s Senior Program Director Kevin Leary about their Heart of the Schools Program, of which he is the Program Lead. Those who wish to nominate principals of Baltimore City Schools for Heart of the […]
No looking back for ORPHEUS at Mobtown Ballroom
With the start of a new year comes a new flurry of activity in the local theater scene, here in Baltimore as elsewhere. Amid that flurry–and maybe appropriately for this month of Janus, that twin-faced deity–Charm City Filmmakers will present a new, “grittier” retelling of one of music’s favorite myths, encouraging us not to look […]
Emanuel Ax returns to Shriver Hall
Grammy Award-winning pianist, Emanuel Ax, returns to the Shriver Hall Concert Series with a recital of fantasies by Beethoven, Corigliano, and Schumann. It was a great pleasure to speak with him.
