Video: West Coast Cast of A STRANGE LOOP Performs 'Today'
by Joshua Wright
- May 17, 2024
xGet a first look at the West Coast Premiere production of A Strange Loop's cast performing 'Today' in an all-new video from the San Francisco run before the production arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre June 5, 2024.
Review: John Adams's EL NINO Finally Arrives at the Met After World Travels
by Richard Sasanow
- Apr 24, 2024
Back in December, I saw the chamber version of John Adams’s EL NINO—dubbed EL NINO: NATIVITY RECONSIDERED—at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Pared down to its essence, it was wonderful, starred two of the singers who made their debuts in the premiere at the Met, soprano Julia Bullock and bass-baritone Davone Tines plus countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, who were at their best. It was a somber evening in a dramatic setting—a far cry from the oratorio/opera’s over-the-top welcome to Lincoln Center last night, in Lileana Blain-Cruz’s production that made me wonder what Franco Zeffirelli might have done with it. Think the Parisian throngs in Act II of the Met’s LA BOHEME (which, of course, is one of the Met’s most popular productions with audiences).
VIDEO: Director James Robinson on Blanchard's CHAMPION
by Joshua Wright
- Jan 9, 2024
Learn about the world champion boxer and see how his story inspired Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard's first foray into opera in this interview with director James Robinson in an all-new video.
Former HADESTOWN Cast Member Kim Moore Sues Alleging Racial Discrimination
by Cara Joy David
- Jun 27, 2023
Kim Moore, who appeared in Hadestown under the name Kim Steele, has sued the Hadestown producing entity alleging several counts of race discrimination and retaliation under New York State, New York City and federal law. Essentially, the suit alleges that Moore was a respected employee, but was fired soon after complaining about racial discrimination.
Jillian Walker's THE WHITNEY ALBUM Comes to Soho Rep This Month
by Stephi Wild
- May 15, 2023
Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker, musician, and composer Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album. Walker's ritual performance flows between incantation, love lecture, scene, and song as it considers the labor of performance itself and honors the legacy of Whitney Houston and so many other Black women beloved, and consumed, for their art.
Review: In This Corner �" Terence Blanchard's CHAMPION Arrives at the Met with Ryan Speedo Green
by Richard Sasanow
- Apr 13, 2023
In search of new audiences, the Met has followed Terence Blanchard’s FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES with the jazz musician/composer’s first opera, CHAMPION, the story of closeted boxer Emile Griffith’s rise and fall from grace. Honestly, never have I heard people whose usual venues are Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium and Monday Night Football on ESPN talk about how they “wanted to see the new opera at the Met.”
Jillian Walker's THE WHITNEY ALBUM Premieres at Soho Rep in May
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 12, 2023
Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker and “imaginary historian” Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album, a meditation on the artist's relationship to Whitney Houston's work and personal life, and perceptions of both in the American imagination. The production concludes a 2022-23 Soho Rep season consisting entirely of works commissioned by the organization
A STRANGE LOOP Will Open in London This Summer
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 8, 2023
A Strange Loop is headed to London this summer! The production will make its premiere at the Barbican Theatre 17 June - 9 September, running for a limited 12-week season.
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