STEPHEN FOSTER: "Beautiful Child of Song"That unique mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani (1933-1989) sings, and frequent collaborator Gil Kalish accompanies, this haunting Foster song, from their Nonesuch CD Songs of America.by KenThis is a somewhat unusual pr... »
You've heard that insulting phrase, "As exciting as watching paint dry." Well in Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Red, you do watch paint dry, and it's surprisingly exciting. This is one of those new American dramas that arrives at the local regional level... »
The storm from Act III of Janáček's Kátya Kabanová, played by the Prague National Theater Orchestra under Jaroslav Krombholc."Storms are punishment, sent to usto make us realize the power of the Almighty!"-- the merchant Dikoj, in Act III of Janáček's ... »
One of the Best Picture contenders at tonight's Oscars, 'The Descendants,' takes Kauai to a whole new level. In the gentle hands of director Alexander Payne, the island transcends location and becomes a virtual character in the film, much as California... »
There are funny storms too! Alexander Prior conducts the deliciously raging thunderstorm in Act II of Rossini's Barber of Seville at the Chuvash National Opera in the Volga River port of Cheboksary, capital of Russia's Chuvash Republic, November 2009. ... »
Let's just get right to it. 2011 was another year full of fantastic local theater (and some nice imports). Somehow, most of our theater companies has managed thus far to weather the bruising economy. May the new year find audiences clamoring for more g... »
One of the Best Picture contenders at tonight's Oscars, 'The Descendants,' takes Kauai to a whole new level. In the gentle hands of director Alexander Payne, the island transcends location and becomes a virtual character in the film, much as California... »
