I got these emails 30 September and 1 October. I find it very sad that NYC can't support two major opera companies. Email 1: You have probably heard the news that New York City Opera plans to cancel its season and file for bankruptcy if we don't find the funds to finance our season by […]
I have a confession. I was never a big fan of the Pixies. Their music never did much for me. One reason is that I disliked Black Francis. A lot. I didn’t like his attitude and that transferred over to how I felt about his music. Loved Kim Deal and The Breeders. Then Frank Black […]
When my sister and I were kids we would sing and talk to each other in this made-up language that consisted of wailing sounds sped up or slowed down by the amount of vibrato we put into it. In the late-60s when I first heard Yoko Ono singing both with John Lennon and then on […]
You’re not going to get a review of the show. That’s because I never made it onto the floor or the stands. Although they deny it, the show was oversold. They sold 17,000 tickets. According to Wikipedia the venue holds 14,000. That means they expected 3000 people to be able to stand on the tennis […]
Last weekend I was in Indianapolis for a conference and when I looked up things to do in Indy (and surprisingly there was a lot to do) one of the things that stuck out was The Slippery Noodle Inn, which is the oldest bar in Indiana that is still in the same location. It was […]
The bones of Richard III are found under a British parking lot. Shakespeare in the Parking Lot has been taking place since 1996. The Drilling Company, which has been the company in residence since 2002, decides that art should imitate life. And that is how meli, rtb, violaleeblue, and I find ourselves at the Municipal […]
Besides the famous Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park there are several other companies performing Shakespeare for free around NYC. One of my favorites is New York Classical Theatre and their productions that take place in different parks throughout NYC. This summer they performed The Tempest in Battery Park. rtb and I stopped off for […]
The Mostly Mozart Festival began at Lincoln Center in 1966 and I’ve wanted to attend since then and now I finally have. Maybe next year I’ll spring for a package to see several of the orchestra, opera, and dance performances and the films. The Festival’s first two seasons were devoted to the music of Mozart […]
The tickets for the concert said doors at 5pm and show at 6pm. Weather forecast was rain and I wasn’t sure I wanted to spend another concert soaking wet. But I forced myself up and out of the house and it was a gorgeous afternoon. When I got to the west side it was after […]
Many years ago – we’re talking late 70s/early 80s – a friend of mine was crazy for Smokey Robinson. Now I liked Smokey. How could you not? He was Motown – he had been there since the start with Berry Gordy. And in addition to all his own hits, he’d written songs for Marvin Gaye, […]
