Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category
Beloved novel takes center stage
Louis Sachar’s stage adaptation of his own crowd-pleasing, critically celebrated young adult novel Holes digs in at Baltimore Center Stage through May 10th, in a production directed by Baltimore-area director Johanna Gruenhut and featuring several locally based cast members. Holes follows a diverse band of misfit youngsters thrown together willy-nilly under the punishing desert sun and […]
Mahler’s 8th: Organ And Voices Unleashed!
Baltimore Choral Arts will perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 lead by their Music Director Anthony Blake Clark on Sunday, April 26th at 3:00 PM at Grace United Methodist Church. More information is available at baltimorechoralarts.org. Click on the file below for an interview WBJC’s Kati Harrison did with BCAS Music Director Anthony Blake Clark.
Ufot Family Cycle continues at Strand Theater Co.
Her Portmanteau by Mfoniso Udofia — the fourth installment in the nine-play Ufot Family Cycle – follows a Nigerian matriarch, Abasiama, and her two daughters as they reunite after years of separation. Set in a Harlem apartment, the play explores the tensions between Nigerian traditions and American realities (not to mention some quintessential mother-daughter dynamics), […]
IN Series brings Passion to Theatre Project
IN Series returns to Baltimore Theatre Project April 10-12 with the final production of their spring Passion Plays Festival, For Women Serving Time. A librettist–Persian-American poet and scholar Fatemeh Keshavarz–and a composer–pianist and music director Adrienne Torf–have joined forces with director Timothy Nelson, Artistic Director of In Series, to devise an original piece of opera-theater, […]
Mosaic Theater celebrates crusading congressman with Young John Lewis
A new musical from Mosaic Theater Company takes the stage at Atlas Performing Arts Center in DC through May 3rd, in a hip-hop-informed exploration of the formative years of the firebrand civil rights activist who would become iconic Congressman John L. Lewis. The production of Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest features music by Grammy-nominated and […]
Maggie O’Farrell’s “Hamnet” onstage at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. is presenting the Royal Shakespeare Company production of “Hamnet,” adapted for the stage from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel by actor-writer Lolita Chakrabarti. I spoke with Lolita by phone from London.
Celebrating Shriver Concert Series’ 60 years
Continuing to mark the 60th anniversary of the Shriver Hall Concert Series with our decade-by-decade overview, I invited Executive Director Catherine Cochran to talk about the decade from the oughts to the teens of this century.
LOST VIRGINITY tour comes to Best Medicine Rep
Playing through March 29th at The Writers’ Center in Bethesda is Best Medicine Rep’s area premiere of The Lost Virginity Tour by Cricket Daniel, in a production directed by the company’s artistic director, John Morogiello. John joined me by phone to talk about the saga of chasing the play’s rights for production and why he […]
Making Sure Kids In Baltimore Get Fed
Food insecurity is a major issue in Baltimore. I recently spoke with Fred Hassell, Executive Director of Weekend Backpacks Baltimore, about the organization’s mission and their upcoming special event.
The Spire Series Presents Canadian Brass-ready to blow you away!
The Spire Series presents the world-renowned brass quintet Canadian Brass Friday, March 20, 7:30 PM at First & Franklin Church. Tickets and more information are available at https://www.firstfranklin.org/arts/the-spire-series-season/ Click the link below for a conversation Kati Harrison had with Canadian Brass trumpeter Joe Burgstaller about the performance.
