Philadelphia

In Memoriam: Chita Rivera (Interview from 2017)

In this interview from 2017, the late, great musical star talks about her storied career… and performing in Philly!

What began as a planned sendoff to one man ended up as a testament to the valiant effort of another to realize it.

A cast of 1st and 2nd Year AVA artists showed considerable promise, and sometimes more than that.

No show should last for 20 years.

It sounds like a bad joke, but Beth Wohl’s riveting Camp Siegfried–superbly done by Theatre Exile–is rooted in reality.

Another year, another strong group of AVA artists give us careers to look forward to.

Director Terry Nolen’s second production of this Sondheim work is an intriguingly different take on the piece.

Unholy Wars is most an opera when it is, with “Lascia ch’io pianga,” actually an opera.

In sum: not a perfect Simon Boccanegra—is there such a thing?—but a grand and often great one.

In 90 minutes, Rene Orth’s riveting work gives us everything we could want in a new opera.