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Reel Dad: Remembering CT actor Christopher Plummer Mark Schumann FacebookTwitterEmail The late actor Christopher Plummer outside the Westport Country Playhouse in 2005.File Photo /John Galayda / In the summer of 2001, while talking with Christopher Plummer in the bar at the Goring Hotel in London, he recalled his triumphs on stage, his work in film, and his optimism for the roles he would get to play in the coming years. As the exchange came to an end, he said, “thank you for not bringing up ...

This story, initially published in October, 2018, has been republished in honor of Mozart’s 265th birthday on Jan. 27, 2021. The librettist Lorenzo da Ponte — an exiled Jewish-born Venetian who turned to the arts after proving too irreverent for the Church — had a lot in common with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The two shared an artistic vision, together crafting some of the most noteworthy operas of the 18th century: “Don Giovanni,” “Le Nozze di Figaro” and “Cosí fan Tutte.” Bot...

Today is Mozart’s 265th Birthday. Mozart is a towering figure in music and art, but he’s also one of the most fascinating geniuses in Western history. It’s so common for us to see a historical figure and imagine them to be just as dignified and well-mannered as a porcelain bust or portrait in oil, which is why Amadeus, the play, and even more so the 1984 film adaptation directed by Miloš Forman, is so brilliant. It’s a work that shows a legendary artist as incredibly human while also ...

VSO excited to roll out a classical month of Mozart music Mozart has always mattered to the classical cognoscenti, but his ever-increasing popular acclaim, in part fuelled by the Amadeus phenomenon, continues unabated Author of the article: David Gordon Duke Publishing date: Jan 13, 2021  •  January 28, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Otto Tausk will be one of the featured guests when the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra offers Mozarts finest during streaming performances in January....

They have offered you a gold robot. I’ve turned it down. Credit: Film Stills Fifty years ago, I began my acting career playing Puck in a student production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Rada. In the years since, I have appeared in BBC productions of David Copperfield and Nicholas Nickleby, in hit series such as Doctor Who and Birds of a Feather, and not quite made it into the Star Wars franchise. Most recently, I played Oberon in a Globe production of Dream, giving a nice bit of circulari...

The book of Bereishit ends on a sublime note of reconciliation between Jacob’s sons. Joseph’s brothers were afraid that he had not really forgiven them for selling him into slavery. They suspected that he was merely delaying his revenge until their father died. After Jacob’s death, they express their concern to him. But Joseph insists: “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of G-d? You intended to harm me, but G-d intended it for good, to accomplish what is now being done, th...

Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book  Lessons in Leadership. The Office of Rabbi Sacks will continue to distribute these weekly essays, so that people all around the world can keep on learning and finding inspiration in his Torah. The book of Bereishit ends on a sublime note of reconciliation between Jacob’s sons. Joseph’s brothers were afraid that he had not really forgiven them for selling him into slavery. They suspected that he was merely delaying his revenge until thei...

Nine, The Real Thing, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, City of Angels, Passion, Proof, Doubt, and The History Boys, as well as the revivals of Joe Egg, Guys and Dolls, A View From the Bridge (both in 1998 and 2016) , A Raisin in the Sun, and "Its strictly a gut instinct," Berlind told Playbill in 2005 when asked how he chose the plays he produces. "I can fall in love with a play or a musical because it has an emotional connection, or because its intellectually challenging, or because Im laugh...

Roger Berlind, 90, Dies; Broadway Impresario Who Amassed 25 Tonys He played a role in producing more than 100 plays and musicals. And while he kept an eye on the bottom line, he could be seduced by sheer artistry. Roger Berlind in 1998 near the Cort Theater, where his production of “The Blue Room,” was playing. He was introduced to the theater world by friends and soon immersed himself in the process of putting on a show.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Dec. 24, 2020 Roger Berlind,...