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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 ‘The Sound of Music.’ Everyone wants to talk about ‘The Sound of Music.’” I replied, “we...

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.” Both were genius artists who, to put it generously, did not have a corresponding genius for business. B...

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 touching on how music can let us hear, well, the voice of God (however you define that).

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 Mozart's finest during streaming performances in January. Photo by VSO Contributed Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently...

'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 circularity to a career that has had its ups and downs.