Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago

The Music of Something Beginning The Regeneration of Chicago’s Drury Lane Theatre Renaissance.  It’s a term one hears a lot lately on the subject of the Drury Lane Theatre, along with Legacy and, perhaps most especially, Family.  At a time when theater in general, and regional theater in particular, faces … Read more

Performance Space Talks To: Rachel Rockwell, Director

  Complete creative control. That’s the mouth-watering carrot Chicago’s Drury Lane Theatre is dangling before its directors this season.  Each will get to choose not only the show they want to do, but the design team they need to help them realize their vision, the cast they feel can best … Read more

Performance Space

The Lights that Hypnotize Electricity is in the air as I approach the Theater of Living Arts in downtown Philadelphia. TLA as it’s more commonly known to the locals, is right on South Street, a hip strip of artsy boutiques, galleries, restaurants, bars and even a condom palace. A former … Read more

San Diego, California

The San Diego Symphony   100 Years and Counting The symphony probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of San Diego. For many visitors, palm trees, beaches and sunsets tend to overshadow theaters, museums and concert halls.  I myself had no idea that my city … Read more

Stratford, Ontario

Where Theatre Royalty Hangs Out Three very important people were rumored to be having dinner together while I was in Stratford: 1.     Captain Kirk 2.     Captain Von Trapp 3.     The Queen I kid you not. Stratford is the kind of town that attracts the likes of William Shatner, Christopher Plummer, … Read more

Philadelphia, PA

Terror Behind the Walls- #1 Haunted House in America Let me start by saying I am a huge horror fan; Scary movies are my favorite and Halloween is something I look forward to all year. During the month of October I try to visit as many haunted trails, houses and … Read more

Hollywood, Los Angeles

LA Theatre Goers Get Star Treatment Planning a visit to the city of the stars? Although visitors to LA are never guaranteed celebrity sightings, the winter season brings a variety of “A Listers” to Los Angeles area theaters. Through January 16, 2011, Tony®, Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner and TV … Read more

Dingle Peninsula, Ireland

  Trad Music on the Dingle Peninsula     There’s something in traditional Irish music that speaks to the soul. Whether it’s a jig, a reel or a haunting fiddle tune, it calls to you. It made sense for it to speak to my husband; his great-great-grandfather arrived from Cork … Read more

Musical Experiences Prague

Musical Experiences to Melt You Settling into an orchestra seat in a concert hall built in the 1800s is not something we do often in North America. So when the opportunity arose I took it—especially since the hall bore the name of Antonin Dvořák one of the most sublimely talented … Read more