John Lennon’s line that “life is what happen to you while you’re busy making other plans” resonates all too strongly for most of us most of the time. Scena Theatre’s reading of my play Guilt gave me a brief and thrilling taste of the real thing. This was one of…
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Concert Hall, April 21 Of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, the three guitar superstars spawned by ’60s band the Yardbirds, Beck was the one who best avoided burning most of the interest out of his musicianship in the first 15 years. He alone continued to expand his horizons…
Joan Sutherland Theatre, April 20 This extraordinary work had its genesis in using Jerusalem’s history to depict the three major monotheistic religions musically. But what Jordi Savall has created is far greater than that. Across two hours the Jewish, Christian and Muslim music has a cumulative effect conjuring up the…