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That’s Right, You’re Not From Austin
When I lived in Boston, I met and worked with many press agents. I remember one of them saying once, “you know, there’s good news and there’s bad news. And then, there is some f*cking serious news.† I know she would agree when I say the past few weeks have been filled with way too much…
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Sopranos Yearning for Zion, in New York
As I watched Nico Muhly’s new opera Dark Sisters last weekend in New York, at the same time his Quiet Music for solo piano was being performed in Houston by Aperio’s Michael Zuraw. I would have loved to attend both performances. Muhly’s work figures prominently right now on my MP3 player, and it’s been a…
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Looking Up in Texas
“Looking up suggests hope, and hope has no significance on stage except as a function of narrative.†Choreographer Deborah Hay in Houston.