Benjamin Britten & E.M. Forster Explore Evil vs. Innocence by Pamela Feinsilber Watching the opera “Billy Budd,” set on a violent, claustrophobic British man-of-war during the French Revolution, is like immersing yourself in an enthralling novel. Indeed, few operas are as literary as this one, based on a novella by Herman Melville, with the…
Max Vernon’s LGBT Musical Captures the Sweep of History by Christine Okon, reprinted from Theater & Such New Conservatory Theatre Center is celebrating 38 years as an LGBT themed theater. Their current production of Max Vernon’s musical “The View Upstairs” brings that whole span of history to life. In 1973, homosexuals were still being…
Heidi Schreck’s Personalized U.S. History Delivers the Goods by Barry David Horwitz Heidi Schreck plays the Constitution like a Stradavarius, lyrically deploying Amendments in defense of the rights of women, LGBT, and minorities. Heidi acquired her skills in a series of Constitutional debates for teenagers, organized by the stingy palace guardians at the American…