A single, glowing iPad screen meandered across a pitch-black stage at the W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre as the capacity audience roared with applause. “One of the first things you have to understand is that it’s radio and that not seeing … Continue reading
Here’s a bit of common sense, good advice, a no-brainer, whatever you want to call it: Dead civilizations are dead for a reason. I try sharing that little parable of wisdom with Suzette as plainly as possible, explaining that I’m … Continue reading
In a city rich with incredible music, it’s difficult to point to a harder working band than Louisville electro-pop quartet The Pass. Shortly after arriving on the scene as Zanzabar’s resident dance party darlings, the band got right to business, … Continue reading
If you aren’t familiar with Louisville’s Cropped Out music festival, well, that’s kind of the point. “It is our intention to turn heads toward the talents of those often omitted, overlooked, or cropped out of ‘the big picture,’” reads the festival … Continue reading
Sitting across the table from Nora Christensen and Shawn Hennessey, the masterminds behind Squallis Puppeteers, I feel a little like Chris Farley interviewing Sir Paul McCartney.
Were it 2009 or 2010, you may very well have found Theatre [502] artistic directors Gil Reyes, Amy Attaway, and Mike Brooks huddled alone in a dark corner of a bar on a Friday night drinking pale ales and feverishly … Continue reading
Actors Theatre of Louisville opens its season with an ambitious contemporary staging of “Romeo and Juliet.” The play will be directed by Tony Speciale, a Louisville native and an alumnus of the Acting Apprentice Company at Actors Theatre. Born and … Continue reading
It’s 9 p.m. on a Monday night at DeadBird Studios and there’s a filthy jam session in the works. I’m sitting on a stool in a wide-open space. Around me is a drum set on a riser, a wall of … Continue reading