Director Tazewell Thompson explains why he, and the world, still turn to Porgy and Bess “No,” I had initially said when Michael Egel inquired on the opposite end of an email, late 2020, if I was interested and available to direct George and Ira Gershwin’s magnificent opera Porgy and Bess for the summer of 2022….
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A Revolutionary Theatre Turns 50
In 1970 America’s heartland created one of the country’s most radically designed theaters. -by Mark Tiarks The Blank Performing Arts Center’s mainstage, called Pote Theatre, successfully incorporated both a traditional proscenium design and a thrust-stage auditorium. This unique configuration, which put the orchestra and conductor in the center of the action for opera productions, reflected…