One of Seraphic Fire’s longtime members stepped into the solo spotlight last week with a concert of 18th-century opera and sacred music, and made an eloquent case for the beauty of the countertenor voice. Reginald Mobley, whom everyone calls Reggie, was the featured soloist in a program with Seraphic Fire’s Firebird Chamber Orchestra that paid tribute to the art and life of … [Read more...]
‘12 Angry Men’ a tribute to democracy, director says
As two-time Tony Award winner Frank Galati (The Grapes of Wrath, Ragtime) keeps in mind, “angry” is the 1954 Reginald Rose jury deliberation play’s middle name. Twelve Angry Men, which opens this evening at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, is more than half a century old, but it is also extremely timely. “Now everyone seems to feel that this is a climate of anger. That the entire … [Read more...]