Wednesday evening we went to Denver’s Boettcher Concert Hall for the first time. This is a theater in the round, the home of the Colorado Symphony. Here’s what the Denver Performing Arts Complex website says about Boettcher: Boettcher Concert Hall is home to the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and is the nation’s first symphony hall in [...]
Jan 112010
We went to the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD showing of Der Rosenkavalier on Saturday, and it was the last straw. Never mind able-bodied people sitting in the wheelchair accessible seating; there were at easily double the number of wheelchair and walker users than there were accessible seats. I find it distasteful to compete with [...]
From today’s Denver Post: If you’ve known local actor Lucy Roucis for any appreciable amount of time, you’ve likely heard her popular stand-up routine on the pros and cons of Parkinson’s disease. You know the bit: “Pro: Mixing a mean margarita. Con: Wearing a mean margarita.” Soon, millions more will. Roucis, who has lived with [...]
From today’s Denver Post: Opens October 1 at Theatreworks in Colorado Springs. More information from Theatreworks. Sandy Lahmann writes for Summit Daily News; here are some of her columns.
May 072009
I was so disappointed to read today that the Master Chorale of Washington is closing up shop. The Master Chorale began life as the Paul Hill Chorale. I was fortunate enough to sing under Paul Hill at Georgetown University, and he was one of the great choral conductors and a really nice person. We toured [...]
Like Dave and Joe, my husband and I go to the Metropolitan Opera HD broadcasts at our local movie theater. It’s a nice theater, stadium seating, with about 10 seats in the middle that can be reached without steps. Unfortunately, given the demographic of the opera-going audience, there are way more than 10 people who [...]
Jan 222009
This quarter’s Voice of Chorus America has a nice, straightforward article on disabled singers and how choirs can accommodate them: In 2007, Ella Merritt was feeling the itch to sing again”?so she began calling choruses. Her first question was not about the audition process or the concert season, but rather “Do you have accommodation for [...]
Oct 312008
We invested in two paid tours while in Rome, and I think it was money and time well spent. All my adult traveling life I have shied away from organized tours, but in the months leading up to this vacation my head was starting to explode from the effort of cramming adequate background information in, [...]
Mar 302008
Harvard local offers “Faust” as disabled woman: Working with Denver’s handicapped theater company PHAMALy changed Charlie Miller’s life from the day he first volunteered in 2003. Assisting special-needs actor Aaron Rendoff backstage. Helping blind thesp Don Mauck apply his makeup. Now Miller, 22, wants to use those PHAMALy-informed experiences to change the American theater. Miller, [...]
Mar 232008
Looks like the Boettcher is planning to avoid the mistakes made in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House renovation: The city will hire a special consultant to make sure Boettcher is fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Ellie was promptly condemned by many disability groups, and a lawsuit against the city is pending. [...]
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