Click here to listen to the interview. Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller had been working on HALLELUJAH, LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG for half a decade or so when the pandemic struck. When I spoke with them (with occasional comments from their parrot) on June 17, 2022, my first question to them was how… Read More »
2022 San Francisco Mime Troupe: Back to the Way Things Were — Velina Brown Interview
Click here to listen to the interview. The San Francisco Mime Troupe returns after a two-year hiatus from live performances with the musical satire Back to the Way Things Were. It’s a timely (of course) look at intergenerational worldviews and a pointed examination of where nostalgia fails, It’s directed by Velina Brown, who, like the… Read More »
HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC — David France Interview
Ten years ago, David France made the Oscar™-nominated HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, a powerful documentary about the AIDS crisis, and the response by the actvist community to the inertia around finding a cure. When I spoke with France on March 28, 2022 about his latest documentary, HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC, I asked him… Read More »