Meanwhile, fresh from Glastonbury, the singer/songwriter FKA twigs is premiering her seven short films, Soundtrack 7, during four performances at the Old Granada Studios.
Before Friday, Ms. Voigt had sung her Isolde opposite three different Tristans during four performances (though halfway through the second, she doubled over with abdominal pain and left the stage, to be replaced, after a 15-minute delay, by Janice Baird, who had the role to herself on Tuesday night).
The Johns Hopkins University Theatre Arts and Studies Program will present A Celebration: The Music of Stephen Sondheim during three performances this week in the John Astin Theatre in Homewood's historic Merrick Barn.
The album was recorded at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon during three performances in January and June 2000.
At present, he's also set to accompany Courtney Act during three performances at New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre this month, while a new musical with playwright Craig Lucas is in development.
They knelt on stage during one performance, then one by one popped up and shouted their impressions of Harlem: Beautiful!
Less harrowing, he said, was a moment during one performance when someone asked why he kept his feet up on the bench.
It starts with a sobering warning — he asks people not to moan in sympathy, or shout in approval, when he uses a forbidden term — but that isn't always enough. "I kind of love racism, in a way, because I'm fascinated by it," he said, during one performance, and someone shouted, "Whoo!" He deflated slightly.
