Andrew comments on the celebration of Studs Terkel’s 100th birthday year, as well as Goodman Theatre’s staging of Iceman Cometh.
Critic’s Choice
Critic’s Choice is a weekly feature in which WFMT’s Critic-at-Large Andrew Patner shares his observations on arts and culture, from performances at Orchestra Hall to happenings in overlooked Chicago neighborhoods to festivals around the world. It airs three times each week on 98.7WFMT – Wednesdays at 10:00 am, Saturdays after the opera broadcast and before From the Recording Horn with Andy Karzas, and Sundays at 8:30 am – and its script and the audio is posted and archived at wfmt.com/criticschoice after the first radio broadcast each week.
Brian Dickie
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew comments on Brian Dickie’s exit at Chicago Opera Theater.
Groucho #1 (Rebroadcast)
Thursday, April 5, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Critic’s Choice is a weekly feature in which WFMT’s Critic-at-Large Andrew Patner shares his observations on arts and culture, from performances at Orchestra Hall to happenings in overlooked Chicago neighborhoods to festivals around the world.
In Search of Haydn
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew reviews Phil Grabsky’s new film In Search of Haydn.
Camino Real at Goodman Theatre
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew reviews Calixto Bieito’s staging of Camino Real at Goodman Theatre.
Thurber #7
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew reads more from James Thurber’s Fables for Our Time.
Thurber #6
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew reads more from James Thurber’s Fables for Our Time.
Leap Day 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew discusses Lyric Opera of Chicago‘s commission of the new opera Bel Canto and the Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest’s upcoming performance of Missa Solemnis at Orchestra Hall.
Yesterday Is Done
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew discusses what refers to as the “genius of Stephen Sondheim.”
The Hunchback Variations Opera
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew talks about The Hunchback Variations Opera at the Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave in Chicago.
Andrew’s 2005 interview with Studs Terkel
Studs discusses his book AND THEY ALL SANG: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey.
"It is the only interview that I know of done with Studs where he discusses in detail his passion for opera and opera singers including Rosa Raisa, Lotte Lehmann, and "his" diva, Claudia Muzio. Studs also talks about his disc jockey days in general and the music editions of The Studs Terkel Program on WFMT. We play opera scenes with Raisa, Lehmann, Muzio, and a song by Woody Guthrie as well." -Andrew
To download an MP3 file of this interview, right-click on link below (Mac users control-click).
