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May Pang, John Lennon's muse and companion during his "Lost Weekend" will showcase her photos of Lennon at a three-day free exhibition at Little River Art in Knoxville, April 19-21. May Pang talked with Todd Steed about her upcoming visit to Knoxville, her photography, and her years in the eye of an amazing musical hurricane.
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Melony Dodson talks with Eric Dawson, assistant director for the McClung Collection, and keyboardists, Roger Miller and Ron Carter, who will provide live accompaniment for two of Clarence Brown's silent films being shown as part of the Clarence Brown Film Festival held in downtown Knoxville
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Playwright, novelist, and actress Alice Childress was the first African American woman whose work was professionally produced on the New York stage. Childress wrote the play Trouble in Mind in 1955 and based it largely on her own experiences in the theatre. The play was finally produced on Broadway in 2021 and nominated for four Tony Awards. The Clarence Brown Theatre’s production of Trouble in Mind is directed by visiting artist Marti Gobel, who spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper.
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Melony Dodson talks with Director, Ethan Graham Roeder, and actors, Sheryl Howard and Matthew Mimbs
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The Kyiv City Ballet began a long-planned European tour on February 23rd, 2022, taking what became one of the last flights out of Ukraine as Russian troops invaded the country the next day. The Kyiv City Ballet now remains on tour indefinitely and is performing in Tennessee. Ivan Kozlov is the ballet’s founder and director and he spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper.
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Aram Demirjian discusses the season opener, featuring music of Mozart, Shaw and Ginastera.
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The University of Tennessee’s Clarence Brown Theatre begins a new season with a new artistic director. Ken Martin spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about what he envisions for the future of the CBT and the live entertainment industry.
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Knoxville Opera’s first opera of the season is called Glory Denied. It’s the story of Colonel Floyd James Thompson, America’s longest-held prisoner of war, who spent nearly nine years in captivity in Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War. Dean Anthony is Knoxville Opera’s Producing Director and he spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the opera and its connection with the Congressional Medal of Honor Celebration in Knoxville.
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In 2018, playwright and songwriter Candace Corrigan was asked to write a musical about Tennessee’s role in the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially guaranteeing the right to vote for women. The musical, A Vote of Her Own, made its debut at Knoxville’s historic Bijou Theatre. Corrigan spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the musical.
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Stamatoula Kaousias returns to Flipside to make her case that certain groups that Todd adores, may not be, in some cases, all that adorable.
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The Urban Word NYC organization started the National Youth Poet Laureate program in 2016. Earlier this year, the City of Knoxville announced its first Youth Poet Laureate in that program: Melody Dalili is a rising senior at Farragut High School and has been writing poetry since the third grade. Dalili and the City’s current Poet Laureate, Rhea Carmon spoke with WUOT's Chrissy Keuper.
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"A Kid Like Jake" opens at the Flying Anvil Theatre on Thursday, June 16th and runs through June 26th. WUOT's Melony Dodson talks with director Doug James.