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Angels of Many Signs. (Image by Saya Woolfalk)
Choral Music
Edward A Kliszus

Angel of Many Signs

The New York Choral Society presented Angel of Many Signs, a superb digital, instrumental, choral, and visual art synthesis. This production was billed as “a multi-media and multi-disciplinary concert bridging centuries of feminine imagination and power.”

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Scene from The Orchard with Juliet Brett and John McGinty on OpeningNight.Online. Photo credit: Pabel Antonov
Multi-Media
Edward A Kliszus

The Orchard

While Chekov’s play holds a firm place in the literature, through the magic of technology the story can now be presented in a cutting-edge complex dreamscape of seemingly incongruent elements achievable only with the contemporary arts of live-streamed multi-media drama.

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Kelly O'Hara in Faith by MasterVoices
Multi-Media
Edward A Kliszus

Faith by MasterVoices

In Faith by MasterVoices Kelli O’Hara beckons, her countenance cast as a shadow against gray skies, mystically intoning joyous melismas.

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Dove Cameron in Love by MasterVoices. Courtesy MasterVoices
Multi-Media
Edward A Kliszus

Love by MasterVoices

This fabulous third chapter of “A Theatrical Song Cycle in a Four-Part Digital Series” entitled LOVE, explores human relationships through a mystical lens at love’s ironies, impediments, and expectations. Through this musical passageway, we observe fulfillment, loss, and violence, while ultimately drawing relief through the brilliantly understated postscript of how one might lose another.

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Fall of Icarus by Mark Chagall. Public Domain
Multi-Media
Edward A Kliszus

Flight by Mastervoices

This amalgamation of 19th century protestant hymnody and Greek myths begins with its musical exploration of the legend of Icarus, son of Daedalus (creator of the Labryinth) who flew too close to the sun with wings of wax and feathers. Icarus’s struggles to reconcile his father’s dominance only to plunge to his oceanic demise is characterized through this venue with a rich musical mixture of Rhythm and Blues, gospel, and classical venues supplemented by musical theater. A true multi-media experience is reimagined for the virtual stage.

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Elisabeth Ahrens and Paul Bomba. Zoom credit: Alex Roe
Multi-Media
Elizabeth Ann Foster

Constancy

Constancy by Neith Boyce is a play inspired by her turn-of-the-century circle of friends that were exploring open relationships. Sound familiar circa 1960?

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Rise. Reflect. Restore. motto.
Multi-Media
Elizabeth Ann Foster

Rise Reflect Restore

Inspired by the unjust murder of George Floyd, Hunt has tapped into his network of artists, healers, and motivators and curated various uplifting classes, heartfelt performances, and uncomfortable conversations. These sessions will uncover, investigate, and begin to encourage healing from racial injustice in the United States.

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Within Earshot - End Up Together with (L-R) Amber Ardolino and Bonnie Milligan
Multi-Media
Edward A Kliszus

Within Earshot: Anthems for the In-Between

The concept album of Within Earshot: Anthems for the In-Between is fresh, exciting, joyful, hopeful, and exceedingly relevant during these times of isolation and worry. After all, love, caring, needing each other, lifting each other’s spirits, and celebrating the beautiful side of being human are and shall always remain paramount.

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