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Author: Chris Bord

Director’s Notebook: On the Enduring Influence of The Mikado

The Atlantic.com published an article yesterday called “Opera’s Old-Fashioned Race Problem.” The impetus for the story was a […]

July 24, 2014 Backstage, Theater

Backstage Stories Vol. 3: Don McLean and Itzhak Perlman

One of my favorite concerts was Don McLean with members of the Utica Symphony. The show was a […]

July 22, 2014 Backstage, Memoirs

Two Poems About Running

we lined up in the dark mostly silent checking laces and gear and applying vaseline the air was […]

July 22, 2014 Running

They Came Together (2014)

I’d love to say They Came Together has enough good material to make a 2-minute trailer, but I […]

July 20, 2014 Movies

Cinema Stories

I worked more than ten years in movie theaters around Utica, NY. Great jobs – no matter what […]

July 18, 2014 Memoirs

Director’s Notebook (Four Weeks into The Mikado)

We’re about midway into The Mikado now, and I’ve gone through most of the stages of directing: optimism, […]

July 16, 2014 Backstage, Theater

Boilermaker Memories

The Utica Boilermaker just celebrated its 37th running. It’s a great event, attracting over 17,000 participants for the […]

July 15, 2014 Running

9 to 5 the Musical (Rome Capitol Summerstage)

I remember a review of the musical Legally Blonde that said it was “great for people who loved […]

July 14, 2014 Theater

Charles Dickens – Sketches of Boz (2000)

One of my dearest, very best friends is Richard Enders. I knew him first as “Mr. Scrooge,” when […]

July 11, 2014 Backstage, Memoirs

Life itself (2014)

…(F)or me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy. It lets you understand a little bit […]

July 9, 2014 Movies

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