Regina and Rinde

Musician Regina Spektor may have begun her career as just a little morsel of Soviet Kitsch, but it’s obvious her fame has eclipsed any cutesy immigrant identity. We’ll explore her appeal and hear audio from a concert she performed at the college on Saturday, September 29th . As theatre season ramps up, we’re going to take a look into a relatively unexplored area of play production: that is, theatric design. Jule Emerson, artist in residence at the college, comments on a Design symposium held at the college. Finally, I sat down with playwright and 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist Rinde Eckert (pronounced Rin-dee), whose play “Horizon” is seeing production this Monday, October 1st in Wright Theatre as a part of a national tour. We’ll talk about the play, Rinde’s career, and he’ll reveal the mystery behind the techno-opera.

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Funny story about this one. We planned to have an interview with Ms. Spektor following her show. You know, ask her some pointless puff questions about her boyfriend, her new album, and how Russian she is. The night of the concert, right after the opener got offstage, I got word that Regina's tour manager wouldn't let me backstage to talk to her. In my anger ("I'm a journalist. I'm a serious journalist" I complained) I managed to bootleg a good part of the show before security found me. Look on eBay for "REGINA SPEKTOR LIVE!" and bid to get the original audio from the infamous Middlebury College concert. And I'll throw in an official Radio Arts t-shirt if you mention this post.