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Previewing Bard SummerScape 2026

Episode 61: Previewing Bard SummerScape 2026

New arts reporter Matt Moment previews Bard SummerScape: James Austin Johnson, a Lucinda Childs retrospective, and the opera Suddenly Last Summer.

Show notes

The Daily Catch's new arts and entertainment reporter Matt Moment joins Emily Sacker to preview Bard SummerScape 2026. He looks ahead to comedian James Austin Johnson at the Spiegeltent, a six-decade retrospective from dance pioneer Lucinda Childs, who turns 86 on opening night, and the world premiere of Suddenly Last Summer, a new opera by Courtney Bryan based on the Tennessee Williams play. Moment also previews his Upstate Art Weekend roundup and an upcoming piece on the painter Uman, whose survey opens at Bard's Hessel Museum.

Produced by Emily Sachar, Walter Mullin, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud at the Radio Free Rhinecilff studio

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