Robert Nesti

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National Managing Editor at Edge Media Network

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Review: A Superb 'Carousel' Speaks to Our Divided Times | EDGE United States

2 weeks ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

6 hours agoReview: A Superb 'Carousel' Speaks to Our Divided Times Of all Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's musicals, it makes sense that the Boston Lyric Opera would want to produce "Carousel." With its integrated musical interludes and free-flowing clusters of songs, it is the team's work that comes closest to opera, especially since it requires trained opera singers accompanied by a large orchestra to be fully authentic.
Opera's Vocal Chameleon Edward Nelson Takes on Billy Bigelow in BLO's 'Carousel'

3 weeks ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

Apr 3Opera's Vocal Chameleon Edward Nelson Takes on Billy Bigelow in BLO's 'Carousel' In the Metropolitan Opera's 2023 production of Terence Blanchard's blazing opera "Champion," baritone Edward Nelson made his Met debut in what some might think was a risky turn. Dressed in a denim vest and jeans, and with long blond hair, he's every inch a queer hunk from the early 1970s who would be found in the NYC gay bar where this sequence takes place.
Michael J. Bobbitt Explores Family & Football (Briefly) at the 'Queer Voices Festival'

1 month ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

Mar 20Michael J. Bobbitt Explores Family & Football (Briefly) at the 'Queer Voices Festival' This weekend queer voices will be heard loud and clear as the Boston Theater Company brings their second annual "Queer Voices Festival" to the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) Plaza Theatre. "We're so excited to bring back Queer Voices for the second year," says Lyndsay Allyn Cox, "Queer Voices" Producing Director (she/they).
Review: The Time Has Come for this Thrilling 'Parade' | EDGE United States

1 month ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

Mar 18Review: The Time Has Come for this Thrilling 'Parade' When it arrived on Broadway in 1998, "Parade" was respected, but not loved. Though it won Tony Awards for its book (by Alfred Uhry) and score (by Jason Robert Brown), it had a relatively short run, in part to issues with its production company (that went bankrupt) and by a lukewarm critical response.
Review: What Makes the Iconic RuPaul Tick? | EDGE United States

1 month ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

Mar 11Review: What Makes the Iconic RuPaul Tick? What becomes a drag legend most? In the case of RuPaul, easily the most famous drag queen in herstory, it is to take off those towering wigs and couture gowns and just be themselves, as they did when they took the stage of Boston's Orpheum Theatre this past Friday night.
Standup's David Nihill Zones in On What the Irish Do Best – Storytelling | EDGE United States

1 month ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

6 hours agoStandup's David Nihill Zones in On What the Irish Do Best – Storytelling When Dublin-born David Nihill first traveled out of Ireland at the age of 22, he was infected with the travel virus. Since then he has worked in twelve countries and visited some 70 or so. Then somewhere along the way, he realized he was funny and good at the Irish national pastime – storytelling, which he has turned into a successful stand-up act, as well as a productive career as a public speaking coach.
Review: 'A Man of No Importance' Shines in SpeakEasy Revival

1 month ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

7 hours agoReview: 'A Man of No Importance' Shines in SpeakEasy Revival Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens are musical theater shapeshifters. In their work they have the uncanny ability to worm their way into their musicals in ways that find the essence of each's divergent subjects and styles. In "Once On This Island," they not only captured the sound of the Caribbean, but also the deeper themes of class and fate that are the subtexts to this charming folk tale.
Willkommen? NOT. What Won't Be Playing Ric's Kennedy Center

2 months ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

6 hours agoWillkommen? NOT. What Won't Be Playing Ric's Kennedy Center "RIC. WELCOME TO SHOW BUSINESS" President Donald Trump trumpeted to Richard Grenell on Monday when he appointed the out Republican operator and former ambassador to Germany as head of the Kennedy Center. But doesn't what Trump wrote scream camp?
Boston Symphony Brings Lush, Rarely Heard Korngold Opera to the Concert Stage

2 months ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

Jan 22 6 hours agoBoston Symphony Brings Lush, Rarely Heard Korngold Opera to the Concert Stage It isn't quite accurate to Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Die Tote Stadt" a lost opera – this rich, dynamic work has been recorded a number of times and received numerous performances since it premiered a little more than a century ago.
Contentious 'Emilia Pérez' Leads Queer Titles at This Year's Oscar Nominations

Jan 17, 2025 | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

6 hours agoContentious 'Emilia Pérez' Leads Queer Titles at This Year's Oscar Nominations The queer experience was present at the Oscar nominations this morning in the presence of Bowan Yang, who read the nominees along with Rachel Sennott in the early morning presentation. As for queer presence in the nominations? Well, less than anticipated. There were numerous snubs, but more on those later.