July 31, 2024 - An American in Paris, Lindsay Deutsch, and Synchronicity

With so much attention on Paris for the Olympics, many of us have a longing  to be in The City of Light.  But there is another way to make that French connection –  by way of George and Ira Gershwin’s musical, “An American in Paris.”Part of Reagle Music Theatre’s 55th season, it’s onstage August 9th through the 18th.  The  Elliot Norton award-winning Rachel Bertone –  Reagle Music Theatre’s Artistic Director–joins The Culture Show for a preview.From there it’s violinist Lindsay Deutsch, a genre-defying musician known for applying the rigors of classical music to pop and rock, creating mesmerizing mashups along the way. She joins us ahead of her trio TAKE3’s upcoming show at Music Worcester.Finally,  “Synchronicity,”  The Police’s landmark 1983  album  is  celebrating its 40th anniversary with a six-disc limited edition  box set.In a recent piece for The Washington Post, their national arts reporter Geoff Edgers asks if  Synchronicity, the band’s biggest album, killed The Police. And he went to get answers  about their premature end –  interviewing Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summer, among others.