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I feel people didn't hear them when they
originally came out.
IN: Is there one song you've written
or performed that you think best
expresses who you are?
AK: There are two: "Going, Going
Gone,' which is basically about my whole
life, and "Living in My Own Religion','
which is about my spirituality. The first
is about how things change as we get
older. Although I'm a born Jew and very
spiritual, I'm not religious. I don't have
any interest in going to services, but that
doesn't diminish my belief in God, which
has been strong in my life.
there so there was no reason for me to
leave. I still do lectures for the college.
IN: What does your family do?
AK: My wife, Susan Monosson, is a
jewelry designer. I have one son, Brian,
and two grandchildren. My son is a chef
at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.
JN: Do you have any special interests?
AK: Because I started so early in
music, turning professional at 14, I
missed the years 14-21. I'm inexplica-
bly drawn to things people in that age
group have done: pinball machines,
video games.
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IN: Why did you settle in Boston?
AK: I was coming out of a seven-
year retirement, and I was going to
teach at Berklee College of Music. I did
that for about four years and then lost
about two-thirds of my sight so it was
impossible for me to keep teaching.
I met my wife there and had settled
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Play will take your breath away.
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season, M Butterfly is nothing short
of breathtaking. Directed
by Arthur Beer, the Tony
Award-winning play by
David Henry Hwang
combines a fascinating story with
astounding performances by a
supremely talented cast.
The play is based on the true 20th-
century story of a French diplomat
who was convicted of treason after
a 20-year affair with a male Chinese
spy masquerading as a female opera
diva. What makes the story even more
astonishing is the diplomat's claim
that he did not know the object of his
affection was a man.
It is the ultimate expression of
denial, one of many themes explored
in this mesmerizing play.
The stellar cast of nine is led by Glen
Allen Pruett as French diplomat Rene
Gallimard and Tae Hoon Yoo as Song
Liling, the spy/diva who pulled the
silk over his/her lover's eyes for more
than two decades. The play works only
if the Song Liling character is believ-
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Tae Hoon Yoo passes this test with
the highest of scores. His simpering,
self-deprecating courtesan is as con-
vincing as the swaggeringly arrogant
man beneath the makeup and the long
silk robe. Pruett gives an authentic
portrayal of a man who struggles
to harness his desire and
maintain his machismo
until the yearning becomes
too powerful to contain.
Linda Rabin Hammell is excellent
as Gallimard's long-suffering wife,
Helga, who endures her husband's
indiscretions in exchange for the
privileged life her position affords.
The other six actors — Andrew
Huff, Cara AnnMarie, Phil Powers,
Karen Minard, AeJay Mitchell and
Chin Yang — play multiple roles
in a story consisting of a series of
flashbacks that begin and end in
Gallimard's prison cell. All of the
performances are strong, especially
those of Powers, who is outstand-
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and Huff, who plays the protagonist's
womanizing school chum, Marc.
The production is further
enhanced by Sarah Tanner's versatile
set, props by Chelsea Burke, authentic
costumes by Mary Copenhagen and
effective sound (Matt Lira) and light-
ing (Jon Weaver) design.
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