Backstage with the Bardavon

By: Jode Millman
  • Summary

  • Hosts, Mike Harris and Jode Millman, draw back the curtain and invite you backstage at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and UPAC in Kingston, NY for intimate conversations with musicians and performers appearing at the historic venues. Guests include Chris Silva, Executive Director of the Bardavon, Floriana Frassetto, Creator and Artistic Director of Mummenschantz and Mary Stuart Masterson, Actor, Director, Producer and Community Activist. Backstage with the Bardavon is created and co-produced by Patrick J. Watson and Jode Millman.

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Episodes
  • An intimate conversation with Phillipe Petit, master wire-walker
    Feb 16 2022
           We are honored to speak with Phillipe Petit, the incredible wire-walker artist who captivated the world when he walked on a wire between Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in August, 1974. Since then, Phillipe has conquered such structures as the Eiffel Tower, Grand Central Station, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, where he has been artist-in-residence for over 45 years. We caught up with Phillipe, a Hudson Valley resident, as he just completed shooting a new film – Open Practice – at UPAC in Kingston, which gives the audience a front row seat to the origin of Phillipe’s famous walks and moves

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    43 mins
  • Machan Taylor- Legendary Singer, Songwriter, Producer and Professor
    Jan 26 2022
    Today, our very special guest is the legendary American singer and songwriter, Machan Taylor. Having toured internationally with Pink Floyd, Foreigner, Sting, and Government Mule, not to mention working with Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, James Taylor and George Benson, Machan has established herself as a woman who’s passionate about singing, songwriting, the music business, teaching college and producing music. We were lucky enough to catch up with her during a recent break in her busy schedule to discuss her musical and personal accomplishments during the past decades

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    52 mins
  • Damian Darlington, Musical Director, Guitarist and Vocalist for Brit Floyd
    Sep 21 2021
    Our very special guest is Damian Darlington, Musical Director, guitarist and vocalist with the “World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Show”, Brit Floyd. Currently on their post-pandemic tour, Brit Floyd is covering North America, including our own UPAC in Kingston, NY. While staying true to the source material, Brit Floyd stamps their own musical brand on their tribute to Pink Floyd. Their mesmerizing light and video show will amaze, and audiences will be enraptured by the greatest, and some obscure, Pink Floyd hits as only Brit Floyd can present.

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    27 mins

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