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August 25, 2026 - Masquerade, Chef Ana Sortun, and Christin Geall on "Flora Culture"

Tony Award–winning director Diane Paulus, Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater, joins us to talk about “Masquerade,” an immersive reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera.” Set in a five-story former department store on West 57th Street, the production turns the Paris Opera House into a candlelit maze of salons, staircases, and hidden rooms, bringing audiences in masks inches from the show’s spectacle and romance. To learn more go here.

James Beard Award-winning chef Ana Sortun has spent more than two decades making the flavors of Turkey and the Eastern…

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