A good conversation is under way, theater program director Dennis Murphy says, and will continue for some time. Anne E. Schilling makes the idyllic estate where Portia greets her suitors even more idyllic by providing harp accompaniment. Mr. Dubin does not profess to be a musician, but he can find his way around a guitar to sing songs he learned at summer camp as a youngster. He's delighted to be having an opportunity to add dimension to his character, which, as written, is that of a miserly, money-grubbing villain. That isn't true.
Music is an important part of the Jewish culture because of our nomadic history.
Ms. Schilling brought her harp with her to Cincinnati when she joined the festival company at the beginning of this season. I started playing in college. I decided if I was going to be an actor, I should learn an instrument. Music in the Night finally will see the light of a stage for three performances Friday through next Sunday at Northern Kentucky University's Greaves Concert Hall. Bob Fritzsch may have art in his genes.