Arts & Life

The Great Gatsby: The Montana Rep Brings An Enigma To Stages Across Montana And The Country

Montana Public Radio | By Beth Anne Austein
Published January 18, 2015 at 5:00 AM MST
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Michael Marsolek talks with Greg Johnson, artistic director of the Montana Repertory Theatre, and actor Mark Kuntz, about the Rep's touring production of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," adapted for stage by Simon Levy. Johnson is the director of the show; Kuntz plays the character of Jay Gatsby.

Montana performances of "The Great Gatsby:"

Missoula: January 23, 24, 29 - 31; February 5-7
Plains: January 26
Bozeman: January 27
Helena: January 28
Dillon: February 2
Butte: February 3
Lewistown: February 4
Billings: February 10

(Broadcast: "Front Row Center," 1/18/15. Listen Sunday mornings at 11:40, or via podcast.)

Arts & LifeGreg JohnsonThe Montana Repertory TheatreThe Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldSimon LevyMark KuntzJay Gatsby
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Beth Anne Austein
Beth Anne Austein has been spinning tunes on the air (The Folk Show, Dancing With Tradition, Freeforms), as well as recording, editing and mixing audio for Montana Public Radio and Montana PBS, since the Clinton Administration. She’s jockeyed faders or "fixed it in post” for The Plant Detective; Listeners Bookstall; Fieldnotes; Musicians Spotlight; The Write Question; Storycorps; Selected Shorts; Bill Raoul’s music series; orchestral and chamber concerts; lecture series; news interviews; and outside producers’ programs about topics ranging from philosophy to ticks.
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