Host Mike Harris draws back the curtain and brings you backstage at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House that is located in Poughkeepsie, New York. For more than 150 years, notables such as Mark Twain, Frank Sinatra, James Earl Jones, Mary Tyler Moore, Santana, Aretha Franklin, and John Legend have graced its stage.

Since 1994, Chris Silva has been at the helm of the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie, NY. Chris arrived at the Bardavon via Hollywood and Broadway, having served in the capacities of theater manager, and the producer and director of theater and film. As the Associate Director of the Joseph Papp Public Theater, Chris worked with Sam Shepard on the productions of “Fool For Love” and “A Lie of the Mind”, which received the NY Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Award for Best Play. 

Most recently, Chris was instrumental in affiliating the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston, NY with the Bardavon, and oversaw its $10M restoration that was completed in late 2017. Additionally, the Bardavon opened the Hutton Brickyards, also in Kingston, which presented two sold-out Bob Dylan shows in June 2017.

Who better than to begin the Backstage with the Bardavon Podcasts than with Chris Silva.

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