Steve Smith
@nightafternight.bsky.social
Proud papa. @bambrooklyn.bsky.social senior copywriter. New music on stage and on record: https://nightafternight.substack.com [he/him/his]
Agenda: Les Arts Florissants performing Christmas works by Charpentier at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social (a.k.a. the office).
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Agenda: Les Arts Florissants performing Christmas works by Charpentier at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social (a.k.a. the office).
Solea Pfeiffer stands proudly and sings beautifully as Ophelia… and melts down explosively.
November 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Solea Pfeiffer stands proudly and sings beautifully as Ophelia… and melts down explosively.
Hot damn, Hamlet's confrontation with Gertrude (Lorraine Toussaint) goes HARD in this production.
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hot damn, Hamlet's confrontation with Gertrude (Lorraine Toussaint) goes HARD in this production.
Finally streaming Kenny Leon's 2023 Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Hamlet,' set in modern-day Atlanta. Great cast with Ato Blankson-Wood as an unreadable, unsettling prince, John Douglas Thompson uncommonly sympathetic as Claudius. Streaming free through 12/31. www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/h...
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Finally streaming Kenny Leon's 2023 Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Hamlet,' set in modern-day Atlanta. Great cast with Ato Blankson-Wood as an unreadable, unsettling prince, John Douglas Thompson uncommonly sympathetic as Claudius. Streaming free through 12/31. www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/h...
Playlist, cont.:
Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst
Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn… and We Are Gathered
(2/2)
Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst
Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn… and We Are Gathered
(2/2)
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Playlist, cont.:
Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst
Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn… and We Are Gathered
(2/2)
Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst
Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn… and We Are Gathered
(2/2)
Started a new tradition yesterday: Black Metal Friday.
Playlist:
Venom - Black Metal
Bathory - Bathory
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Mayhem - De Mysteriis dom Sathanas… (1/2)
Playlist:
Venom - Black Metal
Bathory - Bathory
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Mayhem - De Mysteriis dom Sathanas… (1/2)
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Started a new tradition yesterday: Black Metal Friday.
Playlist:
Venom - Black Metal
Bathory - Bathory
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Mayhem - De Mysteriis dom Sathanas… (1/2)
Playlist:
Venom - Black Metal
Bathory - Bathory
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Mayhem - De Mysteriis dom Sathanas… (1/2)
Profoundly beautiful show by claire rousay and band (Alex Cunningham, Lia Kohl, Mari Maurice, Wendy Eisenberg) with guest poet LA Warman at Powerhouse.
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Profoundly beautiful show by claire rousay and band (Alex Cunningham, Lia Kohl, Mari Maurice, Wendy Eisenberg) with guest poet LA Warman at Powerhouse.
Transfixing opening set by Kelly Moran at Powerhouse… upright piano engulfed in electronic ambiance and samples.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Transfixing opening set by Kelly Moran at Powerhouse… upright piano engulfed in electronic ambiance and samples.
The stage set for a concert in the round.
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The stage set for a concert in the round.
Agenda: claire rousay with Kelly Moran at Powerhouse Arts.
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Agenda: claire rousay with Kelly Moran at Powerhouse Arts.
Been getting pretty deeply into mainstream DC comics lately, perhaps because straightforward conflict between good and evil appeals just now. Tiptoeing gingerly into the DC Finest line with the titles below—and wishing one could cast votes for future volumes. Starman (Jack Knight)! Birds of Prey!
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Been getting pretty deeply into mainstream DC comics lately, perhaps because straightforward conflict between good and evil appeals just now. Tiptoeing gingerly into the DC Finest line with the titles below—and wishing one could cast votes for future volumes. Starman (Jack Knight)! Birds of Prey!
Sure to be one of NEXT season's more memorable events: a 3.5 hour immersive realization of 'Music for 18 Musicians' by Steve Reich and Musicians, Alarm Will Sound, and student musicians in the Park Avenue Armory Drill Hall. Happening next October, on sale now. www.armoryonpark.org/season-event...
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Sure to be one of NEXT season's more memorable events: a 3.5 hour immersive realization of 'Music for 18 Musicians' by Steve Reich and Musicians, Alarm Will Sound, and student musicians in the Park Avenue Armory Drill Hall. Happening next October, on sale now. www.armoryonpark.org/season-event...
Fabulous afternoon with the Poiesis Quartet at Caramoor with a full bill of modern and new pieces… and a very sweet encore arrangement of Debussy for four violins. Will definitely be coming back for more.
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fabulous afternoon with the Poiesis Quartet at Caramoor with a full bill of modern and new pieces… and a very sweet encore arrangement of Debussy for four violins. Will definitely be coming back for more.
Agenda, continued.
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Agenda, continued.
This week's Night After Night playlist of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears last week includes selections by the Telegraph String Quartet, Dizgo, Pat Thomas, Rosalía (OF COURSE), Mayhem, and plenty plenty more. nightafternight.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This week's Night After Night playlist of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears last week includes selections by the Telegraph String Quartet, Dizgo, Pat Thomas, Rosalía (OF COURSE), Mayhem, and plenty plenty more. nightafternight.com/2025/11/10/p...
Savoring the fabulous Aralee Dorough in her final performance as longtime Principal Flutist of the Houston Symphony via ticketed livestream… and how absolutely appropriate that the program’s begun with Claude Debussy’s ‘Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.’
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Savoring the fabulous Aralee Dorough in her final performance as longtime Principal Flutist of the Houston Symphony via ticketed livestream… and how absolutely appropriate that the program’s begun with Claude Debussy’s ‘Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.’
Sumptuous Debussy to finish the Ivalas program, including a truly blissful Andantino. An ideal performance and exactly what I was looking for. Truly grateful for the Peoples’ Symphony Concerts series, shockingly affordable since 1900.
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Sumptuous Debussy to finish the Ivalas program, including a truly blissful Andantino. An ideal performance and exactly what I was looking for. Truly grateful for the Peoples’ Symphony Concerts series, shockingly affordable since 1900.
Agenda: Ivalas Quartet playing compositions by Derrick Skye, Alban Berg, and Claude Debussy, presented by Peoples’ Symphony Concerts at High School of Fashion Industries.
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Agenda: Ivalas Quartet playing compositions by Derrick Skye, Alban Berg, and Claude Debussy, presented by Peoples’ Symphony Concerts at High School of Fashion Industries.
A positively blessed night to come back on Bluesky, especially while listening to Donna Jean singing with Dead & Co. at the one that got away: Fenway Park, July 15, 2016. #NeededAMiracle
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A positively blessed night to come back on Bluesky, especially while listening to Donna Jean singing with Dead & Co. at the one that got away: Fenway Park, July 15, 2016. #NeededAMiracle
No exaggeration to say Kiss is responsible for my entire career. Feeling gutted now like I always knew I would be when the first of them moved on. And Ace was the only one I ever got to interview… still kinda don't believe it really happened.
Thank you, and safe travels among the stars. #RIPitOut
Thank you, and safe travels among the stars. #RIPitOut
October 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
No exaggeration to say Kiss is responsible for my entire career. Feeling gutted now like I always knew I would be when the first of them moved on. And Ace was the only one I ever got to interview… still kinda don't believe it really happened.
Thank you, and safe travels among the stars. #RIPitOut
Thank you, and safe travels among the stars. #RIPitOut
PSA: I snapped back into journalist mode recently for an episode of the podcast Big Ears: Conversations About Music, chatting up composer/performer Lisa Bielawa ahead of premiere performances of 'Knoxville Broadcast' this Friday and Saturday in Knoxville. Here's where to find it: pod.link/1795714457
October 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
PSA: I snapped back into journalist mode recently for an episode of the podcast Big Ears: Conversations About Music, chatting up composer/performer Lisa Bielawa ahead of premiere performances of 'Knoxville Broadcast' this Friday and Saturday in Knoxville. Here's where to find it: pod.link/1795714457