June 8, 2026 - The 2026 Tony Awards, La CASA in the South End, and Jane Eaglen

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2026 Tony Awards, the opening of La CASA in the South End, and features a conversation with Jane Eaglen on the future of opera.

Co-host Callie Crossley and Maurice Emmanuel Parent, award-winning actor, educator and Producing Artistic Director of The Front Porch Arts Collective , join us to recap the Tony Awards and what Broadway’s biggest night revealed about the state of the industry. Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, CEO of IBA, joins us to discuss La CASA: The Center for Arts, Self-determination and Activism , the largest Latino arts hub in New England, now open in the South End’s Villa Victoria. Grammy-winning soprano Jane Eaglen, a faculty member at New England Conservatory and president of the Boston Wagner Society , returns for another edition of “AI: Actual Intelligence,” with a wide-ranging conversation on how Timothée Chalamet may have done opera a favor, why concert performances matter for opera singers and who will fund opera’s future.

People in this episode

Host: Callie Crossley

Guests: Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, Jane Eaglen

Topics covered

• Tony Awards
• Broadway
• Latino arts
• opera
• activism
• cultural discussion

Keywords

• Tony Awards
• Broadway
• La CASA
• Jane Eaglen
• opera
• activism
• cultural hub
• New England

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Front Porch Arts Collective, IBA, La CASA, New England Conservatory, Boston Wagner Society

Places: South End

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