07 Jul 2009

Coming Up Big in a Tiny Space — The Castleton Festival Stages 'Turn of the Screw'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/05/AR2009070502601.html?hpid=artsliving

By Anne Midgette [Washington Post, 6 July 2009]

CASTLETON, Va., July 5 — When Lorin Maazel, 79, built his home theater here, about 60 miles from Washington, he probably didn’t envision that he would be inviting quite so many people over to watch performances. A “home theater” for Maazel denotes not a private movie screen but an honest-to-goodness stage, orchestra pit and two levels of audience seating.