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Vail Daily

Anne-Marie McDermott reflects on 2023 season

July 28, 2023

By Aug. 4, Anne-Marie McDermott and her Bravo! Vail staff will be in need of a little TLC.

“We’re basket-cases by the end of the festival,” McDermott said last month as her 13th summer as artistic director winds down its final week.

“But it’s incredibly satisfying. You know, things have gone well and then you can spend three days in bed catching up on eating and sleeping,” she laughed.

All kidding aside, the seven-week festival has been a rousing success. McDermott felt it was the first “normal” summer since the pandemic.

“It feels like everyone is kind of treating it like a celebration — musicians and audience alike,” she said.