London Smash 'Two Guvnors' Comes To Broadway
If you weren't a college theater major, you can be forgiven for not knowing much about commedia dell'arte, the 500-year-old theatrical tradition that Carlo Goldoni used for his comedy The Servant of...
View ArticleA (Very) Young Composer Gets His Chance At The New York Philharmonic
What would it be like if you were 10 years old and composed a piece of music that was played by the New York Philharmonic? For a few New York City school kids, including one fifth-grader, it's a dream...
View ArticleAfter Two Years, Gifted Classical Students Leave The Nest
The odds of making it in the classical music business are long, but for the past two years, 25-year-old viola player Nathan Schram has received a stipend, health insurance, lots of amazing performance...
View ArticleTanglewood: Celebrating Beethoven In The Backwoods For 75 Years
It now seems like a natural rite of summer — open-air classical music festivals where audiences can hear great music while picnicking under the stars. But 75 years ago, when the Boston Symphony first...
View Article'Oklahoma!' Actress Celeste Holm Dies At 95
Academy Award-winning actress Celeste Holm has died. A star on both stage and screen, Holm was best known for roles in Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve and Oklahoma! She was 95.Holm died early...
View ArticleGathering Of The Viols: The 50th Annual Viola Da Gamba Conclave
Viola da gamba players are a special breed — a tiny subset in the already small world of early classical music. They rarely meet their own kind, but once a year they come together for a week in July at...
View ArticleIn New York, Two Big Arts Institutions Go Small
Lincoln Center represents New York culture with a capital C. The Brooklyn Academy of Music, or BAM, across the river, has long presented scrappy alternative programming. But both recognize that to...
View ArticleShorts Inspire Music In 'Sounding Beckett' Trilogy
It all began last year, when the Library of Congress presented Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu alongside a piece of music by composer Dina Koston, which responded to the text. A New York group, the...
View ArticleDuring Lockout Season, Orchestra Musicians Grapple With Their Future
It's been a tumultuous time for American orchestras. Labor disputes have shut down the Minnesota Orchestra and Indianapolis Symphony, and strikes and lockouts have affected orchestras in Chicago,...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Orchestra Reboots With New Music Director
Everywhere you look right now, it seems like American symphony orchestras are fighting for their lives — strikes, lockouts, bankruptcy. Perhaps the biggest example is the world-renowned Philadelphia...
View ArticleJohn Williams' Inevitable Themes
For more than 50 years, John Williams' music has taken us to galaxies far, far away through adventures here on earth, made us feel giddy joy and occasionally scared us to death.He might be the most...
View ArticleThe Peony Pavilion: A Vivid Dream In A Garden
The Peony Pavilion is one of China's most famous operas, but uncut performances of this romantic 16th century work can take more than 22 hours. Chinese composer Tan Dun, who's best known for his...
View ArticleAnonymous 4 Marks A Milestone Year, Together And Alone
As of this year, the vocal group Anonymous 4 has been introducing modern audiences to medieval music for a quarter century. When the all-female quartet asked David Lang to help mark the occasion by...
View ArticleBroadway's Profit-Turning, Crowd-Pleasing Christmas Story
The Christmas season is when retailers make the bulk of their profits, Hollywood blockbusters rake it in, and Broadway theaters are filled to capacity. In recent seasons, Broadway has even staged...
View ArticleA Vet's Haunted Homecoming In 'Water By The Spoonful'
The cliche about writers is they should write what they know, and that old saw has certainly worked for Quiara Alegria Hudes. The 35-year-old playwright has mined her Puerto Rican family's stories into...
View ArticleA Cooler Roof For A New 'Cat'
There are certain classic American plays that are revived on Broadway every decade or so, to let a new generation of actors and audiences discover them. Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning...
View ArticleThe Composer Who Tested Fighter Planes And Partied With Sinatra
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View Article25 Years Strong, 'Phantom Of The Opera' Kills And Kills Again
The longest-running Broadway musical ever, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, celebrated Saturday another milestone: its 25th anniversary.When it all started Jan. 26, 1988, Ronald Reagan...
View ArticleGrand Central, A Cathedral For Commuters, Celebrates 100
Friday marks the day that 100 years ago, Grand Central Terminal opened its doors for business for the very first time. The largest railroad terminal in the world, the magnificent Beaux-Arts building is...
View Article'Don't Underestimate The Guts' Of This Modern Leading Lady
This weekend, a new adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein television classic Cinderella opens on Broadway. It stars Laura Osnes, the ingenue of the moment. But Osnes' career path has had an unusual...
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