Performing Arts

In the wake of the current pandemic, theatrical performances must try to present the same emotional effect that comes from a live presentation through a different, less visceral medium. One ...

When Ludwig van Beethoven penned his manuscripts, he transformed black ink and white paper into something beyond the ...

Born in 1941 in Argentina, of Argentine and Swiss parentage, Martha Argerich ranks as one of the great ...

“Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic” is like a Disney fairy tale. It’s such an engrossing cinematic spectacle—exhilarating ...

One of Shakespeare’s last plays, “Cymbeline” is considered to be one of his more problematic works. That’s because ...

MOUNT HOPE, New York—Katy Mantyk is a special soul.  The first time I heard her play was at ...

One of the signs of the sickness besetting modern culture is the apparent loss of the grand tradition ...

This Wednesday, May 13 is World Falun Dafa Day. It’s a special day, especially for me. I probably ...

With works ranging from those which have long since attained classic status—such as the 1952 MGM musical "Singin' ...

The title “Jascha Heifetz: The Supreme” of Arkiv’s two-disc Artists of the Century collection, which ranges from Bach ...

COVID-19 has caused so much suffering to so many. One section of the needy population is children, who, ...

It can be a challenge to create a complex portrait of a man when any mention of his ...

With non-essential industries shut down in Australia, private music teachers have been forced to think outside the box ...

Imagine opening night. You’re sitting on a plush red chair and looking out at a gilded stage in a ...

Originally produced by London’s National Theatre of Great Britain back in 2012 and later brought to Broadway's Music ...

CHICAGO—A few weeks ago if one walked into a theater lobby in Chicago, one would hear the sound ...

NEW YORK—Vivian Neuwirth's drama "Mr. Toole” is a fictionalized take on the real-life story of John Kennedy Toole ...

MONTPELLIER, France—On March 10, Shen Yun presented the first performance of the 2020 show at Montpellier in Occitanie, ...

NEW YORK—A young girl, Ellen (Zoe Glick), around 11 years old, enters and sings: "Sometimes you see a ...

NEW YORK—Death statistics should not be simply filed and forgotten. What writers Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen set ...

NEW YORK—Lady Augusta Gregory is a famous name in theater, but not much is generally known about her. ...

NEW YORK— Can two people from completely different worlds find common ground? This is the underlying idea of ...

NEW YORK—Can short stories morph into theatrical entities? British playwright and actor Miles Malleson has theatricalized two short ...

NEW YORK—From the opening exchange between Satan and Beelzebub, Tom Dulack’s script captivates. Dulack’s take on “Paradise Lost” ...

NEW YORK—The great thing about a classic is how, in the right hands, it can be transformed into something ...

NEW YORK—Each of us has links to our past, no matter how we may try to deny them. ...

NEW YORK—Irish Repertory Theatre's downstairs W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre is now presenting a unique offering: It is ...