Classic Arts Articles
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Classic Arts Features
By Karissa Krenz | 09/17/2021The orchestra reunites with audiences in a season like none before. -
Film & TV News
By Andrew Gans | 09/17/2021The stage adaptation of the 1948 classic film earned two Olivier Awards.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/16/2021The music director has led the orchestra since 2018.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/16/2021The New York production, starring Will Liverman (soon to appear in the Met's Fire Shut Up in My Bones), will open in 2023.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/16/2021Terence Blanchard’s work marks the first opera by a Black composer to be performed at the New York institution.
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Film & TV News
By Andrew Gans | 09/14/2021Tony nominee Joshua Bergasse directs and choreographs the evening featuring Kelli O'Hara, Joshua Henry, Tony Yazbeck, and more.
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Classic Arts Features
By David Gewirtzman | 09/13/2021The opera and ballet fans' guide to where they can view live broadcasts.
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Classic Arts News
By Dan Meyer | 09/07/2021Highlights include a new work by Drew Dollaz, a performance of Julius Eastman’s Femenine, and the return of the Uptown Nights Series.
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Regional News
By Talaura Harms | 09/02/2021Plus, watch Deaf West Theatre in the official video for the song "You're All I Need to Get By" from the CODA film soundtrack.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/20/2021The first post-shutdown performance at the Met will feature soloists Ailyn Pérez, Elīna Garanča, Matthew Polenzani, and Eric Owens.
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Chicago News
By Andrew Gans | 08/17/2021The new protocol will go into effect September 1 and continue throughout the year.
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Regional News
By Andrew Gans | 08/12/2021The requirement for audiences, artists, and staff is effective beginning September 1.
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Industry News
By Dan Meyer | 08/03/2021The theatre leader is currently associate artistic director at Off-Broadway's Public Theater.
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News
By Felicia Fitzpatrick | 07/28/2021The prominent choreographer and founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is the subject of the new documentary Ailey.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Ryan McPhee | 07/27/2021The four-week showcase will feature over 450 artists across 160 varied performances.
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Film & TV Features
By Andrew Gans | 07/23/2021Jamila Wignot’s film evokes Ailey’s memories through archival footage and audio recordings.
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Awards
By Andrew Gans | 07/21/2021Recipients will be honored in December during a celebration of the arts to be filmed for subsequent TV broadcast.
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Classic Arts News
By Dan Meyer | 07/19/2021Renée Fleming in Le Nozze di Figaro, Anna Netrebko in Il Trovatore, and more opera favorites will close out the series.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 07/15/2021The Lina Lapelyte piece will make its U.S. debut at BAM, having debuted at the Venice Biennale in 2019.
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Encores! News
By Andrew Gans | 07/13/2021The previously announced Encores! series includes The Tap Dance Kid, The Life, and Into the Woods.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 07/12/2021Catch classic performances of Tosca, La Fanciulla del West, La Bohème, and more.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 07/06/2021The NYC house intends to reopen in September.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer | 07/04/2021The TV concert special airs July 4 on PBS.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Talaura Harms | 06/30/2021John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's Hedwig tribute Return to the Origin of Love will run in NYC later this year.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Talaura Harms | 06/30/2021Amber Iman, Daniel J. Watts, Shaina Taub, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Jose Llana, and Crystal Monee Hall are just a few of the performers included in the lineups for the two festivals.
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Opera
By Ryan McPhee | 06/28/2021The latest Nightly Met Streams lineup includes Nico Muhly’s Marnie and Philip Glass’ Satyagraha and Akhnaten.
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Awards
By Andrew Gans | 06/25/2021Awards are presented in the fields of dance and theatre.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 06/21/2021The Nightly Met Streams series continues with The Exterminating Angel, Rusalka, and more.
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San Francisco Theatre
By Dan Meyer | 06/17/2021Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, Sarah Ruhl, and Dipika Guha will also develop works at the Bay Area company.
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Special Features
By Dan Meyer | 06/17/2021Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Carnegie Hall, and more offer tributes to enjoy from home.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 06/15/2021As David Geffen Hall undergoes renovations, the orchestra will perform at other venues throughout the entire season.
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Opera
By Ryan McPhee | 06/14/2021Rigoletto and Idomeneo probably don’t deserve mugs or ties. But watch their operas anyway.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Dan Meyer | 06/09/2021The in-person performance is available to live stream from home.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Ryan McPhee | 06/08/2021The music institution’s re-opening season will also include a citywide Afrofuturism festival and a Perspectives series from Jon Batiste and Leonidas Kavakos.
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Opera
By Ryan McPhee | 06/07/2021The lineup also includes La Sonnambula, Falstaff, and Faust.
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Playbill Universe
By Andrew Gans | 06/06/2021Recipients, who also include Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, and Midori, were honored in May at the Washington, D.C., venue.
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Dance News
By Talaura Harms | 05/27/2021The work celebrating the return of summer runs June 18-27.
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Theatre Alternatives
By Logan Culwell-Block | 05/26/2021The project showcases Adam Guettel's song cycle as a series of short films.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 05/24/2021The Nightly Met Streams series continues with works by Strauss, Rossini, Massenet, and more.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Dan Meyer | 05/19/2021The midtown summer series returns June 9.
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Industry News
By Talaura Harms, Dan Meyer | 05/17/2021Plus, winners have been selected for the 2021 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.
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Film & TV News
By Andrew Gans | 05/14/2021The Songs of Hope and Unity concert also features The American Pops Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Luke Frazier.
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Broadway News
By Andrew Gans | 05/13/2021The Broadway musical and Off-Broadway opera had originally been slated for spring 2020.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Dan Meyer | 05/11/2021I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me is conceived and curated by Carl Hancock Rux.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 05/10/2021Ten singers will compete for cash prizes of $20,000 in the May 16 stream.
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Film & TV Features
By Dan Meyer | 05/10/2021The project showcases Adam Guettel's song cycle as a series of short films.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Andrew Gans | 05/10/2021The initiative to kick start the performing arts sector on the cultural campus also features an evening with Jose Llana later this month.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer | 05/04/2021Tony winner Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise will host the special presentation.
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Special Features
By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/03/2021Chita Rivera, Camille A. Brown, and more share how the choreographer, who passed away May 2 at age 86, impacted Broadway and beyond.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 05/03/2021For when flowers just won’t cut it, there’s Elektra and Agrippina.
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