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History At Play will stream performances live this spring/summer via Facebook Live!

On June 12, 2020, Naxos will release Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony's world premiere recordings of music by Pulitzer-, GRAMMY- and Grawemeyer-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis (b.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Courtney Sale will teach two new, one-week virtual theatre classes - one for adults and one for youngsters in grades five through eight - in June.

The Marblehead School of Ballet in Marblehead, Massachusetts is helping children, adults, and teenagers relax and reduce their stress during the COVID-19 pandemic through its new virtual classes and lessons.

On Friday afternoon, Boston Baroque learned that, due to the current COVID-19 situation, New England Conservatory made the decision to close Jordan Hall to outside organizations for the entire 2020-2021 concert season.

While its door are temporarily closed, The Museum of Russian (MoRI) invites visitors to take a virtual tour of the museum via two different platforms, Google Arts & Culture, and an in-depth mobile tour that can be accessed at museumofrussianicons.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) has announced a new roster of FSPA Broadway Faculty.

My immediate response to this reading of the play, which had its premiere at Tufts University unfortunately canceled, is that I would love to see how it would change were the actors cast actually artists who use they/them pronouns in their lives.

In two virtual commencement celebrations earlier today, Boston Conservatory at Berklee Executive Director Cathy Young presented honorary doctorates to Tony, Emmy and Grammy winner André De Shields and dance legend Mikhail Baryshnikov.

This July 4, the Boston Pops will present A Boston Pops Salute to Our Heroes to pay tribute to the COVID-19 frontline workers and honor those who have lost their lives during the current health crisis, while also celebrating our diverse nation's founding values of liberty and justice for all.

The epic two-part play THE INHERITANCE; the scorchingly satirical SLAVE PLAY; the devastating drama PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS; the feel-good folk musical BRIGHT STAR; and the beloved musical fable ONCE ON THIS ISLAND will make up SpeakEasy Stage Company's 2020-2021 Season, the company's Founder and Pr

The score is catchy, folksy, and declamatory in a way that fuses rock sounds with medieval sensibilities, and Kaedon Gray as the prophet, Samuel, begins the show with an expository narration worthy of a mystery play.

On Thursday, May 14, at 6:00 p.

On Thursday, May 14, at 6:00 p.

Beginning in darkness with the sounds of the sea, we launch into a film that directly serves as a companion to a well-constructed soundtrack.

Famed Playhouse actress Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952) once said, 'If my experience had taught me anything, it was that, if a thing had to be done, it could be done.

Newton Theatre Company presents its next virtual Radio Hour: War of the Worlds based on the novel by H.

Today, Tuesday, May 5, the Boston Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, released a music video, Summon the Heroes-featuring the work originally composed by John Williams for the 1996 Olympic Games-as a tribute to today's first responders who are providing critical and needed service

MassOpera is presenting its first virtual event: Mother's Day Songs and Shout-outs!

New Repertory Theatre has announced a call for the general public to describe their quarantine experiences for the Quarantine Creatives project.

The Vineyard Gazette has reported that the Capawock and Strand Theatres will go dark for the summer due to the health crisis.

Nationally acclaimed Boston-based vocal artists Lorelei Ensemble and the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform the northeast premiere of composer Julia Wolfe's Her Story, a 40-minute piece for orchestra and women's vocal ensemble, on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 8:00pm; Friday, November 6, 2020 at 1:30

The 2020-21 Boston Symphony Orchestra season, September 16-May 1, has been specially programmed to offer the BSO's most devoted audiences and newcomers alike a fascinating and wide-ranging spectrum of musical styles and periodsa?"awe-inspiring works with an extraordinary potential to move us throu

HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN is being presented as a Mother's Day special on Sunday, May 10 at 8pm.

200 students from the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras took part in a virtual rendition of Beethoven's a?oeOde to Joya??, which was posted online earlier this week.