Bard Summerscape

Emily Batsford And Concrete Temple Theatre To Present World Premiere Of CUMULO AT MITU580
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 4, 2026

Emily Batsford and Concrete Temple Theatre will present CUMULO, a nonverbal puppetry piece exploring themes of autonomy and transformation, at MITU580 in Brooklyn from April 15 to May 3.

Review: DALIBOR is Smashing Smetana at Bard’s SummerScape under Botstein
by Richard Sasanow - Aug 2, 2025

Though Bedrich Smetana’s DALIBOR—seen this week at Bard SummmerStage in a wonderful production by Jean-Romain Vesperini, with an ingenious set design by Bruno de Lavenere, a fine cast and the American Symphony Orchestra in impeccable form under Leon Botstein—was reputedly the composer’s favorite among his eight operas, it was a failure at its opening in Prague in 1868. There was never a fully staged production in this country until this current one. (I saw the July 30 matinee.)

RWS Global Appoints Award-Winning Casting Executive Judy Bowman as Vice President, Talent Casting & Recruitment
by Stephi Wild - Jan 23, 2025

RWS Global has hired award-winning casting executive, Judy Bowman, as its new Vice President, Talent Casting & Recruitment. This comes as RWS Global expands turnkey entertainment operations for cruise ships, resorts, theme parks and sporting events.

Review: Bard's LE PROPHETE Makes You Long for 'Brevity' of Wagner's Ring Cycle
by Richard Sasanow - Aug 5, 2024

Saying that Giacomo Meyerbeer’s LE PROPHETE is long is like calling the Grand Canyon a pothole: It doesn’t begin to describe the experience, though they both sometimes have a rocky landscape.

Meyerbeer's LE PROPHETE to Open At Bard SummerScape This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 15, 2024

Meyerbeer’s LE PROPHÈTE will return to the U.S. stage for the first time in 47 years with a new treatment by Christian Räth at Bard SummerScape. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Prestini and Vavrek's Opera SILENT LIGHT to Open National Sawdust's 10th Anniversary Season
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 14, 2024

National Sawdust will open its momentous 10th anniversary season with the world premiere production of Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek's sensual and poetic new opera Silent Light from September 26-29.

Cast Set For Rodgers & Hammerstein's PIPE DREAM at Berkshire Theatre Group
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2024

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced the cast for its upcoming production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Pipe  Dream, a musical tale of love and hope from John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row & Sweet Thursday.

Meet the Cast of OH, MARY!, Beginning Previews Tonight on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Jun 26, 2024

Following its sold out, twice extended world premiere run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the comedy Oh, Mary! is headed to Broadway! Previews begin tonight, June 26, at the Lyceum Theatre. Opening night is set for July 11. The limited 12-week engagement will run through September 15, 2024.

BARD SUMMERSCAPE Opens This Week
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 19, 2024

Highlights of the 8-week Bard SummerScape in NY’s Hudson Valley include Meyerbeer’s opera LE PROPHÈTE and the Bard Music Festival, BERLIOZ & HIS WORLD.

SCAT! THE COMPLEX LIVES OF AL & DOT, DOT & AL ZOLLAR to be Presented At Bard Fisher Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 15, 2024

Urban Bush Women will present SCAT! THE COMPLEX LIVES OF AL & DOT, DOT & AL ZOLLAR, a dynamic performance exploring identity and histor, at Bard Fisher Center. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Elevator Repair Service's ULYSSES to Premiere at Bard Fisher Center This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2024

The Fisher Center at Bard will kick off its 2024 SummerScape festival with the world premiere of Ulysses. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Elizabeth Marvel to Star in US Premiere of MEDEA at Red Bull Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 6, 2024

Join Elizabeth Marvel in MEDEA, a unique adaptation by Ben Power, directed by Daniel Fish, as part of Red Bull Theater's 20th Anniversary Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Bard Music Festival Presents BERLIOZ & HIS WORLD In August
by A.A. Cristi - May 2, 2024

This August, the Bard Music Festival returns for its 34th season with an intensive two-week exploration of “Berlioz and His World.” In eleven themed concert programs, the festival examines the life and times of visionary French composer Hector Berlioz, whose grand-scale works, startling sonorities, and advanced literary leanings helped redefine musical Romanticism.

Meyerbeer's LE PROPHETE Comes to SummerScape
by Stephi Wild - Apr 18, 2024

As a highlight of the 2024 Bard SummerScapefestival, the Fisher Center at Bard presents the first new American production in almost five decades of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Le prophète, an all-too-topical grand opera in which religion, politics, and power collide.

Urban Bush Women To Present THE LEGACY + LINEAGE + LIBERATION TOUR
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 19, 2024

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Urban Bush Women, a Black women-led dance company, with their national tour, Legacy + Lineage + Liberation. Experience iconic works and new pieces that explore equity, justice, and identity.