Review: THE SORCERER at Winter Opera
by Steve Callahan - Nov 11, 2025
Gina Galati’s delightful Winter Opera company has opened its season with a revival of a rarely seen Gilbert and Sullivan show—The Sorcerer. It premiered in 1877, the first of the grandly popular series of light operas by G & S in which the authors had total control over casting and staging.
The Fonteyn 2025 Guest Performances Revealed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 29, 2025
The Royal Academy of Dance has revealed the guest performances for The Fonteyn 2025 competition final which takes place at Auditório Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Review: SALOME at Union Avenue Opera
by Steve Callahan - Aug 18, 2025
Kelly Slawson brings a dazzlingly powerful, beautiful voice to the title role. It’s an unforgettable triumph in a real tour de force.
The History of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Jun 7, 2025
A new version of the classic, The Pirates of Penzance, is currently commanding the stage at Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre on 42nd Street—formerly the American Airlines and before that, the Selwyn. This revisal of the beloved show is titled: Pirates! The Penzance Musical.
Orion Weiss Releases First Single From ARC III: Brahms, Schubert, Debussy, Dohnányi, Ligeti, Talma
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 22, 2024
xOn Friday, February 21, 2025, acclaimed pianist Orion Weiss will release his new album, Arc III: Brahms, Schubert, Debussy, Dohnányi, Ligeti, Talma on First Hand Records. Listen to the first single now.
Violinist Elizabeth Chang Releases New Album 'Sonatas & Myths' With Pianist Steven Beck
by Josh Sharpe - May 17, 2024
Sonatas and Myths, the new album from violinist Elizabeth Chang, is out now from Bridge Records. Recorded with her longtime collaborator pianist Steven Beck, Sonatas and Myths features a collection of three seminal works from the early 20th century – Karol Szymanowski’s Mythes: Trois Poèmes, Op. 30 from 1915; Ernst von Dohnányi’s Violin Sonata in C# Minor, Op. 21 from 1912; and Béla Bartók’s Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano from 1921. Listen to the album!
Live Arts Expectations 2023-24 Season To Open In Downtown Charlottesville This September
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 1, 2023
Live Arts Theater has announced a dynamic lineup of four plays, a powerhouse musical, and a new works festival for its 2023/24 Expectations Season. The 33rd anniversary season opens with Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA performed in rotating repertory with LIFE SUCKS. by Aaron Posner, followed by a holiday offering-the sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice-MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. The Tony award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS hits the Live Arts stage in the new year, with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein, followed by the Virginia premiere of the powerful two-hander FIREFLIES by Donja R. Love. The Expectations Season closes with the return of the Live Arts WATERWORKS festival, a month-long celebration of new theatrical works that brought in more than 600 submissions and engaged hundreds of volunteers during its inaugural year.
Review: THE UNITED UKRAINIAN BALLET - SWAN LAKE
by Josh Stent - Oct 23, 2022
What an absolute honour it was to watch The United Ukrainian Ballet’s production of Swan Lake. The experience truly felt like a moment in history. This production of Swan Lake not only allows audiences to reconnect with a beloved ballet favourite, but to also see the story’s themes through the lens of the current situation in Ukraine.
Cathedral Of Saint John The Divine Presents An Organ, Violin And Dance Ensemble Performance, April 26
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 18, 2022
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine's Great Music in a Great Space concert series presents a performance by Organ Scholar Samuel Kuffuor-Afriyie, Minster of Music at The Brick Presbyterian Church Raymond Nagem, violinist Monica Davis, and Ensemble 1047 Dance Collective—featuring Chase Buntrock, Runako Campbell, Mio Ishikawa, and Kevin Pajarillaga—on Tuesday, April 26 at 7:30pm at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street).
Lunar New Year Goes Virtual With Launch Of VIRTUAL MOCA FEST 2021
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2021
The Museum of Chinese in America has announced VIRTUAL MOCA FEST 2021, MOCA's month-long celebration of free Lunar New Year programming now streaming live or on-demand via digital, online and social media platforms to welcome the Year of the Gold Ox and kick off the year 4719 on the Chinese calendar!
SWAN LAKE Comes to The Kennedy Center
by Stephi Wild - Mar 10, 2020
The Washington Ballet will return to The Kennedy Center for a two week run of the full-length classic Swan Lake April 9-19.
BWW Review: SWAN LAKE, Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 24, 2020
As part of the 243rd season of the iconic ballet company, several productions by the Bolshoi Ballet are again being broadcast on cinema screens across sixty countries. As one of seven of these ballets, Swan Lake is surely the most iconic, having debuted at the Bolshoi theatre in 1877. Tchaikovsky's incredibly evocative score wasn't enough to secure initial success, but for many people today, Swan Lake is ballet.
Author Nell Painter Appointed Chair Of MacDowell Colony
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2020
Nell Painter, the author of The New York Times bestseller The History of White People and the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Old In Art School, is The MacDowell Colony's new chairman of the board. She takes over from novelist and screenwriter Michael Chabon, who has held the post of chairman at one the nation's leading contemporary arts organizations since December of 2010. The board unanimously appointed Painter at a meeting earlier this month.
WORKS & PROCESS, The Performing Arts Series At The Guggenheim, Announces Spring 2020 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 25, 2019
Works & Process at the Guggenheim has announced its spring 2020 season. Since 1984, the performing arts series has championed new works and offered audiences unprecedented access to leading creators. The intimate Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Peter B. Lewis Theater is the venue for these seventy-minute programs that explorethe creative process through stimulating discussions and riveting performance highlights. One-of-a-kind productions created for the Guggenheim's rotunda offer a unique experience of the landmark museum. Additional information is available at worksandprocess.org.
Segerstrom Center Presents The Tak Cs Quartet
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 28, 2019
The Tak cs Quartet returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts on February 28, 2019 at 8:00pm. The ensemble, considered to be one of the world's greatest string quartets, welcomed second violinist Harumi Rhodes earlier this year following the retirement of founding member K roly Schranz. Quartet members include Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes, violins; Geraldine Walther, viola; and Andr s Fej r, cello.
Segerstrom Center Presents The Tak Cs Quartet
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 21, 2019
The Tak cs Quartet returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts on February 28, 2019 at 8:00pm. The ensemble, considered to be one of the world's greatest string quartets, welcomed second violinist Harumi Rhodes earlier this year following the retirement of founding member K roly Schranz. Quartet members include Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes, violins; Geraldine Walther, viola; and Andr s Fej r, cello.
Park ICM & KC Chamber Announce Two Valentine's Concerts
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 18, 2019
Stanislav Ioudenitch, Artistic Director at Park International Center for Music, announced Friday that Park ICM is offering not one, but two Valentines concerts. “If you are a classical music lover, we have a veritable buffet to choose from during Valentine's week. You can snuggle up with your loved one in the intimate 1900 Building on Saturday with Ben and Lolita and then enjoy all that downtown Kansas City has to offer at The Folly Theater on Wednesday with our magnificent soloists and the Chamber Orchestra,” exclaimed Ioudenitch. “What more could you wish for to celebrate Valentine's Day?”