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Porgy and Bess is a famous 'folk opera' created by George Gershwin, with a libretto by DuBose Heyward and lyrics by DuBose and Ira Gershwin. The work chronicles the life of a Black community on Catfish Row in Charleston and is known for its fusion of operatic elements with American folk music, jazz, and blues. The story focuses on the love between Porgy, a disabled beggar, and Bess, a woman seeking a better life.

El 27 de agosto a las 19 horas, el Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (MACG), del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), recibirá al público con una sesión de performance y cine expandido. La actividad tiene como objetivo crear una experiencia inmersiva y explorar el concepto de “imagen operativa”.

Dances Patrelle will hold auditions for young dancers for its 29th annual production of The Yorkville Nutcracker on Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21, 2025 at Ballet Academy East (1651 Third Avenue, Third Floor, NYC).

Directed by Jason Sirois, The Importance of Being Earnest stars Damien Hartzell as Jack, Margaret Stall as Gwendolen, Jasper Hammer as Algernon, Samara Cain-Burrow as Cecily, Jennifer Ann White as Miss Prism, Jarrod Kopp as Rev. Chasuble, Lori Bryant as Lady Bracknell, and Nicholas Edward Bushta as Lane/Merriman.

Film Forum will present the US premiere of AN OFFICER AND A SPY, directed by Roman Polanski, on Friday, August 8. The movie had its world premiere at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize.

Fiennes captures the voice and gait of actor-manager Sir Henry Irving and Miranda Raison conveys the intuitive nature of actress Ellen Terry in a superb production by director Jeremy Herrin in Fiennes' new season at Theatre Royal Bath.

Spoleto Festival USA's bipolar weekend of WHITE BOX and POLAR BEAR & PENGUIN was an admirable pairing for young and old -but not as grippingly theatrical as the world premiere staging of Benjamin Britten's opera, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, retelling the ghostly Henry James novella under the direction of Rodula Gaitanou

Don’t miss 2025 Season opener for The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ). Oscar Wilde’s beloved comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, impeccably directed by the theatre’s Artistic Director Brian Crowe, is onstage through June 1.

The Maison symphonique de Montréal will resonate with the grand finale of the 10th season of the Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur des Mélomanes (OPCM) on May 24 at 7:30 PM.

Music Director Leon Botstein conducts the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) in a rare performance of Strauss' first opera, Guntram, at Carnegie Hall on Friday, June 6 at 8 pm. 

The Importance of Being Earnest was Oscar Wilde’s last and most famous play, a brilliant farce that satirizes Victorian society. It premiered on February 14, 1895, at the St. James Theatre in London.

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), in partnership with Odyssey Opera, will present the New England premiere of Frederick Douglass at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall on Friday, June 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. 

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), in partnership with Odyssey Opera, will present the New England premiere of Frederick Douglass at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall on Friday, June 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. 

The internationally known ensemble Signum Quartet will return to Princeton to perform on the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO)'s new chamber music series at Trinity Church.

Starring Miguel Falabella, the musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (Uma Coisa Engraçada Aconteceu a Caminho do Forum, in portuguese) is a huge success that is getting a Brazilian production for the first time.

On April 25 and 26, Ballet Theatre of Maryland will present Swan Lake at Maryland Hall for the Arts. Swan Lake is a significant work of the ballet repertory. BTM is honored to close its 2024-2025 mainstage season with this production.

Pontine Theatre's 24-25 Performance Season will continue14-30 March with SOJOURNER STORIES: New Englanders in Nature. The cast of Sojourner Stories features Pontine Artistic Co-Directors, Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers. Mr. Gathers creates all the sets and properties for Pontine's productions. 

Después de su exitosa presentación y llenos totales en el Auditorio Nacional y Palacio de Bellas Artes en 2024, la magia, pasión, amor y tragedia se apoderarán nuevamente del escenario de Palacio de Bellas Artes, en donde la Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), revivirá una de las obras más icónicas de la danza: Lago de los cisnes, en una nueva adaptación coreográfica de Cuauhtémoc Nájera que se basa en las originales de Marius Petipa y Lev Ivanov, con música de Piotr Ilich Chaikovski, en la que, en dos actos y cuatro escenas, participa todo el elenco de la Compañía.

VALENTINE'S PRE-GAME WITH SMALL BOAT is a two-show series presented by Small Boat Productions LLC ahead of the February celebration of love. Learn more here!

Pi Theatre will continue its foray into original work with the world premiere of A Taste of Hong Kong by Anonymous, presented in association with Vancouver Asian Theatre Company (vAct).

Boston Ballet will present Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake, an epic story that brings the best of classical ballet to the stage. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Twenty-five films have been selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2024 due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has announced.

For their 48th season, the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre has revealed the cast for the world premiere of MY MAN KONO. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), mediante Extensión Cultural, invitan al ciclo de lectura en voz alta ¿Quieres que te lo lea otra vez?, este sábado 23 de noviembre a las 12:00 h en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes. 

Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival has revealed its 2025 festival 'Letters and Notes' at the Dimenna Center in New York City. See full programming and see how to purchase tickets.