theatre
The power of music: Alexander the Great and Handel in wartime
April 20, 2016Handel composed Alexander's Feast in early 1736; it became one of his most popular and most often revived works during his lifetime.
Read more“Rosenkavalier”: A still-felt operatic kiss to a dying empire
March 17, 2016"The Chevalier of the Rose," which premiered in Dresden in 1911, is Richard Strauss's best known and most loved opera.
Read moreBullets and broken hearts over Broadway
January 22, 2016So, a Marxist walks into a theater to watch a fluffy new musical set in the 1930s - and leaves with a big wide smile across his face.
Read moreScreamscape: The timely play “Dreamscape” about police killings
April 30, 2015"Dreamscape" is an urgent, ripped-from-the-headlines story about a police shooting of a young Black person.
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