Stephen Fry, in his Lady Bracknell attire, delivered a passage from The Importance of Being Earnest that felt slightly awkward in the context of a variety bill. While Fry’s wit is undisputed, the ...

Just like the character that gives the musical its name, it seems “The Phantom of the Opera” will continue to haunt our theaters. When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical take on Gaston Leroux’s creepy 1909 ...

NORTHAMPTON — As I walked and whistled out of the Academy of Music on Nov. 9, Able Seaman Paul Peelle — still made up for the stage and dressed in stripes of white and Royal Navy blue — reminded me of ...

Just forget the glass slippers (they must have been excruciating to wear), and for goodness’ sake throw out that moldy pumpkin coach. Gioachino Rossini’s (1792-1868) “La Cenerentola,” though funny (it ...

Even more the case than it is with classical ballet, it is important to let contemporary dance come to you. Don’t go looking for an overture, for an “I Want” song or, heaven forbid, a narrator - let ...

Is there another opera as much about ideas as Dialogues of the Carmelites? Suffused with Christian themes, it’s about religion vs. tyranny, fear vs. faith, self vs. sacrifice, about one person’s death ...

Have you ever read one of those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books for children? Written in second person, they allow a reader to make decisions that change the direction of the plot, the next chapter ...

In a cluttered lawyer’s office in Prague, a court case has dragged on for generations. Papers pile up, tempers fray, and then a stranger enters. She is dazzling, remote and eerily well-informed about ...

Dating nightmares make for cynical comedy in Minnesota Opera’s production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” Under Doug Scholz-Carlson’s direction, the ending is put in the hands of the ...

San Diego Opera kicked off its 2025-26 season on Halloween night, where many audience members at the San Diego Civic Theatre showed up in costume, and horror movie-style drama unfolded onstage in ...

While resurrecting the oldest surviving opera, Haymarket Opera and the Newberry Consort built on more recent history. Chicago hosted the American premiere of Jacopo Peri’s “Euridice” in 1967, when ...

Detroit's Music Hall will launch a new Classic Opera Series, its first in more than 30 years. The series premieres on Feb. 28, 2026, with a concert production of Puccini's 'Turandot'. The performance ...