Classic Arts Articles
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Regional News
By Andrew Gans, Dan Meyer, Ryan McPhee | 09/29/2020Plus: Watch Alex Brightman reprise his Beetlejuice for young audiences. -
Opera
By Ryan McPhee | 09/29/2020The late Supreme Court justice, an avid opera enthusiast, said the Beethoven opera gave her "the greatest hope for the future."
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/28/2020Plus: A new grant program has named 20 arts organizations "America's Cultural Treasures."
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/28/2020This week's Nightly Met Streams roster includes two stagings of Le Nozze di Figaro, including a 1998 performance starring Renée Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, and Bryn Terfel.
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Industry News
By Andrew Gans, Ryan McPhee, Dan Meyer | 09/24/2020Plus, watch over 50 Broadway actors—including Carolee Carmello, Ali Ewoldt, and Aisha de Haas—join forces for "The Soul of the Nation" music video.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/24/2020The New York City venue previously canceled all in-person programming through 2020.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/23/2020The New York institution aims to reopen in Fall 2021 with Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, marking the first work by a Black composer to play the Met.
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Classic Arts Features
By David Gewirtzman | 09/23/2020The opera and ballet fans' guide to where they can view live broadcasts.
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Film & TV News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/22/2020Cooper will also direct the Netflix project.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/22/2020Teatro Real’s performance of Un Ballo in Maschera was suspended September 20 after a delayed start and two attempts to resume.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/21/2020The Nightly Met Streams series enters its 28th week.
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Industry News
By Andrew Gans, Dan Meyer | 09/18/2020Plus, check out the video launching Abingdon Theatre Company's #IWill Campaign with Judy Kuhn, Felicia Boswell, Kate Baldwin, and more.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer | 09/16/2020From stepping in Baltimore to Justin Peck at NYCB, a diverse range of films exploring dance are currently available to watch.
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Awards
By Andrew Gans, Ryan McPhee, Dan Meyer | 09/15/2020Plus: Applications are now open for The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program, a new initiative to help behind-the-scenes BIPOC theatre students.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/15/2020The tribute from Black Opera Productions honors the late soprano on what would have been her 75th birthday.
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Benefits and Galas
By Ryan McPhee | 09/14/2020For the Love of Lyric, also featuring opera stars Ailyn Pérez, Soloman Howard, and J'Nai Bridges, premiered September 13.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/14/2020Plus: Learn about the Guggenheim's "Creative Bubble" residencies.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 09/14/2020Stream Donizetti, Rossini, and Bellini favorites this week.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Andrew Gans, Dan Meyer | 09/11/2020Plus: Watch Hamilton Tony nominee Christopher Jackson perform an inspiring 9/11 tribute at the U.S. Open.
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Dance News
By Dan Meyer | 09/10/2020Choreographer Justin Peck will debut a new ballet set to Chris Thile’s “Thank You, New York.”
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Industry News
By Andrew Gans, Ryan McPhee, Dan Meyer | 09/09/2020Plus, check out Running Lines, a new web series about auditioning in the New York theatre scene.
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Opera
By Ryan McPhee | 09/07/2020The Nightly Met Streams series goes all-French this week with titles by Massenet, Bizet, and more.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Andrew Gans, Ryan McPhee, Dan Meyer | 09/03/2020Plus: Aladdin star Telly Leung offers a virtual concert September 3.
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Dance News
By Playbill Staff | 09/01/2020The 20th anniversary event will support American Ballet Theatre's Crisis Relief Fund.
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Classic Arts News
By Playbill Staff | 08/31/2020Plus, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi unveils a lineup including two dance pieces from Aakash Odedra.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/31/2020The company celebrates 20th-century classics in the 25th week of its Nightly Met Streams series.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/28/2020The September 15 event honoring the late soprano will feature such artists as J'Nai Bridges and Harolyn Blackwell.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 08/27/2020The piece streams as part of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Ailey All Access series.
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Industry News
By Andrew Gans, Dan Meyer, Ryan McPhee | 08/24/2020Plus, Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan offers a sneak peek of Covenant House's August 24 Sleep Out: Stage and Screen.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/24/2020Plus: Check out Liminal Highway from composer Christopher Cerrone and flutist Tim Munro.
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Opera
By Ryan McPhee | 08/24/2020The Nightly Met Streams series continues with La Traviata, Rigoletto, and more.
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New Recordings
By Andrew Gans, Ryan McPhee, Dan Meyer | 08/21/2020Plus, check out Liminal Highway from composer Christopher Cerrone and flutist Tim Munro.
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Industry News
By Andrew Gans, Ryan McPhee, Dan Meyer | 08/20/2020Plus, a video from the upcoming musical Row, about Tori Murden McClure, the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/20/2020The event, presented by Black Opera Productions, will stream September 15—what would have been the late soprano's 75th birthday.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 08/20/2020The ballet was created by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.
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Video
By Andrew Gans, Ryan McPhee, Dan Meyer | 08/18/2020Plus: Watch the trailer for The Sound of Identity, a new documentary following transgender opera star Lucia Lucas.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/17/2020Plus: Battery Dance has begun its 39th annual festival with global performances streaming through August 22.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/17/2020Seven more opera titles will be available for free in Week 23 of the Nightly Met Streams series.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer | 08/14/2020The Nell Gwynn playwright takes on the Tchaikovsky ballet.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/13/2020Gordon and librettist Michael Korie's The Garden of the Finzi-Continis will be a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 08/13/2020The pieces, performed in repertory, were created by Artistic Director Robert Battle.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/10/2020The audience favorites and more comprise Week 22 of the Nightly Met Streams series.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 08/06/2020The original piece hails from Judith Jamison in collaboration with Rennie Harris and Robert Battle.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Andrew Gans, Ryan McPhee | 08/04/2020A Quarantine Lab will explore creating new choreography in a virtual space and will feature the work of A Strange Loop's Raja Feather Kelly.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 08/03/2020The New York company continues to put past performances online as the coronavirus pandemic keeps the stage dark.
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Classic Arts News
By Dan Meyer | 08/03/2020The double LP features piano and vocal pieces by composer Claudio Santoro.
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Opera
By Ryan McPhee | 07/30/2020The Kevin Puts-composed piece, a co-commission between The Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, eyes a 2022 bow.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 07/30/2020The original piece hails from Artistic Director Robert Battle.
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Classic Arts News
By Ryan McPhee | 07/29/2020In lieu of fall performances, the company will launch a streaming platform with past productions and new content.
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Los Angeles News
By Ryan McPhee | 07/28/2020The company will instead present a slate of digital programming and, tentatively, performances at outdoor spaces.
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