Theater
For Junior Family Weekend, Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra Outstandingly Performs Sibelius and Haydn
The orchestra highlighted the sprightly stylistic and structural innovations of Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52.
Boston Ballet’s ‘Full on Forsythe’ Breathes Innovation and Excitement into Ballet
After a long career in Europe, choreographer William Forsythe created a piece for Boston Ballet called “Playlist (EP),” the first work he has choreographed for a North American company in almost 30 years.
Ghungroo 2019 on the ABC’s: The American-Born Confused Desi Experience
Each musical and dance performance was an intimate conversation between the two sides of the hyphenated Desi-American identity.
All-Female Cast to Present Comedy on the Latina Immigrant Experience, ‘Real Women Have Curves’
Director Bianca I. Rodriguez hopes the audience will come away with a deeply empathetic understanding of these characters and the Latinx experience at large.
‘Endlings’ is a Luminous Story about Korean Sea Women, Identity in Art Making, and Wanting More
The story subverts itself, becoming a tale about what it means to be writing about three Korean sea women as a Korean-Canadian Manhattanite.
Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s ‘John Corigliano Portrait Concert’: A Journey of Many Proportions
Grounded around a beautifully wistful flamenco-esque tune, "Troubadours" undergoes a series of transformations that are transportative and reflectionary.
Harvard Alumni Dive Into Work on ‘Endlings’
Several Harvard alumni have come together at the American Repertory Theater to contribute their perspectives to the production of Celine Song’s new play “Endlings."
American Repertory Theater Receives $100 Million Gift For New Space in Allston
Hedge-fund manager David E. Goel ’93 and Stacey L. Goel donated $100 million to Harvard for an arts research and performance space in Allston, the University announced Thursday.
Ghungroo 2019 Aims to Convey Diversity Within South Asia
“This is the South Asian Association,” Rana said. "We really want to show that it’s not an Indocentric show.”
Portrait of an Artist: Yan Chen, Dramaturg and Rhodes Scholar
"The conversations American theater is having about diversity are fantastic. At the same time, international artists rarely seem to come into the picture," Chen said.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Brings ‘Othello’ to Contemporary America
Oregon Shakespeare Festival's "Othello" at the A.R.T. replaces the usual Renaissance Venice with a more lugubrious, yet modern American city (with the opening scenes taking place outside of a seedy nightclub) and Renaissance Cyprus with a village whose sand-toned architecture is reminiscent of the Middle East.
NDT 2 Explores the Tragedy and Comedy of Being Human
The Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) 2, one of the world’s most celebrated contemporary dance companies, arrived at the Boch Center in Boston for two performances on Jan. 26 and 27.
‘The Nutcracker’ Returns to Bring Holiday Spirit to Boston
Though the Boston Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” runs annually in December, it did not fail to impress with its energy and high production value on its opening night on Nov. 29.
‘figures;’: Harvard’s First Dance Thesis
"figures;" is the first-ever senior thesis to take the form of a choreographed dance performance. Choreographed and directed by TDM concentrator, Tiffany Y. Lau ’19, the show premieres this Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
‘Kaddish’ Illuminates a Poetic Masterpiece
A new, original adaptation of Ginsberg’s poem “Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg” will premiere at the Loeb Ex thanks to the cast of HRDC this Dec. 1.
