183 stories by "Michael Cooper"
Deborah F. Rutter built a major expansion at Washington's venerable arts complex. Now she wants more people to come.
The theater will stage "Intimate Apparel," a new chamber opera based on her 2004 play with music by Ricky Ian Gordon.
From the shop floors of factories to ballet's grandest stages, unions are rethinking how they balance their responsibilities in sexual harassment cases.
The new artistic director of the Perelman Center will be Bill Rauch, the theater director who currently leads the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Jane Moss, who revived the center's Mostly Mozart festival, will take control of all summer programming with the demise of the Lincoln Center Festival.
With assassination at its core, Shakespeare's play is fraught. Totalitarian governments have banned it. And yes, it has inspired violence.
The Pearl Theater Company filed for bankruptcy protection after 33 seasons of mounting classic plays in an ever-more-expensive Manhattan.
In a moment broadcast live worldwide, the superstar soprano bid farewell to a signature role, closing a chapter in her storied career.
Mr. Woetzel, a former New York City Ballet star, has never worked in academic administration. He will replace Joseph W. Polisi, who plans to leave in 2018.
Joseph V. Melillo, who helped shape the Brooklyn Academy of Music aesthetic as its executive producer, will step down in 2018. A look back at his tenure.
South Dakota, which voted decisively for Donald J. Trump, is also a prime recipient of grants from the arts agencies the president wants to eliminate.
The center is seeking visas for several artists with Syrian passports for Mohammad al-Attar's "While I Was Waiting."
In an unusual joint statement, 11 arts groups called on the government to protect arts funding.
The troubled troupe aims to re-establish its reputation and recover from bankruptcy with a revival of Leonard Bernstein's "Candide."
The donation will allow Teachers College at Columbia University to establish a new doctoral program to train those who train dance teachers.
Ms. Streisand has been elected chairwoman of the center's board, as officials unveiled plans for the building.
The long-stalled performing arts center, which will sit on an emotionally resonant and highly visited spot in the city, will be named for Mr. Perelman.
The company is planning its first full season since emerging from bankruptcy and coming under new management.
Seven composers from around the world will be featured in the theater's signature Composer Portraits series.
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center extends the contracts of its artistic directors, David Finckel and Wu Han, through the 2021-2022 season.
With James Levine suffering health problems, the Metropolitan Opera names David Robertson and Sebastian Weigle as replacements for some performances.
Standard & Poor's affirmed the company's "A" credit rating and revised its outlook to stable from negative.
Jed Bernstein's announcement came as a surprise; Katherine Farley, chairwoman of the board, will help keep things running until a successor is found.
Jazz at Lincoln Center will hold the "Jazz and Broadway" gala on May 9.
After this weekend's New York premiere of "Charlie Parker's Yardbird," the two institutions will continue to team up to stage contemporary operas over the next few years.
