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Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Finally tonight: the story behind the story of a world-famous work of literature. RELATED LINKSNew opera tells story of Auschwitz prisoner and he…
Photo by Eigenes Werk/FlickrAndrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” returns to London’s West End in December with a rapping feline now among the cast. The 66-year-old British co…
Please view the original post to see the video. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the tortured poet in the Met's new production of Jules Massenet's Werther on Great Performanc…
Great Performances mourns the passing of Mary Rodgers Guettel (1931 " 2014), composer and daughter of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. She died at her home June 26, 2014, in New…
Please view the original post to see the video. Franco Zeffirelli's lavish production of La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history, starring Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo as th…
Watch Preview of GP at the Met: Prince Igor Please view the original post to see the video. Borodin's operatic masterpiece Prince Igor, which had its first Met performances since 1917 ea…
Photo by Flickr user York College ISLGP “You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies; You may trod me in the very dirt; But still, like dust, I’ll rise.”…
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The National Dance Institute of New Mexico helps students make big strides in and out of the classroom. The program makes the case that exposure to dance, music and other artistic expression…
May 11 marks the 120th anniversary of the birth Martha Graham, the mother of modern dance and the founder of one of the most influential dance schools in America. No artist is ahead of h…
The “Chandos” portrait of William Shakespeare. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery "To be, or not to be" could have been the perfect start to a rap song. Some have ev…
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Watch Video | Listen to the AudioBRYAN CRANSTON AS LBJ: This is the most important election of your lifetime. And the choices couldn’t be clearer. JEFFREY BROWN: Lyndon Johnson: ambiti…
Was President Lyndon B. Johnson a boxers or a briefs man? Bryan Cranston — now playing Johnson in the Tony-nominated play “All the Way” — deems boxers the more “…
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Some four centuries after the death of William Shakespeare, London’s Globe Theatre is launching a plan to take the playwright’s ta…
Leo's kiss of true love breaks the curse that has held Princess Aurora (Hannah Vassallo) under its spell. After 100 years of sleep, Aurora discovers Leo (Dominic North) has been transformed …
Dance history and storytelling is important to choreographer Matthew Bourne, creator of a Swan Lake with an all-male corps of Swans, and an Edward Scissorhands ballet, among other innovative…
British choreographer Matthew Bourne has created a Sleeping Beauty fairy tale that drips with candle wax and vampire blood and opens its eyes to modern times. Learn more about his bold re-im…
Princess Aurora's 100-year slumber becomes restless as it nears the end of its spell. The ensemble sequence features Hannah Vassallo as Aurora and Dominic North as the modern-day Leo, who ha…
Matthew Bourne choreographs Tchaikovsky's Rose Adagio as a playful, romantic duet between Princess Aurora (Hannah Vassallo) and the gardener Leo (Dominic North). Rose Adagio Duet from Act…
Oregon Public Broadcasting asked Alison Roper, the principal dancer at Oregon Ballet Theatre, to perform in public spaces around Portland. Video by John Rosman/OPB Alison Roper, one of sever…
The dark fairy Carabosse (Adam Maskell) enters the room of baby Aurora to cast a curse upon her. Aurora's parents, a king and queen, had desperately wanted a child and had sought Carabosse's…
The year is 1890. By the light of the full moon and candlesticks, six good fairies slip into the sleeping baby Aurora's room. The baby awakes unfrightened and the fairies dance for her. …
Opera director Robert Carsen's production of Falstaff is a special one you won't want to miss, with vivid costumes by Brigitte Reiffenstuel and a setting in 1950s England that winks at the e…