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Three of the opera world's leading stars"Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and René Pape"sing the principal roles in a new production of Gounod's Faust, directed by Tony Award winner Des …
Listen to the AudioStudents at the Albany Park Theatre Project in Chicago research, write and perform plays about their own communities, tackling tough issues like immigration, poverty and r…
The Albany Park Theatre Project was started in Chicago in 1997 by David Feiner and his wife Laura Wiley in one of the most diverse immigrant neighborhoods in the country. Their goal was to b…
On Tuesday, Jeffrey Brown sat down with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to discuss a new report examining the connections be…
EmbedVideo(2962, 482, 304);On Tuesday, Jeffrey Brown sat down with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to discuss a new report e…
Last year, performer Mike Daisey sat down with Jeff Brown for Art Beat to discuss his much-talked-about one-man show, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." It was revealed Friday by pub…
In a segment from NYC-ARTS, Paula Zahn interviews Andrew Lloyd Webber, the superstar of the musical theater who wrote The Phantom of the Opera among other hit shows. Mr. Webber has composed …
Listen to the AudioServing mostly low-income children in New York City, an innovative music education program called Harmony provides free instruments and daily music lessons to children in …
Watch a clip from The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall with Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Bogess singing "Phantom of the Opera." The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, a…
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, a fully-staged, lavish 25th anniversary mounting of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running Broadway and West End extravaganza, comes to Great P…
Listen to the AudioIn his new play "Ghost Light," Jonathon Moscone explores feelings of guilt and grief as well as the legacy of his father, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, who was gunne…
Renee Fleming interviews Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni), Barbara Frittoli (Donna Elvira), and Luca Pisaroni (Leporello) about their roles in Don Giovanni; also including a preview clip from…
Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads his first Met performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut, on THIRTEEN's G…
I recently had a chance to see a performance of Mark Morris' "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato" at Washington's Kennedy Center, a piece he first presented in 1988 and that is widely co…
Broadway's smash hit musical Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Orchestrations, comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, Feb…
The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, a celebration of Yiddish theater pioneers Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky by their grandson, Michael Tilson Thomas, Arti…
Anna Deavere Smith talks about the process by which her play Let Me Down Easy was created. Called "the most exciting individual in American theater" by Newsweek magazine, Smith turns her the…
Chances are you've heard Kevin Clash many, many times and don't even realize it. He is everywhere. You've heard his voice on TV, and if you have children you've heard it coming from one of t…
Listen to the AudioIn Minnesota, St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre Company is putting on a production of "I Wish You Love," on the life and times of Nat King Cole. Twin Cities Public Television ta…
"Star singer Andrea Bocelli dazzled thousands with his signature brand of pop and opera on a cold, wet night in New York City's Central Park, which will be etched in his memory as an importa…
Based on the Academy Award-winning 1994 Italian film that became a surprise hit with audiences around the world, and also on the 1985 novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta, Il Post…
Bill T. Jones, the recipient of a prestigious MacArthur "genius" grant and winner of two Tony Awards, has been named "an irreplaceable treasure" by the The Dance Heritage Coalition. Above al…
"The rage of Achilles--sing it now, goddess, sing through me."That's the first line of Homer's "The Iliad" in the new translation by Stephen Mitchell, a poet and one of the preeminent transl…
GP@TheMet will return for a sixth season of live theatrical transmissions followed by subsequent PBS broadcast; at the time of this proposal, two productions are in discussion for scheduling…
Last month, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced a major new program to assist artists. The Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative will provide $50 million in grants to 200 artis…
