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With a six-hour running time, "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg," a comic opera by Richard Wagner set in 16th-century Germany, is the longest production in the Metropolitan Opera's repertory.
The theater company Les Freres Corbusier is currently workshopping 'Here's Hoover!', a musical about the nation's 31st president, Herbert Hoover, and directed by Alex Timbers.
Cary Elwes, who played Westley in "The Princess Bride" says "I Can't Explain" by the Who "is one of the most brilliant expressions of not being able to express yourself."
Lyric Opera of Chicago, celebrating its 60th anniversary season, is finishing up 2014 with a pair of imposingly scaled productions with stars to match: 'Porgy and Bess' and 'Anna Bolena.'
'Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo' marks its 40th anniversary year; Tony Danza, Rob McClure and Brynn O'Malley star in 'Honeymoon in Vegas' and more in this week's On Stage.
T.R. Knight, best known for the years he spent as Dr. George O'Malley on the television series 'Grey's Anatomy,' plays Eddie in 'Pocatello,' which opens Monday at Playwrights Horizons.
A shortened, English-language version of Humperdinck's fairy tale 'Hansel and Gretel,' plus holiday recitals at the Met and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street sings 'Messiah' in this week's Cl…
The American Ballet Theatre's production of Alexei Ratmansky's "The Nutcracker; a Stuart Shugg piece that uses projected film of Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire and more in On Sta…
Bunny Briggs, who died last month, was a revolutionary tap-dancer whose sense of dynamics"sound and gesture"was brilliant.
A solo performance of Dickens's Christmas classic; riffing on contemporary classical music's highs and lows; and Rossini's tremendous 'Guglielmo Tell.'
A group of investors is proposing to buy the name and intellectual property of New York City Opera, which closed last year after years of deficits and financial missteps.
Architect and designer David Rockwell, interviewed by Alexandra Wolfe, discusses his work for star chefs, airports and Broadway.
A pared-down production of 'Camelot' finds the intimate music drama that is usually trapped inside an overblown stage spectacular, writes Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout.
Patricia Clarkson, who stars in "The Elephant Man" on Broadway, talks about playing traumatized characters, undressing on stage and why you won't see her in the next blockbuster movie.
The outspoken Supreme Court justice is inspiring a different type of courtroom drama"in plays, operas and puppet shows.
Itzhak Perlman is one of a handful of New York-based classical musicians with coming concerts who have navigated substantial careers amid significant health challenges.
Doug Varone's season at the Joyce features two new works: 'Dome' and 'The Fabulist.' In Les Freres Corbusier's workshop production at Abrons Arts Center, Herbert Hoover takes the stage.
Ever thought of leaving a performance during intermission? You're not alone.
Joan Weill will step down from her post as board chairwoman of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the end of the year. But what she's done in the last 20 years leaves a formidable leg…
New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and others look overseas for new the next generation of patrons.
Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp star in Disney's film adaptation of the Broadway musical 'Into the Woods.'
Alysha Umphress talks about playing the role of taxi-driving Hildy in Broadway's 'On the Town' while riding around Midtown in a yellow cab.
"Peter Pan Live!," starring Allison Williams, will be broadcast live on NBC Dec. 4.
Actor William H. Macy on Randy Newman's unusual song 'Falling in Love'
A preview of composer David T. Little's 'JFK'; the young German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott comes to Lincoln Center; and more in this week's Classical Scene.
