Performing Arts

Harvard’s stages and studios come alive in this collection of music, theater, and performance coverage.

Cambridge Once Fought Harvard’s DNA Research. Now There’s a Play About It.

A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories

Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories.

by Nina Pasquini

Animator Renee Zhan profiled by S.I. Rosenbaum

Animator Renee Zhan finds self-discovery in strange landscapes.

by S.I. Rosenbaum

Alexander Rehding in brief

The Peabody professor of music, in brief

by Jacob Sweet

Choreographer Wendy Jehlen’s “dance diplomacy”

Choreographer Wendy Jehlen’s “dance diplomacy”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale brings people together

Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale is at his best bringing people together.

by Jacob Sweet

The Boston Jazz Fest

The Boston Jazz Fest offers local and international artists.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard ART Allston architect named

U.K.-based Haworth Tompkins to design its first U.S. building

by John S. Rosenberg

Jocelyn and Chris Arndt became weekend rock stars at Harvard

For two Harvard siblings, studying and songwriting went hand in hand.

by Jacob Sweet

Excavating 1968

The premiere of an alumnus’s film about a seminal year at Harvard and beyond 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard American Repertory Theater Moving to Allston

A $100-million gift catalyzes a surprising theater relocation.

by John S. Rosenberg