Performing Arts

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

A New ‘Black Swan’ Musical Cranks Up the Tension

The creative team of the A.R.T.’s new show dish on adapting Darren Aronofsky’s thriller classic from screen to stage.

by Schuyler Velasco

“The Black Clown” by Langston Hughes is set to music

An oratorio adapted from Langston Hughes

by Sophia Nguyen

Ladders, Squirrels, and Reproductive Rights

A graduate’s foray into the “real world” of fringe theater

by Olivia Munk

Erika Bailey coaches voice and speech at the A.R.T.

Coaching voice and speech at the A.R.T.

by Sophia Nguyen

Rage, reborn: profile of guitarist Tom Morello

With his supergroup Prophets of Rage, the musician faces down a president.

by Max Suechting

“Next steps”: profile of Paul Taylor dancer Madelyn Ho

Madelyn Ho pursued two tracks: modern dance, and getting her M.D.

by Samantha Maldonado

Kevin Beasley at ICA/Boston

Sculptures that resonate with what’s not there

by Nell Porter-Brown

MASS MoCA summer events

MASS MoCA’s summer smorgasbord

by Nell Porter-Brown

Methuen Memorial Music Hall

Seasonal concerts at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall

by Nell Porter-Brown

Wim Wenders delivers the third Norton Lecture on Cinema

Wim Wenders delivers the final installment in the 2018 Norton Lectures on Cinema. 

by Sophia Nguyen