Performing Arts

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

Six women interact in a theatrical setting, one seated and being comforted by others.

A (Truly) Naked Take on Second-Wave Feminism

Playwright Bess Wohl’s Liberation opens on Broadway.

by Stuart Miller

A woman with a backpack and a cup of coffee in a forest with fake snow and a small horse-drawn wagon.

Behind the Scenes

The quirky surrealism of production designer Sue Chan

by Stuart Miller

classical musicians performing a concert

Staff Pick: Boston Baroque at 50

The early music orchestra offers holiday and other concerts this season

by Nell Porter-Brown

Reviving Black Classical Music

Pianist Gerry Bryant highlights black composers.

by Max J. Krupnick

Jason Bowen and Kelley Curran in The Half-God of Rainfall at American Repertory Theater

#MeToo Meets Mt. Olympus

A new play at the A.R.T. provides a modern take on ancient mythologies   

by Max J. Krupnick

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt standing off a red, white, and blue mural he painted after George Floyd’s death. Floyd's right hand is bandaged after he was attacked while painting the mural.

Getting His Reps in

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt’s wildly profuse art

by Lydialyle Gibson

Amir Bitran

Making Music Out of DNA Loops

Composer and biophysicist Amir Bitran ’16, Ph.D. ’23

by Nancy Walecki

Behind the Curtain of A.R.T.’s “Evita”

A revived production for a new era

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

A live sketch from Lori Vallow Daybell’s murder trial. Daybell is in the middle between two men, all looking somber.

Something from Nothing

Painter, animator, illustrator, and silhouettist Susan Bin

by Max J. Krupnick

Impatience Is a Virtue

Violinist-multitasker Sumire Hirotsuru

by Jacob Sweet

Poster for Dos farkishefte shnayderl (the bewitched little tailor) in Paris, c. 1935

Charades with Chutzpah

Harvard’s Yiddish Theater Collection

by Max J. Krupnick