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

"The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets" reveals hidden science references

Simon Singh’s new book reveals multiple math references in the show and reveals their Harvard sources.

Composer Michael Friedman and The Civilians

Composer Michael Friedman’s “investigative theater”

by Tom Vinciguerra

Courtney B. Vance, Charlie Albright headline Harvard campaign entertainment

Alumni artists Charlie Albright and Courtney B. Vance at the campaign festivities

The play “All the Way” depicts the early Lyndon Johnson presidency.

The play All the Way at the ART depicts the conflicts of LBJ's first year in the White House.

Facing declining enrollments, the humanities reinvent themselves

Facing declining enrollments, the humanities seek to reinvent themselves.

Saxophonist Joshua Redman's sonorous voice on tenor

Joshua Redman's sonorous voice on tenor

by Craig Lambert

“A Theory of Justice: The Musical!” and Harvard’s Class of 1944

A Theory of Justice as musical comedy, and the class of ’44

How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new reports

How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports

Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta reinvented as a pool party at Harvard ART

The ART presents Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance in a party-like atmosphere.

Korean rapper and YouTube star PSY speaks at Harvard

The Korean-born rapper is a social media superstar.