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

Tommy Lee Jones named Harvard Arts Medalist

The actor, Class of 1969, will receive his award in April.

Tyler Gibbons and Robin MacArthur record Vermont folk songs

A musical Vermont couple record local music collected decades ago.

by Craig Lambert

The film "Raising Renee" has roots at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

The film Raising Renee is the product of a collaboration forged at the Radcliffe Institute.

by Pat Harrison

Composer John Austin debuts "Heloise and Abelard" opera at Harvard

Composer John Austin debuts his first opera at Memorial Church.

by Elizabeth C. Bloom

Claire Danes honored as Woman of the Year

The Homeland actress was at the center of the annual Hasty Pudding parade.

Jason Segel and Claire Danes win Hasty Pudding honors

The nation’s oldest undergraduate drama troupe picks its Man and Woman of the Year.

The future of theater in a digital age, ranging from nonprofits to Broadway

Harvard playwrights, directors, producers, actors, and artistic directors speculate about theatrical prospects for the future.

by Craig Lambert

Peter Sellars at Adams House, and an Upstairs at the Pudding restaurant girlhood

An Upstairs at the Pudding girlhood, and undergraduate impresario Peter Sellars at Adams House

Actor Jonathan Epstein performs a Shakespearean sonnet: video

Watch the Shakespearean actor take the stage during one of his sonnet workshops.

Actor Jonathan Epstein explores Shakespeare's sonnets and plays

Actor Jonathan Epstein teaches “five-finger exercises for the soul.”

by Craig Lambert