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

ART reimagines Gershwin’s "Porgy and Bess"

Artistic director Diane Paulus’s production drops stereotypes and adds a new ending.

Singer-cardiologist Suzie Brown

Singer-songwriter Suzie Brown, a cardiologist by training, has just released her first CD.

by Kevin Hartnett

In Cuba with the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra—a timpanist's tale

An undergraduate writes about time travel, the "Communist clap," and odes to joy.

by Elizabeth C. Bloom

Sarah Hicks ’93 conducts orchestral arrangements of Sting's hits

The recording artist and the Harvard-educated conductor perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Comic writer Megan Amram is tweeting her way to fame

Writer Megan Amram '10 builds her fan base on Twitter.

Conductor Sarah Hicks moves easily between pops and classics

Conductor Sarah Hicks spans Prokofiev and the Police.

by David Menconi

Channel Cerfing: see clips from Between the Lions and Lomax, the Hound of Music

Excerpts from the educational television programs Between the Lions and Lomax, the Hound of Music

Christopher Cerf, educational media creator

With sound, image, and word, Chris Cerf teaches the basics.

by Craig Lambert

Amy Brenneman's play "Mouth Wide Open" explores aspects of her life

Amy Brenneman's play Mouth Wide Open opens her life up, candidly.

Video: tenor and honorand Placido Domingo serenades Ruth Bader Ginsburg

At Commencement, tenor and honorand Plácido Domingo surprises Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an opera fan, during the conferral of her degree.