Performing Arts

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

A man sitting at a wooden table in a formal setting with portraits on the wall.

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

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter-Brown

Brophy

Spellbound on Stage

Actor and young adult novelist Aislinn Brophy

by Lydialyle Gibson

Wintry Portsmouth at sunset

No Sleepy Coastal Town

Visiting Portsmouth in winter

by Nell Porter-Brown

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