Performing Arts

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

Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Honors Rose Byrne

The Bridesmaids actress celebrated her 2026 Woman of the Year Award with a roast and a parade.

by Schuyler Velasco , Kate Kaufman

Reviving Black Classical Music

Pianist Gerry Bryant highlights black composers.

by Max J. Krupnick

#MeToo Meets Mt. Olympus

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

by Max J. Krupnick

Getting His Reps in

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt’s wildly profuse art

by Lydialyle Gibson

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

Sound as Ever

Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock

by Nancy Walecki

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

Charades with Chutzpah

Harvard’s Yiddish Theater Collection

by Max J. Krupnick

Films by a Japanese Master

The Harvard Film Archive’s “Complete Ozu Yasujirō”

by Nell Porter-Brown