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

Harvard alumnus R.J. Cutler's new movie explores Anna Wintour's Vogue

A new documentary by R. J. Cutler '83 takes viewers behind the glamour of a fashion powerhouse.

New York Film Festival program director Richard Peña

Richard Peña ’75 is program director of the New York Film Festival.

by Craig Lambert

Federico Cortese is the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

Meet the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

A history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

A new book relates the history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

Helping young musicians succeed

Amy Nathan ’67 aims to help kids over musical rough patches with The Young Musician’s Survival Guide.

by Krysten A. Keches

The Boston Globe reviews "The Windmill Movie"

The Boston Globe reviews The Windmill Movie, a film about Richard Rogers ’67, edited and directed by his former filmmaking student, Alexander Olch ’99.

The Hajj, Screened Large

"Journey to Mecca," co-produced by Taran Davies ’93, is a new IMAX film about the Hajj.

by Craig Lambert

Music, Taken Personally

A music critic reviews composer John Adams’s memoir.

Diaghilev and His Geniuses

The Harvard Theatre Collection opens an exhibition and hosts a symposium on Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.

by Craig Lambert

Pardis Sabeti

For this systems biologist, the interaction of science and music is multiplicative.