Performing Arts

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

Five Questions with Michèle Duguay

A Harvard scholar of music theory on how streaming services have changed the experience of music

by Olivia Farrar

Experimental Magic

Jazz composer Phillip Golub and the art of making magic

by Nancy Walecki

Music and Language, Reconciled

Matthew Aucoin on opera

by Thomas Forrest Kelly

Looking for the Real Stan Lee

Biographer Abraham Riesman plumbs the dark mysteries of the Marvel auteur

by Dan Kelly

Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year

Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman received the 72nd annual honors.

by Kristina DeMichele

What Does the Arctic Circle Sound Like?

Singer-songwriter Claire Dickson '19 releases debut album inspired by the tundra

by Nancy Walecki

Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner Named Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year

The parade, roasts, and performances return to Harvard Square.

by Kristina DeMichele

Being Alive Together

Stephen Sondheim, Omicron, and the Power of Theater

by Robin Bernstein

From Punk to the Silver Screen

The ingenious, intuitive film scores of Carter Burwell ’77

by Nicolas Rapold

World Premiere of esperanza spalding and Wayne Shorter’s Opera, (Iphigenia)

Two jazz legends collaborate on an operatic reimagination of a Greek tragedy.

by Nancy Walecki

"“I Am Talking to the Part of You that Does Not Speak”

Artist Laurie Anderson delivers her fifth virtual Norton Lecture on Wednesday.

by Lily Scherlis