Performing Arts
Harvard’s stages and studios come alive in this collection of music, theater, and performance coverage.
From Punk to the Silver Screen
The ingenious, intuitive film scores of Carter Burwell ’77
World Premiere of esperanza spalding and Wayne Shorter’s Opera, (Iphigenia)
Two jazz legends collaborate on an operatic reimagination of a Greek tragedy.
"“I Am Talking to the Part of You that Does Not Speak”
Artist Laurie Anderson delivers her fifth virtual Norton Lecture on Wednesday.
Visual Music
The "blurred boundaries" of Sam Wu's compositions
Staff Pick: A.R.T.’s Wild: A Musical Becoming
Harvard’s Diane Paulus brings climate change to center stage
Documenting New England’s Unseen
Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts
Bias in Artificial Intelligence
Data journalist Meredith Broussard on “the civil-rights issue of our time”
Katori Hall Wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The Hot Wing King wins the 2021 prize for drama.
Putting the Music in Musical Theater
Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs
Singer, songwriter, harmonica player Scott Albert Johnson
Scott Albert Johnson finds his path.
by Jacob Sweet