Performing & Recorded Arts

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

Pony Plunges

Scrapbooking a woman who rode horses into the sea

by Max J. Krupnick

Comedy Compulsion

TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.

by Sophia Nguyen

Looking Back at the Lampoon’s Heyday

A new biopic, scripted by John Aboud ’95 and Michael Colton ’97, follows how Doug Kenney ’68 franchised fun, died young, and became a comedy legend.

by Sophia Nguyen

“I’m a Gambler with the Movies”

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman is the first filmmaker to deliver a Norton Lecture.

by Sophia Nguyen

A Composed Response

Composer Jonathan Bailey Holland on finding his musical voice  

by Jennifer McFarl...

Sketch Artist

Comedian Colin Jost, from Shouts and Murmurs to Saturday Night Live

by Oset Babür

Nigerian Women Speak Out

HEAR WORD! portrays the lives of Nigerian women.

A Classicist’s Dylan

In a new book, classicist Richard Thomas explores Bob Dylan’s literary ties to ancient Greece and Rome.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Up Close

Composer Ashley Fure wants people to listen to noise.

by Jennifer Gersten

“Vietnam” on PBS: The Crimson Connection

Harvard experts provide access to Vietnamese sources on the war.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard A Cappella, From the Top

A look (and listen) back at the Dunster Dunces

by Oset Babür