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

A Balancing Act

Acrobat Nico Maffey ’13 performs in Pippin.

by Laura Levis

Harvard Portrait: Yosvany Terry

A well-traveled Afro-Cuban jazz musician lands at Harvard.

by Sophia Nguyen

Lost in Ideas

Television’s Carlton Cuse on what animates his work

by Lydialyle Gibson

Hearing History

After “growing up in the archives,” a composer makes forgotten histories heard.

by Lara Pellegrinelli

Raising the Barre

A long-time Cambridge arts organization is poised to grow.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ubu Abounds

A new cabaret version of Alfred Jarry’s subversive 1896 Ubu Roi

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Grammar of Pain

A new film about American veterans and the struggle to tell their stories through trauma therapy

by Jacqueline Feldman

The Lion’s Share

In his poignant one-man musical, Benjamin Scheuer finds his roar.

by Laura Levis

Life On a Tabletop

Contemporary takes on puppetry in Brookline, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Data on Drama

Derek Miller hopes data will shake up the field of theater history.

by Jonathan Shaw