Performing & Recorded Arts

Salvador Litvak smiles, arms crossed, in a vest and hat on a city street.

Montage | May-June 2025

Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

Montage | January-February 2016

Lost in Ideas

Television’s Carlton Cuse on what animates his work

by Lydialyle Gibson

Lei Liang

Montage | January-February 2016

Hearing History

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

by Lara Pellegrinelli

Harvard Squared | January-February 2016

Raising the Barre

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Squared | January-February 2016

Ubu Abounds

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

A veteran's daughter visits with her father.

Performing & Recorded Arts |

A Grammar of Pain

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

by Jacqueline Feldman

Benjamin Scheuer playing one of the six instruments he uses in the course of his one-man musical, The Lion

Montage | November-December 2015

The Lion’s Share

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

by Laura Levis

Brad Shur performing in his new show, Cardboard Explosion!

Harvard Squared | November-December 2015

Life On a Tabletop

Contemporary takes on puppetry in Brookline, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

In vibrant Times Square, Broadway plays and musicals compete to become the next megahit.

Right Now | November-December 2015

The Data on Drama

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

by Jonathan Shaw

The College Pump | November-December 2015

Nuts

Nutcracker notes, and a memorable blackout

Features | September-October 2015

Mumblecore’s Maestro

The perfect pitch of filmmaker Andrew Bujalski

by Sophia Nguyen