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
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
Visual Music
The "blurred boundaries" of Sam Wu's compositions
by Nancy Walecki
Staff Pick: A.R.T.’s WILD: A Musical Becoming
Harvard’s Diane Paulus brings climate change to center stage
by Nell Porter-Brown
Documenting New England’s Unseen
Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts
by Che Applewhaite
Bias in Artificial Intelligence
Data journalist Meredith Broussard on “the civil-rights issue of our time”
by Lydialyle Gibson
Katori Hall Wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The Hot Wing King wins the 2021 prize for drama.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Putting the Music in Musical Theater
Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs
by Lydialyle Gibson