Opera director Crystal Manich. Photo by Laura Marie Duncan Photography. This interview has been syndicated with permission from the Twin Cities Arts Reader. Boston Lyric Opera’s new production of Tosca, a co-production with Opera Omaha, opens October…
Michael Friedman, the award-winning composer of Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, died today at 41. John Michael Friedman was born on Sept. 24, 1975 in Boston, grew up primarily in Philadelphia, and passed away in Manhattan from AIDS…
The City of Boston has declared today, September 5, 2017, as Amy Beach Day. Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867–December 27, 1944) was an American composer and concert pianist. She was the first American…
The American poet John Ashbery died today at age 90. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet was born in Rochester, NY and died in Hudson, NY. His works included the award-winning collections Some Trees (1956), Self-portrait in…
Pictured: Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey has hit the city of Houston hard. It’s hit many of the city’s flagship arts organizations just as hard. The Houston Ballet and the Alley Theatre’s homes suffered major damage…
Composer, ethnomusicologist and educator Halim El-Dabh died on September 2. The Egyptian-American musician was 96 years old, was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1921 and died in his home in Kent, Ohio. The son of…
It’s been 100 days since the Trump administration announced its detailed federal budget proposal for 2018. For fans of the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, this has been 100…
Pictured: Some of the 2017 Orlando Fringe artists. Applications for the 2018 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival are now available online. The Orlando Fringe is an unjuried (non-curated) festival for which participants are selected through…
