Tonight, opera Susannah opens at Wolf Trap Opera in Vienna, VA. This classic opera by Carlisle Floyd takes the Biblical story of Susannah and the Elders – a tale of attempted lust, sexual blackmail, and righteous…
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The exterior of the Mead Center for American Theater, home to Arena Stage. Photo courtesy of Arena Stage. The Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced today that Artistic Director Molly Smith will…
The oldest collegiate a cappella group in the United States has gone co-ed. The 118-year-old Yale Whiffenpoofs admitted their first female member on Monday, February 19. The decision came 30 years after a Whiffenpoof member prominently called…
Left: Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley. Right: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama by Amy Sherald. Photos courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The National Portrait Gallery unveiled the latest additions to its Official Presidential…
As the #MeToo movement continues to pick up steam, performing arts organizations around the country have started to take a long overdue look at harassment complaints new and old. Recent firings and departures that appear…
OPERA America magazine has announced the most-produced works by American opera companies for the 2016-2017 season. An unusual item in the list is the presence of a recently written opera, the transgender story As One, which describes…
Houston Grand Opera, one of the great opera companies of the United States, was hard-hit by Hurricane Harvey. Just like the Unsinkable Molly Brown, however, Houston Grand is not to be stopped: the company will…