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The production, directed by Chas Rader-Shieber and conducted by Patrick Dupré Quigley, offered a rare opportunity to experience a work originally commissioned in 1748 by Madame de Pompadour, the influential mistress of Louis XV, for her private theater at Versailles.

That night they went to bed early and made love for the first time in sixteen days. (Joanna had counted.) Joey was still thinking about it the next morning, as he climbed the steps of the Charing Cross Tube exit on the south side of Trafalgar Square.

“In Caroline Shields, we have found an excellent leader and a talented manager of curatorial projects. Caroline is well known to us for her exhibitions and scholarship, and we are confident she will expertly steward our ever-evolving collection,” said Esther Bell, Hardymon Director of the Clark.

Boston Sculptors Gallery presents Glancing Back Fifty Years: Murray Dewart, on view December 10, 2026 through January 24, 2027. From his early 1970’s wood carvings to new sculptures in bronze, steel and aluminum, the exhibition represents the arc of the artist’s fifty-year career.

The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University presents Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist, a major survey of the Iranian-born, New York-based artist whose densely layered paintings bring together art history, lived experience, sound and the turbulence of contemporary life.

In this recent series of oil paintings, McNamara maintains his devotion to the industrial. While his subject matter has gradually shifted over the course of his career, McNamara’s industrial landscapes and depictions of machinery make up much of his recent work. Industrial yards, agricultural equipment, and scrap-metal ruins dominate Matters of Fact, documenting the reality of American industry.

MASS MoCA announces its programming for January through May 2027, a season of new exhibitions, performances, and public gatherings that includes the openings of The Oath, Until we get to the core/Hasta llegar al meollo, and a survey of Algerian-French artist Kader Attia.

Returning after a one-year hiatus, this signature Vermont event celebrates artistic talent, creative ingenuity, and New England’s rich ice-fishing heritage by displaying creative ice shanties designed and built by imaginative groups and individuals.

Inspired by the historic 1957 Brandeis concert that launched his concept of the Third Stream, The Spirit of ’57: Schuller’s Third Stream Revolution and the Music of Today explores how his spirit of innovation continues to resonate, bringing together contemporary improvisation with traditional Chinese, Hindustani, Jazz, and Yiddish music alongside Schuller’s Transformation, reimaginings of his “Magic Tone Row,” and more.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announces a slate of pre-concert humanities events in January and February 2027 that complement the orchestra’s performances of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies and Stravinsky’s ballets. All of these events take place at Symphony Hall and are available at no additional charge to concert ticketholders with advance reservation (space is limited).

This spring, Jacob’s Pillow will present Montreal’s famed contemporary / hip-hop dance group RUBBERBAND, performing the eclectic program Vic’s Mix, as well as the world premiere of Compañía Irene Rodríguez’s Flamenco Soul.

Lynne Kaufman's engrossing new play concerns several couples' relationships triggered by a newly found and purportedly erotic fresco in the detritus of the Vesuvius eruption. Scenes whipsaw between ancient and modern times, challenging sexual stereotypes.

The 2026 Berkshire Theatre Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies, were presented on the evening of Monday, November 9, 2026, at Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse in Lenox, MA. This is the tenth time the awards were presented to honor and celebrate the excellence and diversity of theatre in the greater Berkshire region.

It is often difficult to start writing a theater review when you’re not quite sure what to make of the piece and what it all means. The challenge becomes more complex when you’re writing about two plays being presented by the FSU/Asolo Conservatory on a rotating repertory schedule – Noah Diaz’s intriguing, surrealist and puzzling “You Will Get Sick” and Evan Placey’s clearer if bloated “Pronoun.”

The exhibition includes the world premiere of Rubbing/Loving: Apartment A and B, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA (2014–26), a walk-through installation that re-creates the artist’s former New York apartments at full scale.

Hailed for creating diverse, timely and relevant opera-theater, White Snake Projects (WSP) presents the U.S. premiere of Brent Michael Davids’s monumental orchestral work Requiem for America: Singing for the Invisible People.

November 8 is World Pianist Day. The evening before, New York's leading young impresario, Andrew Ousley, presented nine pianists in search of nine nocturnes composed by one of their own, Ellis Ludwig-Leone.

Mexodus was the most awarded Off-Broadway musical last season, recognized with four Lucille Lortel Awards including Outstanding Musical, four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical, three Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Music, three Helen Hayes Awards including Outstanding Production of a Musical, and a Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical, making it the first Off-Broadway musical in 30 years to win the latter

Lauder, at 88, remains in humble awe of the outstanding photographers whose work she has gathered over more than 50 years — even as her own photography has earned significant recognition.

Smith will address the scope and range of Helen Frankenthaler’s work, its impact during Frankenthaler’s lifetime, and how the work of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is building and extending her legacy.

'Well, he's two for two this month,' Joey said to Joanna as he entered the kitchen. It was the second Monday in March. She ignored him. She knew he was referring to George. For half an hour before McDougal arrived, Joey paced the living room. When the doorbell rang, he had jumped.

Two years after they disbanded, fifty years ago, the eponymous Modern Lovers album was released. By then Jonathan Richman had formed another band named Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers which released an album simultaneously, but don’t be confused. The original or real Modern Lovers album is regarded as a classic of its era.

Annual event brings together nearly 500 high school students to mount full productions of Shakespeare plays

Origami is an artform with the mesmerizing ability to transform flat materials into three-dimensional sculptures through folding alone; nothing is added or taken away in the process. One of the earliest recorded origami models is a paper crane that originated in Japan about 500 years ago.

Figaro, valet to the Count, and Susanna, maid to the Countess, are to be married, but the Count invokes the droit du seigneur, his right to have a carnal episode with the maid before the nuptials. Ploys to avoid the event lead to a number of humorous complications.