The Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin continues to present issues that reflect the 'now and how' of living circumstances in present day Berlin. The newly founded theatre group Exil will be part of the Gorki ensemble for two years, where it will create theatre events in dialogue with their own sensibilities. 'Winterreise' (Trip in Winter) on April 8th, by the in-house Israeli director Yael Ronen, presented the first project with seven actors and actresses, who cannot perform in their home countries of Syria, Palestine and Afghanistan.

Ross Moffett (1888-1971) first came to Provincetown in 1913 to study with Charles Hawthorne. A year later a group of artists formed the Provincetown Art Association (later and Museum). In 1964 he published Art in Narrow Streets the first study of the art colony. Currently, the museum is exhibiting Ross Moffett from the Permanent Collection. It provides a rare opportunity to evaluate the work of a seminal Provincetown artist.

Son, a new play with a shocking development, is gripping but it is still a work in progress. The performers shine in world premiere production in South Florida

This think piece explores the difference between movies and cinema. In a compelling overview Kempf states that "I go to a lot of movies for a variety of reasons: to learn about other worlds/people/times through fictions and documentaries, to measure the zeitgeist, to ease a 100°+ summer day, but my primary desire is to experience the art of cinema, a remarkable art that, even more than stage, is collaborative and incorporates the entire constellation of the arts."

Sitting in the 7th row of the orchestra at the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday night, in a skimpy house, most of my neighbors had paid between $20 and $37.50 for their tickets. Fortunately for the Met Opera, HD fans have a different take on Met productions than people who like their opera live.

The sixteen works on paper that comprise the small but evocative exhibition Lester Johnson from the Permanent Collection provide rarely seen early works, starting in 1951. They provide examples of how the artist was looking at and deconstructing or abstracting seascapes, facades of houses, and breaking down the human figure. It is on view at the Provinctown Art Association and Museum through May 7.

The San Francisco Orchestra arrived in New York at 4:30 am on the morning of their first concert. Storms had delayed them, and stormy music formed the center of their magnificent concert at Carnegie Hall. You would never guess that these performers were sleep-challenged as they played John Cage’s Seasons, the Shostakovich Cello Concerto and Bartok’s intimate Concerto for Orchestra, a marvel in its ability to engage and draw us in.

Audience still marvels at Jersey Boys music, a performance marked by enthusiastic, sustained applause. Jersey Boys equity touring production is touring U.S., Canada with a too brief stop in Miami.

The Deans of Contemporary Music for the past fifty years were represented at Zanekl Hall, in Carnegie Hall. Steve Reich is curating this series of concerts. They are revealing and surprising.

Going to see Remy Bumppo Theatre’s sparkling production of the Garson Kanin play, Born Yesterday, was a re-introduction to a play that’s rich and relevant. Not fluffy. Funny and witty with a definite edge.

Conrad Tao is a fearless performer. He is open to reactions that can be very harsh and cruel, and also very beautiful. The Aaron Copland Piano Sonata that sat in the center of the program is a very calm, contemplative and yearning piece. It is during this almost withheld performance that you can clearly feel Tao’s art.

In to America, the world premiere production by Griffin Theatre, is America’s origin story, a documentary-style production that tells our history of immigration and multiculturalism, in all its glorious and cruel aspects. William Massolia, Griffin’s artistic director, has compiled a richly researched story of 400 years of American history.

In the show Biotope, at Gallery 51 in North Adams, the viewer is given the chance to experience life from the perspective of other life forms: animals, landscape, and vast fields denoting the pattern and apparent chaos in nature. Biotope refers to “habitat –an area within a biome where smaller subdivisions of species live,” suggesting a search for the “spirit of place” mentioned in the show’s introduction.

Alan Fink met his artist wife, Barbara Swan, in Paris where he lived for three years on just $700. They married in 1952 and relocated to Boston. There he went to work for the next 16 years at Boris Mirski Gallery. In 1967 he founded Alpha Gallery now run by their daughter Joanna. Their son Aaron is an expressionist painter.

A riveting All the Way in South Florida. Matlock star triumphs as LBJ with strong performances all around.

For a period of time in the late 1960s I worked in the studio of Pop artist James Rosenquist. He passed away recently at 83. When Jim first arrived in New York he painted billboards high above Times Square. He later used those techniques as a key but undervalued Pop artist.

Tom Stoppard's play is a mental exercise. Cast excels at Arcadia a time traveling play on-stage for a month.

The name Karoo derives from a semiarid region of South Africa. In local dialect the term translates as “land of thirst.” But you will find the cuisine of Chef Sanette Groenwald, of Afrikaner Dutch heritage, to be no mirage. This a great place for exotic cuisine on Lower Cape Cod.

For the past half century our ears and minds have been assaulted with sound. Many of us have ceased to hear. Yet modern composers are creating music to which you must listen to enjoy. They are opening up our ears. This spring, in the intimate Zankel Hall, Carnegie is presenting three generations of contemporary composers led by curator Steve Reich. There is no better way to start listening again. No matter how minimal the style, this music is saved by the marimba and vibraphone bells.

Since June, 2014 Berkshire poet, Charles Giuliano, has published three books of gonzo verse. A fourth is in production for a summer release. On Tuesday April 18, at 7:30 P.M. he will give a reading at the Williams Faculty Club (WFC), 968 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267. The event is free and open to the public.

When the Adventurs of Vixen Sharp Ears was selected for the spring opera production at the Manhattan School of Music the prescience in this time of challenge to our climate and natural world could not have been foreseen. Yet watching the moving and charming production this week, the impact of our country’s abandonment of planetary care makes Leoš Janácek's opera all the more touching

TenThing brass came to Scandanavia House. The group consisting of four trumpets, four trombones, a horn and a tuba, has been touring the US to great success. Brassy and classy, they are as infectious as they are intimate. Ten, long-stemmed musicians delight.

Like her Pulitzer-Prize-winning Ruined, Lynn Nottage developed Sweat from many on-the-spot interviews with people in this predicament, whose stories and comments flesh out the drama that connects and thrusts home its meaning and impact. it’s moving intact to Studio 54 with only one cast change.

A peak into high-stakes financial world with Southeastern premiere of 'Dry Powder' in Florida . GableStage scores a hit with 'Dry Powder'

Contemporary classic music is thriving. No longer is the ACO alone in performing new composers. Yet over the years they have commissioned and performed contemporary classical composers when few others would.