Michelle Dorrance proves once again that the “Genius” award she received in 2015 for her tap-dancing brilliance (the same year as Lin-Manuel Miranda received his for “Hamilton”) is abundantly deserved!

Cappella Meiterranea seduces with the wit and wisdom of Claudio Monteverdi swirling in voices and period instruments. Conducted from a bar stool by artistic director Leonardo García Alarcón, the angels and devils of history emerged from the wonderful voices of the group.

Manfred Honeck conducted the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's first Piano Concerto and Gustsv Mahler's First Symphony. Beethoven’s was actually the second and a big leap forward from his first. Mahler’s took the world by storm, featuring nature, folk and funeral music and an expansion of orchestral sound from its time binds into space.

By the Bog of Cats is a bit of Irish Gothic laced with some Greek tragedy and it’s on stage now at The Artistic Home, one of Chicago’s fine storefront theaters, located in the Noble Square neighborhood. Marina Carr’s 1998 play is set in a ghostly bog in the Irish midlands.

BTG is expanding its 2017 summer festival offerings, including The Music Man and the Million Dollar Quartet, Arsenic and Old Lace, as well as two productions by playwrights, Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo (Zoo story) and David Auburn's Lost Lake.

The musical lineup for the 2017 Solid Sound Festival, which takes place June 23-25 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA, has been revealed. Let the games begin.

Respected Broadway producer Ron Simons steers 'Jitney' to Broadway. All other August Wilson 'Century Cycle Plays' Have Appeared on the Great White Way.

Polio is widely regarded, along with smallpox, as vaccination’s other “unmistakable success,” and in recent years the World Health Organization has pronounced it confined to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Insightfully written by Richard Alfieri, and inventively directed by Larry Raben, “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks”, at the Annenberg Theatre, Palm Springs, stars Loretta Swit as Lily and David Engle as Michael.

“Expressions”, marks Shawn Abramowitz’s debut as a playwright, who also directs the powerful drama now performing on the Pearl Mc Manus Stage at the Palm Springs Woman’s Club. He has been singled out for Desert Theatre League honors for Best Actor and Best Supporting actor in “A Number” in 2016, and for “Family Meetings.”

Young Jean Lee’s new play, which she directs at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, presents the existential crisis of being a straight white man, but rejecting its rule-the-world requirements. The play is very smart and funny and the audience laughs throughout.

With more than 230 CDs and a rigorous touring schedule, Jordi Savall's "Hesperion XXI" is one of early music's most popular groups, sure to fill concert halls all over the world, especially in Boston a hotbed of the broad field of "early" music. In recent years, Savall has been focused on how music is transmitted between cultures over time, and this lively concert surveyed how Venetian dance music influenced music in France, Germany, England and Spain.

The program began with Francesca da Rimini, a symphonic fantasy. The music seemed more likely to have been composed in 1976 than in 1876. The buzzing strings, dissonance and mixed instrumental textures are thoroughly modern. Yet the story is eternal: a woman falls in love with her husband’s brother and descends to hell. Tchaikovsky adopted this as program music from Dante. The whirlwind which sweeps up the musical story prepares us for a similar whirlwind in the fourth movement of the Pathetique.

The circumstances in “Between Riverside and Crazy” sound painfully familiar to what’s happening today, but Guirgis didn’t simply base his work on a recent incident. Guirgis has a keen ear for dialogue from the rough and tumble streets. His gritty, even vulgar dialogue sings as a kind of poetry from the hood.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival 2017 Summer Season, the 63rd Season for the Tony® Award-winning theatre company, will include four world premieres, a new musical, and the first production of a WTF commissioned artist.

Carnegie Hall is offering a festival of Music from the Venetian Republic. At St. Ignatius Loyola, one of New York City’s acoustic treasures, the Tallis Scholars offered Venetian Voices, singing in split choirs, both to provide more vocal lines and to speak to each other when composers asked.

North Adams has bsen selected as one of five finalists for Main Street Season Two. Please help by casting a vote once a day from now through February 16. The prize for the Small Business Revolution contest is $500,000.

The highlights of this itinerary range from rock formations with monasteries perched atop the cliffs at Meteora to ancient Macedonian cities of Philippi and Amphipolis, the former distinguished as the first place Apostle Paul visited in Europe. The modern cities of Kavala and Thessaloniki enhance the experience with museums, monuments, and antiquities in addition to a vibrant urban life.

Young American soprano, Susanna Phillips, has what it takes - a beautiful voice, a charming manner and a fierce intelligence. Her Celebrity Series concert, "Women's Lives and Loves," traced the female condition through song. It could serve as a seminar in how to build a vocal recital.

Playwright Jennifer Haley is the author of plays including Froggy, Neighborhood 3 and Breadcrumbs. Her subject matter focuses on ethics in virtual reality and the impact of technology on human relationships. The Nether was developed at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference in 2011.

Sean Thackrey is one of the most influential winemakers in the world. He is self-taught and bottled his first vintage in 1981. Based in Marin County California, Sean has been known as winemaker with a 'cult' following.After tasting his wines, one must agree.

I first saw Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater early last year. As are most of her New York outings the night club was filled to the rafters with loyal followers, each hanging on her every word and expression.

Traveling through Northern Greece is a wondrous journey across ancient Macedonia. The scenic land between the modern coastal cities of Thessaloniki on the east and Parga and Preveza on the west, is a treasure trove of antiquities from the time of King Philip II and his son Alexander the Great, along with those from Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. Biblical treasures along the route enhance the journey.

Musical based on Cuban immigrants' lives will make its first national touring stop in Miami. The 2017-18 Broadway in Miami season at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts will kick off with "On Your Feet!," featuring the true story of Miami legends Gloria and Emilio Estefan.

The 2017 season of Shakespeare & Company will feature three by the Bard Cymbeline, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night's Dream; plus two Edith Wharton comedies, Roman Fever and th The Fullness of Life. Additional title are 4,000 Miles by Amy Herzog, Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, and the widely produced God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza.