There is no house in the United States dedicated to presenting works from a prominent corner of homegrown music theater repertory. By Seth Colter Walls Whenever I’m trying to sell a friend on a night ...

You lug your wicker hamper across the stiletto-punctured lawn and bag a spot beside the ha-ha. You say “ha-ha” a lot because this is the only chance you get. Smoothing your frock or dinner jacket, you ...

Even by the standards of opera, an art form not known for its brevity, some epics test the endurance of audiences and performers alike. Consider “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” a comic opera by ...

Sometime around his fourth “The Barber of Seville,” Chicago-based operatic baritone Will Liverman realized he’d been hounded by the same “nugget of an idea” for years. That idea was inspired by the ...

The double bill at Kirkland House is a perfect escape for anyone tired of studying. And who isn't? The project was cooked up by seniors to fill up their free springtime, and under the leadership of ...

CASTLETON, Va. — The Senate is no longer a locus of oratory, and the House is a haven for demagogues. The president can't get legislation enacted, so he plays small ball, tweaking a vast regulatory ...

Florentine Opera is staging Derrick Wang's comic opera "Scalia/Ginsburg" in a fitting location: a courtroom in Marquette University's Law School's Lubar Center. In some kind of cosmic bardo, the ...

Conductor Lai Jiajing unveils the upcoming comic opera Wukong Thrice Confronts Lady Whitebone at the NCPA on June 16. CHINA ...