Five decades in, Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega-musical has an infuriating storyline and an impressive everything else. Cue the chandelier.
Theater producer Cameron Mackintosh has been bringing long runs of grand theatrical spectacles to Chicago for nearly half a century now. Delivering a big night out for regular folks remains a ...
I still remember how my heart would pound with excitement each week as the latest episode of “Game of Thrones” began unfolding on my TV screen. I had the same feeling Friday night at the Dr. Phillips ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — An opera it was not, but in the world premiere of “mad scramble for crumbs,” Opera Saratoga presented a surrealist work of vocal art worth seeing, not only because it is ...
This summer’s Santa Fe Opera season, which runs through Aug. 23, skews toward standard repertoire, but there were surprises within that narrow compass. Director Melly Still gave Wagner’s “Die Walküre” ...
Experience a tale of forbidden love set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands with Opera in the Heights' season-opening production of Lucia di Lammermoor. This timeless opera, known for its ...
AMHERST — Opera channels our clearest emotions: those so innate that they splash out in naive singsong, and those so deep that, when released, they can only bear to be sung. “The Onion,” with a ...
Glimmerglass Festival’s production of “La Calisto” during orchestra dress rehearsal. Glimmerglass Festival's production of "La Calisto" during orchestra dress rehearsal. Glimmerglass Festival’s ...
With a pacing faster than a sitcom and sometimes funnier, Opera Sartatoga’s production of “La Vie Parisienne” is all about indulgence, desire and diversion. Best known for his comedies, the French ...