The one-man play “Primo” recounts the Holocaust experiences of Primo Levi, an Italian chemist who was arrested and transported to Auschwitz in the final year of World War II. He was one of only 22 Italian Jews who left the camp alive. Written by/starring South African-born actor Sir Antony Sher, the play is an adaptation of Levi’s memoir Survival in Auschwitz. See an excerpt.
Renowned children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak collaborated with playwright Tony Kushner to adapt Brundibar, a children’s opera written in 1938 by Czech composer Hans Krása, into a book and …
This week, a teenage pimp, an immigrant adrift in New York City, and a child with an acrobatic imagination vied for your votes. So which film won?
In 1974, Robert Sam Anson asked Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel a simple question: “Do you think the Jews can ever feel safe wherever they are in the world?” Watch Wiesel’s answer.
American Masters: Marvin Gaye premieres Wednesday, May 7 at 8 p.m.; excerpts from the show are online, including part of a short but sweet American Bandstand appearance from 1964. Gaye sings “Pride and Joy”, his first top 10 single. Watch it here.
How many opera-lovers have already heard the nine high Cs Juan Diego Flórez sang recently in “Ah, mes amis (Pour mon âme)” from La Fille Du Régiment at the Metropolitan Opera?
Mark Bittman, food columnist for the New York Times and host of public television’s “The Best Recipes in the World,” visited our studio for a live interactive webcast right here …
“Every age,” writes Shakespeare scholar and cultural critic Marjorie Garber, “creates its own Shakespeare.”
The Fragonard Room inside the Henry Clay Frick Estate is the setting for an ensemble of canvases by Fragonard and a remarkable group of French furniture from the eighteenth century. Walk through the room online with Colin Bailey from the museum as your guide.
The opera stage is filled with tragic characters who have lost touch with reality—one of the best-known examples being Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, seen in Mary Zimmermann’s new Met …
