Hip-hop poetry, piano solos, a Jon Stewart rant: To Vijay Iyer, it all sounds good.

Puccini's Madama Butterfly, re-imagined by first-time opera director Anthony Minghella (known for The English Patient) and starring Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft.

At 70, Steve Reich gets a birthday bash at nearly every cultural institution in town.

The Fringe Festival isn’t all about theater (though of course there’s plenty of that). The summer staple’s dance and movement-theater offerings have just as much potential as the dramas and musicals do.

Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival unveils four premieres to mark the composer’s 250th birthday and its own 40th.

Most of the time, opera is a strictly no-food-and-drink affair. Not this week.

The 92nd Street Y’s Jazz in July festival, run by the excellent pianist-arranger Bill Charlap, offers tributes to late greats by living greats.

The genre-busting cult musician Theo Bleckmann tries his hand at the great American songbook.

One of the great perks of summer in the city is lots of free music and dance.

After technical woes—and head trauma—Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal finally get a Vietnam allegory onstage. Just in time for Iraq.