The theater was being used to be a real forum of ideas. There’s a whole avant-garde, experimental side—the public has lost a sense of that.

Composer And Curator Of The “In Your Ear” Festival At Carnegie Hall.

Beethoven’s hearing loss resonates with this similarly affected—and talented—pianist.

The Nutcracker Suite premiered in 1892, but only after World War II did the Tchaikovsky ballet become a New York family rite. Today, there's an interpretation for any sugarplum -- child or not.The

A friend once remarked to me that the term “world music” evokes an annoying Pan flute.

Slated for a 2002 opening at the New York City Opera and bumped twice, Haroun and the Sea of Stories finally gets a world premiere this fall.

The Lion King’s Julie Taymor returns to opera, reimagining The Magic Flute for the Met.

Everyone knows about Central Park and Coney Island, but there are plenty of other places to take the kids—or yourself—for a spin on a carousel.