Jeff Lunden

Classical composer Gabriela Ortiz brings her distinctive, rhythmic Latin American style to Carnegie Hall

October 11, 2024Music

Gabriela Ortiz is one of Mexico’s best-known classical composers, and she’s gaining recognition in the United States. The Los Angeles Philharmonic has premiered many of her rhythmic, colorful compositions. This week, she begins a seasonlong residency at Carnegie Hall in New York that promises many exciting new pieces.

Belarusian play starring Olympic basketball player sheds light on life under a repressive regime

September 25, 2024Arts, Culture & Media

‘Moving and beautiful and hopeful’: 700 international youth musicians gather in New York City for World Orchestra Week

August 7, 2024Music

‘Patriots’: A play about 1990s Russia debuts on Broadway

April 22, 2024Conflict

The cast of “Journey to the Rainbow” from Germany’s Circus-Theater Roncalli.

German circus meets the Big Apple

December 18, 2023Arts

Uta Hagen teaches at her HB Studio in New York.

Uta Hagen’s centennial

September 25, 2019Arts

She was a great actress — and maybe even a greater acting teacher.

Caissie Levy as Elsa in “Frozen” on Broadway.

Behind the curtain at autism-friendly Broadway shows

March 7, 2019Culture

Kids on the spectrum — and their families — let it go at a special performance of “Frozen.”

Welcome to ‘The Jungle’

January 9, 2019Arts, Culture & Media

How a new play puts the audience inside a migrant camp.

Stage and film lyricist Alan Jay Lerner photographed in 1985.

Songtennial: Alan Jay Lerner at 100

November 29, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

What do the musicals “My Fair Lady,” “Gigi” and “Camelot” have in common? They were all written by the talented, complicated Alan Jay Lerner.

Bonus Feature: Rinde Eckert

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Composer Rinde Eckert’s opera And God Created Great Whales is a meditation on creativity, memory, madness, and Moby-Dick. Produced by Jeff Lunden.