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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

What Did Reviews Say About Salome at The Met? by Natan Zamansky

Claus Guth's new production of Richard Strauss' opera opened April 29.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM
Monday, April 28, 2025

Six Strings, Seven Veils: What’s Happening in Classic Art This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:02AM
Friday, April 25, 2025

Photos: Get a 1st Look at Salome at the Metropolitan Opera by Natan Zamansky

Claus Guth's new production of Richard Strauss' opera opens April 29.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM
Thursday, April 24, 2025

'O'er the Playbill-owy Waters': 10 Creative Pirates of Penzance PLAYBILLDER Covers by Natan Zamansky

With Pirates! The Penzance Musical to Broadway, here's a look at unique school and community theatre productions of the Gilbert and Sullivan musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM
Monday, April 21, 2025

A Choir Hyporchematic: What’s Happening in Classic Art This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

How Like You This Playbill?: 10 Creative Shakespeare PLAYBILLDER Covers by Natan Zamansky

PLAYBILLDER is celebrating the bard with a look at school and community productions of his plays.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PM
Monday, April 14, 2025

Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06AM
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Freaky Friday, Gentleman's Guide, and More Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Ten Years of The Last Five Years in PLAYBILLDER Covers by Natan Zamansky

PLAYBILLDER welcomes the Jason Robert Brown musical to Broadway with a look back at community theatre productions from over the years.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM

Michael R. Jackson Opera Complications in Sue Will Premiere at Opera Philadelphia by Natan Zamansky

Jackson has penned the libretto for the work, which will feature music by 10 different composers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PM
Monday, March 31, 2025

World Premieres by Justin Peck, Tiler Peck, More in New York City Ballet's 2025-26 Season by Natan Zamansky

The season, opening September 16, will feature 47 ballets, including four world premieres.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PM

‘This Lady’s… Sua Madre!’: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM

7 Operas You Should See If You’re A Musical Theatre Fan by Natan Zamansky

Want to go to the opera, but don’t know where to start? Here are some recommendations of shows to see at the Met.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Matilda, Eurydice, Pippin, and More Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PM
Monday, March 24, 2025

Aida, Butterfly, and Corigliano: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AM
Thursday, March 20, 2025

10 Creative Into the Woods PLAYBILLDER Covers by Natan Zamansky

PLAYBILLDER is celebrating Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim with a look at school and community productions of one of his most popular musicals.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM
Monday, March 17, 2025

Met Opera Names 5 Winners of 2025 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition by Natan Zamansky

Selected from 10 finalists, the winners are each awarded at $20,000 prize.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM

Glockenspiels and Gigawatts: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM
Thursday, March 13, 2025

Shakespeare, Shakespeare Abridged, and Shakespeare In Love: 10 Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM
Monday, March 10, 2025

Fidelio, Film Scores, and Further: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Little Shop, Big Fish, and More Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PM
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Moby-Dick at the Metropolitan Opera? by Natan Zamansky

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's adaptation of the classic novel opened March 3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM
Monday, March 3, 2025

Cast Set for New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' Iolanthe by Natan Zamansky

Gilbert and Sullivan's "entirely original Fairy Opera" will close out the company's 50th anniversary season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PM

White Whales and Winter Wanderings: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM
Friday, February 28, 2025

Photos: Get a 1st Look at Moby-Dick at Met Opera by Natan Zamansky

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's adaptation of the classic novel opens March 3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Guys and Dolls, Annie Get Your Gun, and More Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Manhattan Theatre Club Launches Sondheim-Inspired High School Musical Theatre Competition New Friends by Natan Zamansky

The competition coincides with Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, opening at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre this spring.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PM
Monday, February 24, 2025

Bruch, Bruckner, and Brahms: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48AM
Friday, February 21, 2025

The Sound of Music, The Tempest, and More Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM
Thursday, February 20, 2025

Opera North Recording of Kurt Weill's Love Life Sets BBC Radio Premiere by Natan Zamansky

The recent production of the Weill-Alan Jay Lerner musical will be available for streaming for 30 days following the broadcast.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay to Open Met Opera's 2025-26 Season by Natan Zamansky

The season will also include the house premieres of Kaija Saariaho's Innocence and Gabriela Lena Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PM

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