The Trump coup has claimed another victim. After a 58-year affiliation with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the American College Theater Festival (ACTF) is calling it quits. In a Facebook post, the organization says the … » Read

The economic outlook for Broadway musicals is increasingly fraught. Although the past season drew more than 14 million patrons and produced the highest gross in a decade, as of late September none of the 18 musicals that opened last season made a … » Read

The sudden renaming of the Kennedy Center to honor Donald Trump by his hand-picked governing board last week was thoroughly predictable. It was one more effort by his inner circle to court favor with him for praise unearned. But it also has the … » Read

Anyone interested in finding out what’s on offer at the newly rechristened “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” may have to search a bit on the Internet. Two of the most logical … » Read

Among the highlights of the 47 th edition of the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), scheduled for Pesaro, Italy, August 11 to 23, will be one new production; two revivals of productions by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Damiano Michieletto; a 30 th … » Read

In what has become a too-frequent occurrence, a violinist was forced to remove his instruments from their case and carry them in his arms in order to board a flight. On Dec. 14, Bojan Cicic, leader of the Academy of Ancient Music, boarded a … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center started the work of adding Donald Trump’s name to the building on Friday, a day after the president’s handpicked board voted to do so. Several blue tarps were hung in front of the institution … » Read

While the world worries that the United States might never recover from the current administration’s policies, the musicians of the  National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and Washington National Opera (WNO) worry that the Kennedy Center … » Read

Researchers at Australia’s Monash University have published a new report that suggests that regular listening to music significantly improves cognitive health and lowers the risk of dementia among older adults. Data from more than 10,800 … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said, in a move that was quickly denounced as a … » Read