Theater producer Cameron Mackintosh has been bringing long runs of grand theatrical spectacles to Chicago for nearly half a century now. Delivering a big night out for regular folks remains a ...

Five decades in, Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega-musical has an infuriating storyline and an impressive everything else. Cue the chandelier.

I still remember how my heart would pound with excitement each week as the latest episode of “Game of Thrones” began unfolding on my TV screen. I had the same feeling Friday night at the Dr. Phillips ...

A scandalous fellow wrote a scandalous play which became a scandalous opera. Kelly Slawson brings a dazzlingly powerful, beautiful voice to the title role. It’s an unforgettable triumph in a real tour ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — An opera it was not, but in the world premiere of “mad scramble for crumbs,” Opera Saratoga presented a surrealist work of vocal art worth seeing, not only because it is ...

This summer’s Santa Fe Opera season, which runs through Aug. 23, skews toward standard repertoire, but there were surprises within that narrow compass. Director Melly Still gave Wagner’s “Die Walküre” ...

The Metropolitan Opera opened its season Monday with the company premiere of Grounded, with a score by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto by George Brant. Theater critic Sara Holdren and music critic ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — He comes here every day, to gather wood. Axe in hand, the woodcutter (baritone Geoffrey Schmelzer) sang as much when he introduced “In A Grove” with see-sawing modulation, ...

Glimmerglass Festival’s production of “La Calisto” during orchestra dress rehearsal. Glimmerglass Festival's production of "La Calisto" during orchestra dress rehearsal. Glimmerglass Festival’s ...

With a pacing faster than a sitcom and sometimes funnier, Opera Sartatoga’s production of “La Vie Parisienne” is all about indulgence, desire and diversion. Best known for his comedies, the French ...