The New York Times – Music:
His “Cassette Vol. 1” has a 1980s mix tape soundtrack and nods to postmodern American dance vocabulary.
Category: Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
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Milo Rau’s ‘Hate Radio,’ ‘Pelicot Trial’ and More Theater of the Real
The New York Times – Music:
Milo Rau’s examination of the infamous broadcast that preceded the Rwandan genocide is onstage now. Two other works, including “The Pelicot Trial,” arrive in March.
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In a ‘Show Boat’ Reboot, Ol’ Man River Gets an Extreme Makeover
The New York Times – Music:
“Show/Boat: A River” reverses the racial lens on the great-grandfather of American musicals.
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Why ‘Show Boat’ Is America’s Most Enduring, Unstable Musical
The New York Times – Music:
A revival called “Show/Boat: A River” joins a history of reimagining the musical that goes back nearly a century, to its first performances.
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Nadia Boulanger, Music’s Greatest Teacher, Wrote an Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Nadia Boulanger’s “La Ville Morte” was repeatedly thwarted by death and World War I, then nearly lost. Finally, it is having its American premiere.
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Terence Blanchard and Anthony Davis in Close-Up at Jazz Concerts
The New York Times – Music:
Terence Blanchard and Anthony Davis, recent pioneers at the Metropolitan Opera, returned to earlier works in a pair of performances over the weekend.
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Du Yun Revisits Her Early Music Theater at NYU Skirball
The New York Times – Music:
A program at NYU Skirball pairs “Zolle” and “A Cockroach’s Tarantella,” youthful works from when the composer felt “like a fish out of water.”