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Florentine’s “Turandot”: Two intense women
Florentine’s “Turandot”

Two intense women

Calaf gets to sing "Nessun dorma," but Turandot and Liu are the core of this staging of Puccini's Orientalist fantasy.

Florentine Opera’s fairy-tale “Turandot”

Florentine Opera’s fairy-tale “Turandot”

Director Eric Einhorn and soprano Lise Lindstrom on their approach to Puccini's opera and its title role.

Off-the-Wall’s “Baby Jane”: Perfectly campy
Off-the-Wall’s “Baby Jane”

Perfectly campy

Dale Gutzman's take on the 1962 Bette and Joan movie, with Jeremy Welter and Mark Hagen as the grand dames, is a hit.

Theatre Gigante pays tribute to Spalding Gray

Theatre Gigante pays tribute to Spalding Gray

This weekend's "Shades of Gray" festival offers a play, documentary and book signing to commemorate the monologuist's life.

Gallery Night Fall 2011: Slide by Slide
Gallery Night Fall 2011

Slide by Slide

Rove Gallery Night with Susan Barnett, in words and pictures.

Are you tough enough for TCD.tv?

Are you tough enough for TCD.tv?

Video artist Nicholas Strini gets inside New York City's boxing world.

I’ve been meaning to tell you…

I’ve been meaning to tell you…

...about the Met Auditions, democracy at Present Music, UPAF's new prez, the MSO, today's Harry Van Oudenallen Memorial service, and Skylight $.

The Arcas Quartet: Vibrant young strings
The Arcas Quartet

Vibrant young strings

Violinists Ilana Setapen and Margot Schwartz, violist Jenny Snyder Kozoroz and cellist Peter J. Thomas play like they mean it.

Lombardi lives — on stage at The Rep

Lombardi lives — on stage at The Rep

Lee E. Ernst stars as the coach; Packer legends show up on opening night.

“Gorgons”: Celebrity Catfight at Renaissance Theaterworks
“Gorgons”

Celebrity Catfight at Renaissance Theaterworks

Jennifer Rupp and Marcella Kearns duke it out as thinly-veiled versions of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.

I’ve been meaning to tell you…

I’ve been meaning to tell you…

The topics: Mahler's Titan, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford not quite live, Leslie Fitzwater and Edith Piaf, Chinese on the march at MAM.

Excellent Early Music Now from the Savalls

Excellent Early Music Now from the Savalls

Gambist Jordi Savall and son, theorbist and vocalist Ferran Savall, open EMN's anniversary season with a great success.