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Open Call: Auditions and entries
Open Call

Auditions and entries

Update: RedLine seeks new artists in residence and submissions for one-act plays at the Pink Banana close Feb. 2

The Skylight’s “Brel,” on the outskirts of greatness

The Skylight’s “Brel,” on the outskirts of greatness

The words and music of Jacques Brel, the mid-century singer-songwriter, still wound and amuse today.

MSO German Fest 2: Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven
MSO German Fest 2

Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven

De Waart illumines Schumann's dense Symphony No. 3, Garrick Ohlssohn shines in Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto.

Jacques Brel alive, well and living in the Third Ward

Jacques Brel alive, well and living in the Third Ward

The Skylight Opera Theatre revives the 1968 revue that spread the legendary singer-songwriter's fame from Europe to America.

This Week at the MSO: German Fest 2, Gaudeamus baby!
This Week at the MSO

German Fest 2, Gaudeamus baby!

Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture"; you know it well, right? No you don't.

Jazz piano virtuoso, Adam Makowicz, riffs on Chopin

Jazz piano virtuoso, Adam Makowicz, riffs on Chopin

The Polish Heritage Alliance presents a jazz man once banned in Poland, but now officially honored in his homeland.

On Stage 1/25-31: Without football, what would we have? Plenty.
On Stage 1/25-31

Without football, what would we have? Plenty.

Dance with Wild Space and Heidi Latsky, music with MSO, Fest City and Frankly Music, openings at the Rep and the Skylight, jazz and more.

The Rep’s “So Lonesome You Could Cry” — now with video!

The Rep’s “So Lonesome You Could Cry” — now with video!

At the Stackner Cabaret, Matthew Brumlow becomes Hank Williams, Sr., in Lanie Robertson's "Nobody Lonesome for Me."

MSO German Fest 1: Sly Brahms, sparkling Beethoven, epic R. Strauss
MSO German Fest 1

Sly Brahms, sparkling Beethoven, epic R. Strauss

MSO, de Waart polish three brands of German Romanticism. Pianist Brautigam gives a pithy Beethoven Concerto No. 3.

This Week at the MSO: The new exec, and Germanfest in January
This Week at the MSO

The new exec, and Germanfest in January

Maryellen Gleason's first days as the MSO's president/CEO, and a rundown of the orchestra's German Festival.

MSO: Geoffrey Gordon’s Trombone Concerto, Megumi Kanda a hit
MSO

Geoffrey Gordon’s Trombone Concerto, Megumi Kanda a hit

Guest conductor James Gaffigan impresses with a complex new concerto, contemplative Ives and essential Mozart.

Itzhak Perlman special at the MSO

Itzhak Perlman special at the MSO

He's the world's most famous violinist for a lot of good reasons.