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Nuclear Opera

Last night, I heard John Adams' Doctor Atomic at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the experience was as searing […]

Tomorrow, I fly out for a week-long holiday that will bring me to Chicago and Los Angeles for various excellent

I found myself at Barbes twice this past weekend, coming away satisfied both times. Friday night featured the latin-jazz-rock sounds

After yesterday’s Romeo and Juliet matinee, I went for an early nightcap at Joe’s Pub, the excellent performance space attached

It will probably come as no surprise that I don’t spend much time at the ballet, which suffers from an

When I arrived at Issue Project Room on Thursday, Tony Conrad was already onstage, playing an amplified ukelele like a

‘Tis the season for the obligatory Top 10 lists, in which critics make an unwise attempt to comb through a

On Thursday night, part of a weirdly short stretch of work this week, I ventured out to Zebulon: a friendly

For those looking for a little taste of what to look forward to with the arrival of Gerard Mortier as