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Nancy Buirski's remarkable film biography of Tanaquil Le Clercq, which had a run recently in movie theaters, will now be shown on PBS' American Masters;

Apropos the past Sunday: Against a few decent dads in opera — Peter of Hansel und Gretel, William Tell, Gianni Schicchi — the genre is teeming with bad ones, such as Giorgio Germont in La traviata, Alberich in Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung (Wotan at least has some feelings for his dozens of offsprings), King Philip II in Verdi's Don Carlo, Cenerentola's f

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Tomorrow, June 18, is Robert Commanday's 92nd birthday, the co-founder (with his wife, Mary

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder was named best musical at the 68th annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway’s best, at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday night.

Audra McDonald won a record sixth Tony for portraying Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.

John Mangum, the outstanding director of artistic planning at the San Francisco Symphony, has been appoi