Prokoviev's tale about a young man who captures a wolf is a children's holiday classic. But how to handle stories like this one at a time when capturing a wolf by its tail, parading it in triumph through the city, and then locking it up in the local zoo isn't likely to be seen as an act of clemency by audiences?


Revisiting a holiday classic: Peter and the Wolf gets an edit

The new nonprofit Broadway Votes is corralling musical theater celebrities to help with the effort both both on stage and online.



Broadway stars campaign to get out the vote

Citing creative differences with the orchestra's board, the famed Finnish conductor and composer plans to leave when his contract expires at the end of the 2025 season.


San Francisco Symphony music director Esa-Pekka Salonen resigns

NPR Tiny Desk contest winner Quinn Christopherson, drag queen Pattie Gonia and world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma would like "Won't Give Up" to be sung at climate change rallies and in concert halls.


This trio hopes 'Won't Give Up' will become an anthem for the climate movement

One of the world's greatest living composers, John Adams, has a new opera, and the prompter keeps Anthony and Cleopatra from flying off the rails.


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