#New York City Ballet

#New York City Ballet

In one of classical ballet's most celebrated, multifaceted, and difficult roles, Aurora matures over the course of the ballet, growing froman effervescent teenager sizing up suitors at her 16th birthday party, to an ethereal vision conjured to draw the prince to her bedside, and finally, to a bride, regal and self-assured. It's a fiercely demanding role set to Tschaikovsky's soaring score that requires persuasive acting skills and formidable technique.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2025-2026 season opened last night with Mason Bates' The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Based on Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, the opera follows Josef Kavalier and Samuel Klayman, two Jewish cousins who break into the burgeoning comic book industry of the 1930s with the creation of an anti-fascist superhero called The Escapist, inspired by Josef's escape from Nazi-occupied Prague.

The Rooney Family is mourning the loss of Matthew,

In this atmospheric audio drama, Tracy Letts plays radio shock jock Rick Egan, who recklessly stirs racial tensions in a post-9/11 America.