Lise Davidsen, Opera’s New Star Soprano, Is Bringing All Her Colors to Tristan und Isolde

In a lounge beneath the Metropolitan Opera, the towering Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen is the picture of calm. “My husband jokes I am like a pressure cooker,” she says with a laugh, sitting ...

Oscars 2026 highlights: 'One Battle After Another' wins best picture; Michael B. Jordan wins for 'Sinners'

Get the latest news and live updates from the 2026 Oscars. See this year’s Academy Award winners and follow breaking news ...

Everything That Mattered From the 2026 Oscars

Hollywood insider Anthony Breznican broke down the night's biggest snubs, surprises, tributes, and everything you didn't see ...

'One Battle After Another' wins best picture at 98th Academy Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" was crowned best picture at the 98th Academy Awards, handing Hollywood's ...

Live theater is hurting. These L.A. artistic directors have plans to revive it

Pasadena Playhouse producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman, Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney and ...
Playbill

Met Opera Names Winners of 2026 Laffont Competition

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the winners of the 2026 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, selected following the ...
The New York Times

The Met Opera’s Desperate Hunt for Money

Performances in N.Y.C. The Met has looked to a foreign government, to new strategies, even to outer space, in its scramble to find money to sustain the country’s largest performing arts organization.