Broadway has discovered something powerful in recent years: giving women from history the microphone they were denied in their own time. Modern musicals increasingly reimagine historical women through ...

In December, I saw the movie “Wicked,” which has been nominated for oodles of Academy Awards. I didn’t especially want to see it, but my son and my new daughter-in-law love the show, and I thought it ...

Not everyone looks at the long-vacant husk of a former convenience store and gets visions of string quartets and piano recitals. But that’s exactly how it happened for Seth Boustead, the head of ...

Bursting with contagious rhythm, irrepressible heart, and an abiding sense of community pride, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony ...

After facing an impasse with its landlord, a nonprofit is now building what it says will be the first venue on Chicago’s North Side devoted to classical music. Access Contemporary Music broke ground ...

Whether you’re interested in classic or contemporary musicals from the American theater canon, edgy plays that seek to come to terms with uncomfortable parts of American history or theatrical revues, ...

Seth Boustead is a composer, pianist, and arts manager. Raised by a single mother in Missouri and Arizona, Boustead studied composition at the University of Missouri, then moved to Chicago in 1995. In ...

The DMA in Contemporary Music Performance draws upon the University at Buffalo’s unique history as a center for experimental music to train advanced performers with an interest in innovative new music ...