Arts & Entertainment

Piano Jam opens Richardson’s Steinway to all

For generations, some of the world’s leading pianists have taken a seat at the Steinway grand piano in Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. On Sunday, Sept. 27, Princeton University Concerts...

Art Cart delivers a new kind of soul food to town

It’s a hot summer day and brightly dressed Brook Beatty stands on South Broad Street in downtown Trenton. After...

Laura Benanti brings ‘Nobody Cares’ home

Laura Benanti says she is “blessed to be a chameleon.” Her context is unexpected. She is not referring to being...

McCarter Theater review: ‘All the Devils Are Here’

Shakespeare must be rejoicing. With simplicity that reveals complexity, subtlety that reveals nuance, economy that reveals textural riches, vocal...

Community schools tackle barriers to attendance

When it comes to students missing school, there can be a variety of reasons. The Princeton Area Community Foundation...

Pouring Their Art Out –– With Molten Iron

Hot Iron — very hot iron — will be the medium for making art on Saturday, November 3. ...

Tenebrae: The Rehearsal-Free, Candle-Lit Choir

Think of a choir concert. If you imagined a stationary semi-circle of singers on stage with a conductor in the center, you were NOT...

Brandau Carries PPM Baton Into New Season

For Ryan Brandau, the new artistic director of Princeton Pro Musica (PPM), his arrival is a homecoming of sorts. Brandau is a 2003 magna...

Beautiful And Ugly All At The Same Time

On a rainy October day, Joan Needham walks out to her deck, surrounded by lush greenery. On the wooden planks are two long green...

Theater Review: ‘Blessed Are’

Clive Murdoch (Ian Bedford) appears a little tentative as he enters the modest rural home in Jim Thorpe, the small town in rural Pennsylvania...

Theater Review: ‘The Wildest’

The most difficult reviews to write involve shows that are not quite shows in the traditional sense of the word; this includes experimental works,...
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