(Toscanini, NBC Symphony; RCA Victrola VIC-8000). Lots of the young bloods tend to pooh-pooh Toscanini’s taut, no-nonsense approach. but anyone knowing of a more intense and exciting Beethoven package ...

Signature Theatre's production of Pacific Overtures. Photo by Daniel Rader & Shannon Finney. The clash of cultures -between West and East-is portrayed with poetic and musical flourish in Signature ...

East West Players has a long history with “Pacific Overtures,” Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s 1976 musical about the opening of Japan to international trade by American warships in 1853 and the ...

George Takei, who recently starred in the Broadway musical Allegiance, has been cast as "Reciter" in Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's PACIFIC ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook When the star singer Asmik Grigorian dropped out of the orchestra’s performance at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Fifth and his “Leonore ...