Editor’s Note: Elena Sheppard is a culture writer who focuses on books, fashion, theater and history. Her first book, “The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora” is forthcoming from St.

To be Bohemian has long meant to be a free spirit, pursuing one’s artistic dreams and living a lifestyle of impermanence, beauty, freedom from convention and a genteel poverty. Europe’s Romani people ...

Rent — Jonathan Larson’s rock-operatic update of Puccini’s La Bohème — has always cut across the grain of American theater. First, it’s an update of La Bohème, and (true) opera and Broadway generally ...

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Of the seven surviving plays by Sophocles, Electra is notable for its prominent female characters and examinations of justice. It is emotionally charged and universal in its portrayal of human nature.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The Ndlovu Youth Choir, which began in South Africa's rural Limpopo province and rose to international fame on America's Got Talent in ...

When college student and budding opera singer Martina Chylikova moved to Tucson in 1995, she left behind not only her native Czech Republic, but also the distinctive Slavic vocal style that had spread ...