Since its Broadway debut in 1957, “The Music Man” has become a musical theater classic, although in recent decades it’s been consigned to high school and college productions. So at 69, the show gets a ...

Summer and fall have long been peak festival season here in Chicago. But this year takes things even further. Multi-day extravaganzas are everywhere this autumn: You have your time-honored jazz ...

The year is 1925. The Great Gatsby is published, the jazz age is swinging, and on October 28th, a new concert hall opens at an unlikely spot — the Library of Congress, in Washington D.C. If only its ...

Do you know that game where people try to avoid hearing “Last Christmas” by Wham! for as long as possible into December? It’s telling that the game exists, revealing not just that the song is ...

Strolling through Central Park on a weekday evening and you might stumble on a concert. Although something is discernibly missing—the sound of music. Look closer and you’ll notice everyone in the ...

Founder and artistic director of Jazz at the Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis is stepping down after nearly 40 years in the role.

When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late ...

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