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Artists perform at the concert "Tales from Beijing" of China Now Music Festival at the Lincoln Center in New York, the United States, on Oct. 9, 2022.■　　Jindong Cai (C), director of the U.S.-China Music Institute, conducts at the concert "Tales from Beijing" of China Now Music Festival at the Lincoln Center in New York, the United States, on Oct. 9, 2022.

Feature: China Now Music Festival kicks off new season in New York City with "Tales from Beijing"-

By Xinhua writer Yang Shilong

One of the first people introduced in Ken Burns’ new documentary series about the Holocaust is Otto, a Jewish man seen in the series’ first episode who tries to secure passage to America for his family but gets stymied by the country’s fierce anti-immigration legislation. It isn’t until the… Read More »

Bard is adding faculty and student scholarships, and expanding collegewide programming, with the help of a "transformational" endowment.

It seems everybody is having one of two reactions to Director Daniel Fish’s revival of OKLAHOMA! currently playing at the Ahmanson Theatre. But love it or hate it, so much of this update of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s acclaimed 1943 musical in which a farm girl is courted by two rival suitors, works.

An abridged version of the new PBS documentary by Ken Burns will be screened and followed by a Q&A session.

The Los Angeles premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! directed by Daniel Fish opens Thursday, September 15 at 8 p.m. at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre. The tour will mark the first time a First-Class Equity production of Oklahoma! has toured North America in more than 40 years. This bold interpretation will play through October 16.

Filmmakers explain why ‘The US And The Holocaust,’ which premieres on September 18, is not just another Holocaust film

By Andrew Lapin (JTA) — One of the first people introduced in Ken Burns’ new documentary series about the Holocaust is Otto, a Jewish man seen in