Richard Masur stars as an old man bowed with tragedy who strikes up a friendship with the troubled little girl next door. In the process both reveal the raw tenderness of their respective lives.

A seemingly settled Iraqi immigrant family meets a young refugee and old wounds open in this fine new drama.

Composer Yevgeniy Sharlat takes Bach's English Suite No. 2 as a starting point, and engineers energetic rhythmic surprises, ear-catching counterpoint, and busy, angsty drama in a prismatic work of accessible modernism.

The Tesla Quartet makes a strong debut with Ravel and more, while Amit Peled plays Bach's Cello Suites 1-3 on Pablo Casals' instrument.

Israeli pianist Tomer Gewirtzman gave a glowing performance of a challenging program of Beethoven, Brahms, and three very different Russian composers.

A smart, crisply written book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel links a sequence of superb musical numbers, recounting in the best musical-theater tradition the little-known story of the U.S. Army's WWI female telephone switchboard operators.

Malta has a long and storied history, but the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra is making history of its own with its first U.S. concerts, featuring Maltese music.

The Juilliard String Quartet presented music by Beethoven and Dvořák and the NYC premiere of a new work by Lembit Beecher.

Hamelin's magical concert program flowed from Bach-Busoni to Schumann to Chopin, with twinkling detours into the 20th century.

Rarely does a Bertolt Brecht revival have the integrity and fevered energy of 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' at Classic Stage, starring 'SVU''s Raúl Esparza.