Performing Arts

The company, based in The Hague, is currently in Washington, D.C., performing Giselle at The Kennedy Center. The Ukrainian Ambassador says the ballet corps is like a secret weapon.

"Reckless Son" is a one-man show by singer/songwriter Matt Butler inspired by the convicts he's met while touring American prisons and jails.

The United Ukrainian Ballet Company is made up of dancers taking refuge in the Netherlands. The company travels to Washington, D.C., to perform Giselle, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky.

The Grant Avenue Follies are steeped in tap dance and the songs of the 1950s and '60s. But they are no strangers to hip-hop, as the track "That Lunar Cheer" shows.

Tenor Limmie Pulliam just made his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 47. He tells NPR's Scott Simon what pushed him away from singing and what twist of fate brought him back to the stage.

The Greater Huntsville Humane Society’s annual Dog Ball is coming up on February 4th. This year’s theme is “Love is ReBARKable.” The gala benefits the Humane Society’s animal shelter by helping to defray expenses incurred while providing care to animals in need. Amy Mayfield, the publicity chairperson for the Dog Ball talked with Ginny Kennedy what we can look forward to at the event. More information is at www.TheDogBall.org.

PEN America and two other free speech groups are calling for school officials in Florida to reinstate a high school production of Paula Vogel's Indecent, a play that is itself about censorship.

Pat Graves recalls his friend's service in the essay "The Best and Worst of the Army in Vietnam"

The PROTOTYPE festival, now in its 10th year, presents new operas and music-theater works in smaller settings. "We were trying to create a black box opera movement," says co-founder Beth Morrison.

The internationally-renowned show exploring the percussive possibilities of the human body and everyday objects ends Jan. 8.