Annaleigh Ashford, left, and Josh Groban star in Broadway's current revival of Sweeney Todd. Ashford says it's rare for musicals to have this large of an orchestra. Even as a controversy has erupted ...

Thomas Søndergård is an opera man. Yes, he’s proved himself a skilled interpreter of orchestral repertoire during his three seasons as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra, especially with ...

Youngstown Playhouse is going big with the finale to its centennial season. “Oklahoma!,” the first collaboration by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, would be included on any ...

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Producers have been saying for years that large Broadway orchestras are not financially feasible. In fact, the issue led to a strike 20 years ago.... After years of ever-shrinking orchestras, some ...