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Austin Symphony conductor Peter Bay has tremendous regard for both Sergei Prokofiev's score and Sergei Eisenstein's images for the 1938 film Alexander Nevsky, and as he prepares for a live performance of the score as the film is being shown, he talks about this remarkable fusion of image and music and what's involved in performing it live.

Playwright Allison Gregory schticks it to the kids' classic in a new stage adaptation

The Golden Hornet Project turns Prokofiev

To accompany the screening of Alexander Nevsky, Eisenstein's 1938 epic film about the 13th-century Russian hero and the army he led to defeat a German invasion, maestro Peter Bay led his own army -- some 200 musicians from the Austin Symphony and Conspirare choir -- that performed Prokofiev's epic score with grandeur and a stirring power.

Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre

SXSW showcase reviews

Essentially a Russianized version of the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men, 12 is a moral powerhouse that's both intellectually riveting and indescribably poetic.

For its new production of Romeo and Juliet, Stephen Mills and a gifted company delivered the eloquence with which Shakespeare described the couple's profound passion -- without ever using the Bard's words.

The ASO's latest musical tour of Russia took a literary turn

Mothers danced in both Long Center venues on Mother's Day, but oh, what different moms

The Cleveland Orchestra and three violinists gave performances that had the crowd on its feet after every piece

The Golden Arm Trio

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AFS Essential Cinema spotlights once-banned films

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