Jeff Lunden

The cast of “Journey to the Rainbow” from Germany’s Circus-Theater Roncalli.

German circus meets the Big Apple

Arts

New York’s Big Apple Circus is collaborating with a famed German circus this year, giving the annual show a distinctly European flair. Jeff Lunden reports on the mind-boggling juggling, the clowns and the poetry.

Uta Hagen teaches at her HB Studio in New York.

Uta Hagen’s centennial

Arts
Caissie Levy as Elsa in “Frozen” on Broadway.

Behind the curtain at autism-friendly Broadway shows

Culture
Ammar Haj Ahmad in “The Jungle.”

Welcome to ‘The Jungle’

Arts, Culture & Media
Stage and film lyricist Alan Jay Lerner photographed in 1985.

Songtennial: Alan Jay Lerner at 100

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Bonus Feature: Rinde Eckert

Arts, Culture & Media

Composer Rinde Eckert’s opera And God Created Great Whales is a meditation on creativity, memory, madness, and Moby-Dick. Produced by Jeff Lunden.

The World

Global Hit

Arts, Culture & Media

Reporter Jeff Lunden profiles classical singer Thomas Quasthoff. The German bass-baritone has won three Grammy Awards and achieved international success. And he’s overcome significant physical challenges to do it.