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Actor Will Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in The White Lotus. Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in a new limited TV series.

Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus' Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in The White Lotus. Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in a new limited TV series.

Experience Broadway brilliance with the acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre revival of Irving Berlin's Top Hat, directed and choreographed by triple Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Don’t miss this stunning performance inspired by the iconic 1935 classic, tune in to Great Performances l PBS, Friday at 9 p.m. on WOSU TV.

Great Performances | "Irving Berlin's Top Hat" Preview | Season 53 | Episode 19 Inspired by the iconic 1935 movie musical starring Fred Astaire.

Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, in its Met debut, sees late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead to be reunited with her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera dream together again at Met Opera

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Gabriela Lena Frank has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her orchestral work Picaflor: A future myth. She talked with NPR Classical about her award-winning work.

Gabriela Lena Frank wins music Pulitzer for 'Picaflor: A future myth' The composer created her own symphonic fable that weaves Andean cosmology with the natural world.