Theater
Watch David Cranmer Play a Theremin Inside a Badger, Called the 'Badgermin'
Moody's Reports Metropolitan Opera's Credit Rating Remains Despite $1 Million Surplus
Despite seeing a $1 million surplus after it ended its last fiscal year, the Metropolitan Opera's credit rating still hasn't changed. According to Moody's Investors Service, the company may have seen some lightness in the box office, but it still yields large donor support in light of its recent season. Watch Gaelynn Lea Perform Songs of Heartbreak at Her Tiny Desk Concert
NPR's most recent Tiny Desk concert featured a fiddle player by the name of Gaelynn Lea. Ms. Lea, who suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (commonly known as "brittle bone disease"), is a classically-trained fiddler from Duluth, Minnesota. Her songs of heartbreak and despair resonated intimately at the Desk, which featured, perhaps, its largest crowd to date.