Canadian actor John Drainie stars in a one-man show based on the short story by Feodor Dostoevsky about a dream which helps a suicidal man renew his faith in life and helping mankind.
It is the melancholy end of a summer romance, as Michael Higgins the narrator observes when he sees a peasant girl meeting a valet in the woods one day.
An interpretive picture of mid-American folkways will be presented by the John Butler Dance Theater when nine of its members perform to Elie Siegmeister's musical score in "Ozark Set".
The delicate yet powerful lyrics of Emily Dickinson, American poetess of the late 19th century, are spoken in an continuous solo performance by Lois Nettleton.
American composer Carlisle Floyd's opera "Susannah", based on a Biblical story "Apocrypha" transferred to a contemporary rural Tennessee, is presented with scenes from the New York City Opera's new production.
Based on the 1930 classic by Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.