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End of the Eras

December 19, 2024

Taylor Swift just broke a record. She wrapped up the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. That means her tour made more money than any other concert tour in history. The pop star’s Eras Tour started in March 2023. In…

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The Eras Tour: By the Numbers

December 21, 2023

Swift’s Eras Tour is making history. It’s set to land on five continents. Each performance is a journey through the star’s 17-year career, with a 40-plus-song set list that pulls from her studio albums. There are also some surprise songs every night.…

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Musical Nature

January 5, 2023

Do you play an instrument? Have you ever made one? Terje Isungset can answer yes to both questions. He’s a drummer. And he makes instruments out of something pretty cool: ice! He doesn’t use just any frozen stuff. “You can…

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Music for the People

December 15, 2022

Gustavo Dudamel returns to the stage. This is his second encore. It’s opening night for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The orchestra is based in California. The crowd spots the conductor. The volume inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall surges. Dudamel…

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Broadway is Back

September 1, 2021

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Don Darryl Rivera played Iago in Disney’s Broadway show Aladdin. He recently visited his dressing room in New York City. Nothing had changed. “It was exactly how I left it,” he told TIME for Kids. “My…

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The Kid Report: Broadway is Back

September 1, 2021

The story “Broadway is Back”—about the reopening of live theater in New York City—appears in this week’s issue of TIME for Kids. Below, TFK Kid Reporter David Murtagh shares his perspective. David writes about his conversation with Broadway historian Jennifer…

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Musical Revolution

July 2, 2020

A new live musical is coming to Disney+. It’s Hamilton, the Broadway show that premiered in 2015. The show is about Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary of the United States. It begins with Hamilton’s arrival in New York from…

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Making Music

June 26, 2020

Daniel Tashian is a songwriter. He’s written songs for famous musicians such as Kacey Musgraves and Brett Eldredge. This month, he released Mr. Moonlight. It’s a new album he wrote with his three daughters: Tigerlily, Tinkerbell, and Matilda. The album…

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From Our House to Yours

April 22, 2020

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in New York City, is a world-renowned cultural institution. It’s a showcase for the best in theater, concerts, and dance. Lincoln Center is temporarily closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. But now, kids can…

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Coding Heroes

February 19, 2020

Kids’ creations come to life in a new computer game called SuperMe. The game was designed by students in Chicago Public Schools. To make it, they had to learn how to code. They also drew their own superheroes. Then they…

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