“I have been thinking about making a tree show for about five years,” says Bonnie Cullum, the producing artistic director of the VORTEX, and the creator of the new show MotherTree. “And a few years ...

Throughout the second half of the evening, Smith’s 1978 album Easter was introduced with Ben Harper surrounded by the house band for “Ghost Dance” and Angel Olsen taking the title track.

Others reimagined Smith’s work. Playing an acoustic lapslide guitar, Ben Harper turned “Ghost Dance” into a dustbowl hymn. “My Blakean Year,” also from Trampin’, always sounded a bit ...

Still, as Olsen is keen to point out, her dance card is looking extremely full: Olsen next stars alongside Julia Roberts, Eddie Redmayne, and Brian Tyree Henry in the upcoming Sam Esmail-directed ...