Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright performs live in studio. 

Highlights from our conversation with Rufus Wainwright at our Get Lit with All Of It book club event, plus two exclusive performances. 

We air highlights from our interview with and two exclusive performances by Rufus Wainwright from our virtual Get Lit with All Of It book club event.

Highlights from our conversation with Rufus Wainwright at our Get Lit with All Of It book club event, plus two exclusive performances.

Highlights from our conversation with Rufus Wainwright at our Get Lit with All Of It book club event, plus two exclusive performances. 

Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwright discuss their new show at BAM, Shakespeare's Sonnets.

Rufus Wainwright grew up surrounded by folk music royalty. But despite being steeped in that tradition, he encountered his strongest influence when he was a teenager — Verdi’s Requiem.

Director Lian Lunson talks about her documentary “Sing Me the Songs that Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle.” She’s joined by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. Rufus and Martha Wainwright honored their mother, who died in 2010, with a May 2011 concert in that included her sisters Anna and Jane McGarrigle, Jimmy Fallon, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Antony Hegarty, and others. The film comebines home movie footage of the Wainwrights, archival footage, and family interviews to tell the story of Kate’s life and the songs she wrote. “Sing Me the Songs that Say I Love You” is playing at Film Forum though July 9.

Singer songwriter and composer Rufus Wainwright assembled an all-star cast for his new pop-tinged album “Out of the Game.” Produced by Mark Ronson, it features guest appearances from the Dap Kings, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Rufus’ sister Martha. Today, Wainwright joins us to play songs from the album live in our studio.  

Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright perform songs by Kate McGarrigle live in our studio. A two-night tribute to Kate McGarrigle will be held at Town Hall, May 12-13. It features performances by Martha and Rufus Wainwright, and her sister Anna, as well as Emmylou Harris, Antony Hegarty, Norah Jones, and Teddy Thompson, among others. Profits from the concert will go toward creating the Kate McGarrigle Sarcoma Research Fund.

Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright is known for his dramatic streak. A devoted fan of Judy Garland, he recently became an opera composer with the summer premiere of his French-language drama "Prima Donna." In 2007, he got dressed up as Garland for a concert that has been turned into a CD and ...