Carolyn Brown, a Shaper of Revolutionary Dance, Dies at 97 by Claudia La Rocco

With Merce Cunningham, she forged one of the great partnerships in dance history. She later recounted those years in an incisive, unsparing memoir.

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Review: In 'Alison's House,' a Family Struggles to Protect a Literary Legacy by Claudia La Rocco

This revival of Susan Glaspell's 1930 play, loosely based on events surrounding Emily Dickinson, provides an opportunity to reflect on defending women's freedom in a man's world.

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Review: 'Helen Lawrence' Has Cops, Blondes, Hustlers and, of Course, a Corpse by Claudia La Rocco

This noir-flavored production from Canadian Stage, part of the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, combines film and live action.

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Review: 'The Alcoholic Movie Musical!' Goes Down Easy by Claudia La Rocco

The form goes meta in a performance piece by Cynthia Hopkins called "The Alcoholic Movie Musical!"

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Review: 'Holden' Explores the Distance That Killing Requires by Claudia La Rocco

Written and directed by Anisa George, this compelling, disturbing play at the New Ohio Theater examines the mindsets that can lead to violence.

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P.S. 1 Welcomes Ann Liv Young by Claudia La Rocco

P.S. 1 has a change of heart and decides to allow the performance artist Ann Liv Young back to deliver a lecture after a contentious performance in February ended abruptly with the museum cu…

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Theater Review: The End Is Near, Now Everybody Dance! by Claudia La Rocco

“Dog Act” at the Flamboyan Theater follows traveling vaudevillians as they move through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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Theater Review | 'I’m Going to Make a Small Incision Behind Your Ear to Check and See if You’re Actually Human': Heeding Audience Cues and Ping-Pong Balls by Claudia La Rocco

The new show from Witness Relocation is a mash-up of rules and ridiculousness: great fun, stupid fun and great stupidity.

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The Impresario Who’s Keeping the ’80s Spirit Alive Downtown by Claudia La Rocco

Earl Dax is a promoter of parties and community spirit in the gay downtown scene.

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Theater Review | 'Así Que Pasen Cinco Años': Fiancé, Tied in Poetic Knots by Claudia La Rocco

Repertorio Español performs Federico García Lorca’s mysterious, intimate play “Así Que Pasen Cinco Años” in Spanish with a live English translation.

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Theater Review | 'Dog Act': The End Is Near, Now Everybody Dance! by Claudia La Rocco

“Dog Act” at the Flamboyan Theater follows traveling vaudevillians as they move through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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Critic’s Notebook: Drama Revived by the Kindness of Strangeness by Claudia La Rocco

The Wooster Group’s new production of Tennessee Williams’s 1977 play “Vieux Carré” draws from various influences, including Chinese opera, the films of Paul …

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Theater Review | 'Raoul': An Elephant, a Jellyfish and a Man With a Lot on, and in, His Mind by Claudia La Rocco

The French artist James Thiérrée brings a fantastical meditation on identity to the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival.

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Review: 'Bambi______/Kaffeehaus' Mixes Up an Absurdist Linguistic Orgy by Claudia La Rocco

Inspired by Felix Salter, author of "Bambi" and smut, a Little Lord production at the Brick plays with cafe culture, pornography, Zionism and more.

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Theater Review: 'Horse Girls,' a Black Comedy at the Cell by Claudia La Rocco

Jenny Rachel Weiner's "Horse Girls," directed by Sarah Krohn, is a 50-minute pop descent into madness, set in an equine-themed bedroom.

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Theater Review: 'Traveling Lady,' Starring Rossy de Palma by Claudia La Rocco

"Traveling Lady," at the French Institute Alliance Française's Crossing the Line festival, is a fashion-driven multimedia concoction inspired by a journalist's travels.

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Theater Review: Geraldine Hughes Returns to New York With 'Belfast Blues' by Claudia La Rocco

The actress-author of "Belfast Blues," Geraldine Hughes, tells her story against images of Northern Ireland's history.

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Theater Review: 'Solitary Light,' by Axis Theater, on Triangle Factory Fire by Claudia La Rocco

The musical "Solitary Light," in the Theater: Village festival, touches on the 1911 Triangle garment factory fire that killed scores of garment workers.

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Theater Review: Ira Glass Stars in 'Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host' by Claudia La Rocco

The popular radio show host Ira Glass performs with Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass in "Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host."

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Theater Review: Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town' at Green-Wood Cemetery by Claudia La Rocco

Brooklyn's majestic Green-Wood Cemetery is the setting for a production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town."

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Theater Review: 'Nomads' at the Incubator Arts Project by Claudia La Rocco

The life of the writer Jane Bowles in part forms the basis for Julia Jarcho's play "Nomads."

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Theater Review: 'Amaluna,' a Cirque du Soleil Extravaganza by Claudia La Rocco

"Amaluna," a Cirque du Soleil show directed by Diane Paulus, creates a fantasy world where female strength is out front.    

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Theater Review: 'Adoration of the Old Woman' at Intar by Claudia La Rocco

"Adoration of the Old Woman" finds its 17-year-old heroine shipped off to Puerto Rico to live with her great-grandmother.    

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Theater Review: 'The Pig, or Vaclav Havel's Hunt for a Pig,' a Wry Czech Tale by Claudia La Rocco

"The Pig, or Vaclav Havel's Hunt for a Pig," a musical theater piece at 3LD Art & Technology, evokes the use of subterfuge in a mercurial and oppressive society. Pork is served.  &…

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Theater Review: 'A Living Documentary,' a Solo Show at New York Live Arts by Claudia La Rocco

To beat the high cost of her art, Cynthia Hopkins is the cast and (largely) the crew in "A Living Documentary" at New York Live Arts in Chelsea.    

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