Friday, September 4, 2015
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"Love & Money" is light, literate entertainment, impeccably acted by its small cast led by the charismatic Ms. Anderman. Mr. Paulik amusingly projects his…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:25AM[SHARE]Monday, August 31, 2015
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Baker fills "John" with telling details, from the food (ever hear of Sailor's Duff?) to hidden rooms to specifics of Gettysburg, that keep the play from floatin…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:26PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 29, 2015
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Then, there's the new cast member, Misty Copeland, the newly minted American Ballet Theater principal ballerina, who has taken over the role of Ivy Smith, the c…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 11, 2015
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Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, two brilliant Russian ballet stars, have assemble an ad hoc mini-ballet troupe of like-minded dance artists who are unafraid …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:01PM[SHARE]Monday, July 27, 2015
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Famously, it was an 18th century slave trader who redeemed himself, after many gruesome twists and turns in his life, by writing this song. Told with something…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:17AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 26, 2015
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An astounding array of Broadway singers triumphantly performed without any electronic assistance at Scott Siegel's Broadway Unplugged 2015 at The Town Hall. Al…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 21, 2015
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Roberto Villanueva describes BalaSole as "a diverse dance company," and it is just that. He provides opportunities for dance artists who would otherwise find i…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:10PM[SHARE]This post is by Joel Benjamin
The suite of discrete scenes, distinguished by quasi-poetic lines in the program notes and a series of obvious theatrical gimmicks"tall columns that become anci…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:27AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 16, 2015
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"Awake and Sing!" seems at first an odd choice for NAATCO, the acting company dedicated to the advancement of Asian actors, but after an initial wary uneasiness…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:16PM[SHARE]Monday, July 13, 2015
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The production, directed with oddly erratic pacing by the experienced Jerry Zaks, stars the imperious Patti LuPone as the acidly ambitious Irene, the doyenne of…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:06PM[SHARE]Friday, July 3, 2015
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he Royal Ballet's second program of its ridiculously short season at the David H. Koch Theater was disappointing as much for what was on it as for what wasn't. …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:17AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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Certainly, the ceaseless energetic intertwinements of the Escher section could allude to his eye-popping, busy canvases and the large rectangles of white light …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:19AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 30, 2015
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Joshua Harmon, the author of the bitingly engaging "Bad Jews," is back on the boards with "Significant Other," another modern morality tale. Again he displa…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:45PM[SHARE]Friday, June 26, 2015
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The Joyce Theater Foundation is presenting a short season of the Royal Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, the Royal's first visit to New Yor…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:05PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 20, 2015
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Judging from this program only, the PNB is firmly in the mainstream of the world's modern ballet troupes, almost indistinguishable one from the other (viz. Neth…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2015
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Swedish modern dance choreographer, Pontus Lidberg is a master of the quietly eerie. His works invade your brain slowly with their deliberate pacing and strang…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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The Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet has had the good fortune to have had financial security during its twelve-year existence; that is, until this year when its p…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:55PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 4, 2015
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The annual School of American Ballet Workshop performances are more than occasions for fundraising. They are a chance to see the next generation of classical b…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2015
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Deborah Zall has been a presence in the modern dance scene, specifically in the Martha Graham orbit, for decades. Recently, after years of relative obscurity, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:08AM[SHARE]Friday, May 22, 2015
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George S. Kaufman's only solo effort, the 1925 satire, "The Butter and Egg Man" is a colorfully exaggerated snapshot of the nitty-gritty, seat-of-your-pants the…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:38PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 17, 2015
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Mr. Rioult, a French native, has Piaf's music in his bloodstream. His "Street Singer" also using RIOULT Dance NY started and ended with the song most identifie…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:14PM[SHARE]Friday, May 8, 2015
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The Steps Repertory Ensemble is full of beautiful dancers, refreshingly, of all physical types. Yet, they move like a company all on the same beam, which is to…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2015
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Four intensively self-involved, but personable, performers meandered on and off the stage which was glaringly lit by the geometrically arranged fluorescent bulb…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:51PM[SHARE]Monday, May 4, 2015
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"Something Rotten!" isn't just for insiders, though. Its pleasures are multiple: a divinely hyper cast led by Mr. d'Arcy James, John Cariani (sweet and lovabl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:26PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 3, 2015
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"It Shoulda Been You" is the new musical by Brian Hargrove (book and lyrics) and Barbara Anselmi (music) and marks the Broadway directing debut of Broadway vete…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:40PM[SHARE]Monday, April 27, 2015
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Where is John Doyle when we really need him to whip new life into a musical? [Answer: he's directing another Broadway musical, "The Visit."] There's a moving …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:17PM[SHARE]Friday, April 24, 2015
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The Ballet Hispanico has long been revered as a beacon of dance art in the Latino community. Its school and repertory have helped illuminate the Latino experie…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:42PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2015
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The director/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has re-envisioned this icon with a panache that borders on the genius, fulfilling the promise he showed with his…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:43PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 8, 2015
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There is audience participation; a huge orchestra"conducted by Patrick Vaccariello"that keeps rising from the depths, acrobatic choreography, and, most of all t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:52AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 4, 2015
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What became clear over the course of the four performances under review attended were the subtle changes in Mr. Taylor's work over the years, how his works have…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:38PM[SHARE]Monday, March 30, 2015
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In Doug Wright's "Posterity" at the Atlantic Theater Company two monumental cultural figures of 19th century Norway lock horns in a battle of wits and sensibili…
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