It’s been 30 years since photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) and choreographer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) died from AIDS. The June-long celebration of civil rights and respect …
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:44PMThe New York Philharmonic began the 2018-2019 season in light and ended in darkness with the world premiere of David Lang’s opera prisoner of the state. The NYP commission, con…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 09:48PMAs the Romanovs’s bewilderingly indifference to the political and socioeconomic upheavals leading to the Russian Revolution worsened, ballet at home and abroad flourished. French-born Ma…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:52PMApologies for the delayed review of New York City Opera’s world premiere of Ted Rosenthal’s Dear Erich. The sold-out performances were January 9-13, 2019 at the National Yiddish Theatr…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 01:39AMThe Metropolitan Opera season is over and summer festivals featuring opera (Bard, Caramoor, Mostly Mozart, not to mention Saratoga Springs and Tanglewood for long weekends) are months away, …
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 05:54PMA show that’s sold old since previews is pretty much reviewer-proof, but, if possible, try to catch Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie at Ars Nova at Greenwich House (27 Barrow Street, NYC…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 08:16PMMerce Cunningham (1919-2009) April 16 marked the centennial of choreographer Merce Cunningham’s birth. His artistic legacy is that his modern dances, many set to music by his creative a…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 11:35PMAnd some of the best people in town. Now I know what the dirty foreigners feel like. What is this, Russia? We don’t have to listen to talk like that. You’ve only got to hint whatever’s…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:11PM“We did it!” was heard behind the curtain following Ballet Hispánico’s world premiere of Edwaard Liang’s El Viaje (The Journey). And yes, they sure did in a creatively diverse …
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:46PMOur primate friends and relatives have been taking it on their pronounced chins lately. The orange orangutan resemblance to the president was raucously noted in Adam McKay’s brillian…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 08:28PMIf New York City is considered “The Dance Capital of the World,” than Utah is “The United State of Dance”. For 50+ years it’s been home to Ballet West, who made a very strong imp…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 05:36PMTo borrow an Amazonian sales tactic, If you liked Madeline Miller’s bestseller Circe, you should really catch the last four performances February 21-24 of Sophie Amieva and Suzanne Ba…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 09:40PMNot that loyal Classic Stage Company attendees need convincing, but updates are one way of attracting an audience. Through March 10, CSC is running two new adaptations of August Strindbe…
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