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Friday, May 28, 2021

3 ways the Trockederos challenged straight America’s perception of gay men by Polkd

In 1974, the gay liberation movement was in full swing in New York City. Four years had passed since the first gay pride parade marched 15 blocks from Greenwich Village to Central Park. The …

SOURCE: PBS at 04:40PM
Thursday, May 13, 2021

Watch these drag ballerinas get ready for a show by Polkd

Dancers from "The Trocks," an all-male comic ballet company describe how performing in drag is empowering, even extending in to wearing pointe shoes, which are normally reserved for women. W…

SOURCE: PBS at 06:09AM

What goes through a drag ballerina’s mind while dancing? by Polkd

A dancer from "The Trocks" describes what goes through his mind while dancing the part of Odette in Swan Lake. Is he trying to portray a man playing a ballerina? Or just a ballerina? At the …

SOURCE: PBS at 06:09AM
Friday, April 16, 2021

A dancer recalls the “exhilarating, exhausting impossibility” of Twyla Tharp’s choreography by Polkd

I topple sideways out of a turn and slink back to where I began. “Ugh, I’m just so tense,” I whine. “My neck.” “Well,” comes Twyla’s dry virtual reply, “relax.” And she w…

SOURCE: PBS at 07:37PM
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Ballerina Boys by Polkd

Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years has offered audiences their passion for ballet classics mixed with exuberant comedy. With e…

SOURCE: PBS at 06:23PM
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

How does Twyla Tharp, nearly 80, keep working? According to her, it’s simple. by Polkd

Excerpted from Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life by Twyla Tharp Courtesy of Simon & Schuster Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called “The Creative Habit,” sharing the…

SOURCE: PBS at 07:43PM
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Why doesn’t anyone talk about Carole King’s other no. 1 album (including her)? by Polkd

Music fans old enough to remember 1971 can be forgiven if they remember it as the year of Carole King. That was the year, after all, when the “Tapestry” hurricane hit American culture �…

SOURCE: PBS at 05:36PM
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Inside Twyla Tharp’s studio: “What was happening was simply raw vigor” by Polkd

It wasn’t the first time I had seen Twyla at work with her dancers, but it was definitely the most memorable. She was deep into the piece that would become “In the Upper Room” (1987), …

SOURCE: PBS at 07:45PM

7 lessons on creativity from dance legend Twyla Tharp by Polkd

Throughout her career, the dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp has blazed a singular path that has shaped and reimagined the modern American dance scene as we know it today. Tharp seemingly…

SOURCE: PBS at 07:45PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards