Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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With Stoppard, Chance Always Plays a Role by Patricia Cohen

Tom Stoppard is preparing for a revival of his play “Arcadia,” which opens on Broadway at the Barrymore Theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 3/12/2011

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 3122011.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30PM

The dancing of the green, then aiming at the gold by Rich Fahey, Globe Correspondent

WALPOLE — Liam Harney and his dancers are making very few missteps these days. Harney, a six-time Irish dancing world champion — two as a solo dancer, four times as a member of a…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:21PM

Set pieces by Michele Morgan Bolton, Globe Correspondent

NORWOOD — Imagination meets technology at Mystic Scenic Studios, a huge warehouse near the Norwood Center commuter rail that outwardly seems as nondescript as any of its neighbors in t…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:09PM

Of Course, Joshua Conkel’s Right: Theatre Is Stratified by Class by Leonard Jacobs

The privileged often do excellent work. It's easier when you're not working to pay your bills.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 10:01PM

Feature: Have You Met Miss Jones?

Oscar winner Shirley Jones discusses her new cabaret act at Feinstein's, her favorite co-stars, and working with her family

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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Spotlight | New Brunswick: I Do, Hungarian Style by Tammy La Gorce

The Eletfa Folk Band and its dance troupe, the Csurdongolo Folk Ensemble, will perform at Crossroads Theater — but without the bouquet and wedding cake.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:10PM

Theater Review | New Jersey: 4 Decades Spent Romancing Dietrich by Anita Gates

“Puma,” having its premiere at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, takes a melodramatic look at the four-decade relationship between Marlene Dietrich and Erich Maria Remarqu…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:00PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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‘TIL DEATH DO US PART: LATE NIGHT CATECHISM 3 by Maripat Donovan – Carrie Hamilton Theatre at The Pasadena Playhouse – Los Angeles (Pasadena) Theater Review by Tony Frankel

AND THEN THERE WAS NUN ‘Til Death Do Us Part: Late Night Catechism 3 is actually the fourth installment of Maripat Donovan’s phenomenally successful series of one-woman shows (a fifth is…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:36PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Regional theatre cuts attacked by cast of British stars by Vanessa Thorpe

Dame Helen Mirren, Kenneth Branagh and Jeremy Irons among actors voicing dismay at potential impact of cutsA cast of stars from the first rank of British acting talent has sounded the alarm …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Blithe Spirit; The Tempest – review by Susannah Clapp

Apollo, London W1; Playhouse, OxfordIt should be the ultimate revival. Noël Coward's 1941 play about the return of the dead is resurrected by the director who has become the diva of the red…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Girl X – review by Clare Brennan

Traverse, Edinburgh, and touringOn to a towering set is projected an online exchange between a mother and her son. The mother has no idea how a computer "conversation" works. The son has to …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Cleopatra; Henri Oguike Dance Company – review by Luke Jennings

Grand theatre, Leeds; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonWhen asked what they want to be in life, most schoolchildren reportedly say that they want to be famous. Like hyper-ambitious …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

The Centaur and the Animal – review by Kate Kellaway

Sadler's Wells, London EC1Comte de Lautréamont's surreal, nihilistic 19th-century poetic novel Les Chants de Maldoror inspires The Centaur and the Animal: a dance involving four real horses…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Pet Shop Boys: The Most Incredible Thing – review by Hermione Hoby

(EMI)Neil Tennant called his band's late-80s spell of commercial infallibility their "imperial phase". But with a score that often sounds as though John Williams's Stormtroopers are about to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Hamlet – review by Clare Brennan

New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and touringConrad Nelson's production for Northern Broadsides is a white-knuckle ride but, if you can keep your grip, it is as physically and spiritually exhil…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Fair Game – review by Philip French

Naomi Watts and Sean Penn star in a riveting conspiracy thriller based on the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame in the run-up to the Iraq warThe progressive statesman Senator Hiram Johnson f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM

Romola Garai interview: On a roll by Romola Garai, Alice Fisher

From an unflinching portrayal of the life of a Victorian prostitute in The Crimson Petal to a comically dreadful wife in the film adaptation of One Day, Romola Garai is set for sta…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM

King Lear; Romeo and Juliet – review by Kate Kellaway

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonNever open a new theatre with a new production. This is said to be a thespian rule (the ultimate no-no would, presumably, be a new version of "t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PM

WILTED FLORET by Matt Windman

Some plays don’t really need to be revived. Cactus Flower is one of them.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 07:00PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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'Spider-Man' ticket holders in limbo

Spring theater parties are hanging by a thread for many ticket holders of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," which postponed Tuesday's much-delayed opening to June 14 and will take April 19 to…

SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 06:12PM

DRIVING MISS DAISY • Dramatic License Productions by Andrea

Dramatic License Productions' 2011 season opener is a charming presentation of DRIVING MISS DAISY.  The revival of this play has been enjoying a run in NYC at the John Golden Theatre si…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 06:12PM

Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble in Free New Haven Concert

Yo-Yo Ma will lead the Silk Road Ensemble in a free concert on the New Haven Green at 7 p.m. June 11, opening the 16th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas Founded  by Yo-Y…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:04PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Arthur Laurents Says That Barbra Streisand GYPSY Film is OFF

Now, Arthur Laurents tells the Hartford Courant that the film as did. As per the paper But now Laurents says the film version is not going to happen for a really fascinating reason, much big…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29PM

STAGE TUBE: THE SPIDEY PROJECT Updates

Veteran humorist and playwright, Justin Moran, launched Spiderman Smackdown, a guerilla theatre project to write, rehearse, and perform a fully realized musical based on the character Spider…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Kathy Griffin's Hilarious PLAYBILL Bio

Dishing on all pop culture and shining a light on inappropriate water cooler talk Kathy Griffin WANTS A TONY will feature all new material about her hilarious observations and run-ins with c…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PM

Frank Rich Cites Championing 'Sunday in the Park' as Proudest Times Moment

Rich has now written his farewell column for the New York Times, in which he looks back on his career at the paper as first the theatre critic and until now as an op-ed columnist. In it, he …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PM

EXCLUSIVE: Can Julie Taymor Take Her SPIDER-MAN Script? Cast Member & Legal Expert Weigh In

BroadwayWorld.com first checked with a member of the show's cast, who told us that they felt that this was surely simply a negotiating ploy by Taymor if it was indeed true, and that her torp…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PM

Kathy Griffin Spoofs Oprah, Kathie Lee, Spider-Man & More in Funny Broadway Bio by Broadway.com Staff

Comedienne Kathy Griffin has landed on Broadway with her new show Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony and has turned her sharp wit towards the classic Playbill bio. "I had to do a spoof of the bio, b…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:00PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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How Magical is "Peter and the Starcatcher"? by Jan@broadwayandme

Monday is traditionally a dark night in the theater so performances are rare, which probably explains why the New York Theatre Workshop was filled with theater folks—press and otherwise—…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 03:43PM

Streisand/"Gypsy" Film Project a No-Go, Says Arthur Laurents

The much-talked about "Gypsy" musical film project that envisions Barbra Streisand as Mama Rose is not going to happen, according to playwright-director Arthur Laurents, one of the rights ho…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:37PM

Spider-Man Cast at Page Six Photo Shoot (Video) by Thomas Peter

The stars of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark recently discussed the controversial new musical while getting glammed up for a photo shoot for Page Six magazine. The shoot features Reeve Carney, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Enter to Win Tickets, Dinner & More to THE DIVINE SISTER!

Tell us what you're giving up for Lent this year, and why, or what you'd absolutely never ever be able to give up and why, for chance to win tickets to The Divine Sister, Dinner for two at a…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PM

BWW TV: In the Papers Episode 4 - Sheen to Taymor!

BroadwayWorld.com is excited to unveil Episode 4 of its newest ongoing video blog - IN THE PAPERS with Julie Halston. In this series, the hilarious actress and comedienne will talk about all…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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More SPIDER-MAN Drama- Taymor to Take Script With Her?

In today's New York Post, Michael Riedel is reporting that talks have 'turned testy' between Taymor and the producers, and that she is now threading to take the entire script of the show wit…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PM

Iditi Bennan Kapil's "Agnes" Praised by Critics

IdIiti Brennan Kapil has a good reason to be smiling. (This pic was taken a few weeks ago when I interviewed the playwright at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven where her new play, "Agnes Unde…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:51PM

A Good Week: The Method Gun & Invasion! by Ludlow Lad

Ludlow Lad sees a lot of theater. Much of it isn't very good - or at least isn't work that Ludlow Lad enjoys. That is why seeing two pieces as good as The Rude Mechs' The Method Gun and Th…

SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 01:26PM

'Moon' and Stars Collide at Opening Night of SXSW by Mekado Murphy

Jake Gyllenhaal appears at the opening-night screening of "Source Code" at SXSW.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PM

Lorna! Heather! Ashley! Karen! Sing Judy Garland! by Adam Hetrick

o borrow and bend a phrase from the New York Herald’s original review, “There was an extra bonus at Carnegie Hall last night”: Judy Garland’s daughter, Lorna Luft, sa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PM

STAGE TUBE: NY Theatre Actor Excused from Jury Duty Due to Gay Inequality

In a story now being picked up around the world, theatre actor, singer, dancer, model and current TV actor Jonathan D. Lovitz Logo TV's SETUP SQUAD made history this month by being excused f…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PM

Subversive and stunning by Mark Feeney, Globe Staff

CAMBRIDGE — Born in 1898, you’re from Ohio. This being an era when travel is so much rarer than today, it could be safely assumed that you’d have stayed there. More than th…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00PM

Unlimited by the written word by Laura Collins-Hughes, Globe Staff

For a lot of years — the first 12, or maybe 14, that he was a theater director — John Collins rejected the authority of the written word in his work. As for plays, his position w…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00PM

Telling vivid stories with a paintbrush by Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Philip Guston was the most important artist to have a significant connection with Boston since Max Beckmann.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00PM

Here, there, and everywhere by Mark Feeney, Globe Staff

The old saw about a picture being worth a thousand words assumes a constant image-and-text exchange rate. Dayanita Singh conceives of the relationship as more of a barter system. While she p…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00PM

Drumming up drama by Andrew Gilbert, Globe Correspondent

BERKELEY, Calif. — The o-daiko, the emperor of drums, stands alone at the back of the stage atop a shoulder-high shrine-like platform, impossible to ignore. Hewed from a single massive…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00PM

Yawkey Center’s invigorating, optimistic effect by Robert Campbell, Globe Correspondent

Dana-Farber’s new building is the best piece of architecture I’ve seen in Boston’s medical area, a neighborhood that often feels dismal and crowded.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00PM

Theater pick

Last Chance TI-JEAN & HIS BROTHERS

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at noon (Broadway Time)
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EXCLUSIVE Photos: New York Pops' The Great Judy Garland Rehearsal

Fifty years after her legendary Carnegie Hall debut, The New York Pops remembers Hollywood icon Judy Garland with a song-for-song re-creation of the 1961 performance that is referred to by s…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PM

Performing Arts & Arts Policy Town Hall Set for March 21 by Leonard Jacobs

All these orgs support a proposal for a property tax abatement for NYC nonprofit performing arts.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 12:37PM

Off-Broadway Review: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Peter and the Starcatcher at the New York Theatre Workshop is an absolute delight. It has a perfect cast and ingenious direction by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers.  It tells the tale of…

SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:21PM

Kendra Greaves by Adaumbelle

Photo Credit: Michael J. Ross PhotographyKendra Greaves is an internationally acclaimed aerialist and circus artist. Her specialties are Corde Lisse (vertical rope) and Tissu (fabric). …

SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 12:14PM

Robert Spano Named New Aspen Music Festival Music Director by Daniel J. Wakin

The Aspen Music Festival and School, a rite of passage for many of the nation's leading musicians but an institution fraught with dissension in the recent past, has hired the conductor Rober…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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OLIVIERS 2011: 24 Hours To Go!

Log on to www.broadwayworld.com and follow BroadwayWorldUK on Twitter from 5pm GMT tomorrow evening for news from the red carpet, the press room, and of course from the ceremony itself.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AM

Who won the tix to American Idiot? by Ken Davenport

Ok, before I get to this week's winner, can we take a moment to look back at the comments this contest received? We had 120+ of your chime in about what song they thought could crossover to …

SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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SPIDERMUSICAL. Invites SPIDER-MAN Cast for Opening Night Party, 3/15

Now the only spider and super hero related musical to ofcially open on March 15, Spidermusical. producers are sending an open invitation to the cast of Broadway's Spider-Man Turn Off the Dar…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AM

Open Casting Call Announced for Rock of Ages Film

An open casting call is being held at Central Casting in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 26 to fill the role of Drew Boley in Adam Shankman's upcoming adaptation of the hit Broadway musi…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:27AM

Glee to Air Season 2 Finale on May 24

The final epsiode of the second season of FOX's hti series Glee will air on Tuesday, May 24, according to The Hollywood Reporter The series stars Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Cory Mo…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:25AM

FREAKY FRIDAY, THE JUNGLE BOOK, Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND, DUMBO & FATHER OF THE BRIDE in the Works for Disney Theatrical

Variety has revealed an extremely large slate of productions in development by Disney Theatrical Productions for potential Broadway and regional bows.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AM

STAGE TUBE: First Look at SPIDERMUSICAL

Andrew Keenan-Bolger takes a first look at the new show SPIDERMUSICAL, which will run March 15th-March 21st at the Mint Theater. Click below for video footage.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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BWW TV: AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S In The Wings - Technical Director Mike Cristaldi

Technical Director Mike Cristaldi supervises the installation and engineering of the physical production of a show. At Philadelphia Theatre Company, he coordinates all the technical elements…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:59AM

Debbie Allen, Ellen Barkin, Mario Cantone, Terry Kinney, Jennifer Morrison, Lily Rabe to Star in New Pilots

Stage veterans Debbie Allen, Ellen Barkin, Mario Cantone, Terry Kinney, Jennifer Morrison, and Raphael Sbarge have been signed to upcoming pilots, according to recent reports. Allen, who ha…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:53AM

Tony Award Nominee Hugh Martin Dies at 96

Tony Award and Academy Award nominee Hugh Martin died in California of natural causes on Friday, March 11. He was 96.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AM

Rare Look at Liza Minnelli’s 19th Birthday and Flora Rehearsals by Adam Hetrick

On March 12 Tony and Academy Award-winning entertainer Liza Minnelli celebrates her 65th birthday and Life Magazine is releasing never-before-photographs taken in 1965 when the then 19-year-…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AM

Kill Hannah (and "Spider-Man")'s Mat Devine: Blogger You Should Know

Mat Devine asked me to do a shout out regarding his blog "fuse." Happy to do it, Mat.It's http://fuseblog.typepad.com/kill_hannah/I interviewed Devine recently In New York. Devine is feature…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:06AM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Saying Happy 65th Birthday to Liza Minnelli by Jan@broadwayandme

Bill Eppridge/TIME & LIFE Pictures, Life’s other demands have gotten in the way of my writing here and so I am again missing my regular Saturday morning posting deadline. But I’m hop…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:18AM

Good People by Theasy.com

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway By Molly Marinik BOTTOM LINE: Like watching a near-flawless indie movie live. Pristine production values, heartfelt performances and a captivatin…

SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:08AM

Treasue Island by Theasy.com

Irondale Center, Off Off Broadway By Haytham Elhawary BOTTOM LINE: Entertaining family-friendly theatre complete with pirates, buried treasure and a live parrot. Although modern foot…

SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:04AM

Big Changes For Beleaguered 'Spider-Man'

The beleaguered, big-bucks musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has decided to go back to the drawing board. Julie Taymor — the show's director, writer, and creative wunderkind — is out…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:00AM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Sharon McNight, Lisa Vroman, Paula West, et al. Set for Divas and Dames Benefit

The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation will present Divas and Dames: Bay Area Divas & Friends in Concert to Fight AIDS at 7:30pm on Sunday, May 1 at Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:57AM

Defy Gravity in Song with NYC Gay Men’s Chorus March 25 or 26 by Thomas Peter

The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus is offering a “Big Gay Idol” competition, which will give up to six finalists the chance to sing with the chorus and its band in the R…

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:31AM

Youtube Weekend Faves: Lucy and Ricky Sounding "Pitchy"

Every weekend I'm going to post some of the youtube clips that I come across that I especially love -- those that give me goosebumps, touch my heart or make me laugh.I recently stumbled on…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM

BWW's On This Day - March 12, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 12 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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SET LIST 3/11/11, BRISBANE AUSTRALIA by Jason Robert Brown

Brisbane! Who knew? Filled a 600-seat theater at the Queensland Conservatorium with raving musical theatre nerds of all stripes, and they had themselves a party. A fantastic crowd, another r…

SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 06:30AM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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Read Nina Metz's interview with 'Merchant' star F. Murray Abraham by Chris Jones

F. Murray Abraham in a recent guest turn on television's "The Good Wife." The Tribune's Nina Metz recently spoke with Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham about his role as Shylock in "The …

SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 03:00AM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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A New Stage For Maria Of 'Sesame Street'

Sonia Manzano To Do Reading At Long Wharf Theater MondaySonia Manzano has written children's books and scripts for the Peabody Award-winning Nickelodeon series "Little Bill" and is working o…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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New opening for 'Spidey,' Green Goblin gets stuck by Cristian Salazar

Broadway's stunt-heavy, $65 million "Spider-Man" musical will shut down for more than three weeks this spring to overhaul the troubled production, a show that has been in previews for a reco…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:21AM

Sarah McLachlan's pas de deux with the Alberta ballet by Marsha Lederman

Singer-songwriter is third musician, after Elton John and Joni Mitchell, to see her work choreographed by the innovative Calgary company

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00AM

Powerful performances, but inconsistent choreography, mark program by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

The 15 dancers of Philadanco are lit from within. They move — whether nuanced or in a back-bent-to-the-breaking-point flash — as if each moment could be their last. Their fearles…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00AM

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