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A veteran stage actress, she starred in two of Britain’s most beloved TV comedies of the 1970s, “The Good Life” and “To the Manor Born.”
Jake Roxander, a virtuosic wonder at American Ballet Theater, was promoted onstage after a recent performance. The news hasn’t quite sunk in.
He had a long career in theater, and several small roles in big movies, including “Force 10 From Navarone” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”
The show about the country music queen, “Dolly: A True Original Musical,” will begin performances on Broadway in December.
Across generations, Lai Hung-Chung and Shen Wei are grappling with the possibilities of Chinese contemporary dance as they present their work in New York.
While it was good to see again Rachid Ouramdane’s moving duet from a decade ago, Akram Khan’s new piece was unconvincing.
He excavated a treasure hoard of manuscripts by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and others that were found in a warehouse in Secaucus, N.J.
The mother and daughter spent years composing the songs and the score for the show. “In every mother-daughter relationship, it’s complicated,” Gloria Estefan said.
The Montpellier dance festival, with new directors for the first time in more than 40 years, featured the wildly popular (La)Horde.
Repertorio Español, the resident company, performs works like “La Gringa,” the longest-running Off Broadway Spanish-language play in New York City.
A West End production has the hits, and Joel Harper-Jackson brings swagger and style to the leading role. But where’s the pizazz?
Kerry Washington and Kara Young pay tribute to Whoopi Goldberg, while Raúl Esparza takes on Shakespeare in the Park.
Our critic chose 10 moments from the theatrical year that shifted her thinking.
“Discofoot,” a dance showdown and soccer game played to disco hits, originated in France. Last weekend, in honor of the World Cup, it had its U.S. premiere.
Jonathan Spector’s ambitious drama about six Jewish friends and their shifting relationship with Israel stretches over three hours and nearly two decades.
The Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles has written and is starring in a so-called “pop-eretta” titled “Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo.”
“Momentary Reprise,” a program at Bard SummerScape, spanned Childs’s career, showing how she settled on a style in the 1970s and stuck with it.
The artistic director said Barry Diller, the former Hollywood magnate who provides the bulk of the park’s funding, “wants to take programming in a different direction.”
On the “Lux” tour, the pop star mingles dance genres, starting the show on pointe. As with her dip into opera, her technique might not be perfect, but the intention is good.
The departing artistic director, Hana Sharif, made it clear in a resignation email that she was leaving Arena Stage under pressure.
American Ballet Theater’s artistic director, Susan Jaffe, teams up with the régisseur Susan Jones for a new staging of the comic romp.
A new musical based on the 2014 movie “Pride” trades restrained sentimentality for all-in emotion and flamboyance.
A winter revival of the Richard Greenberg drama will star David Corenswet, Yvonne Strahovski and François Arnaud.
The Milly Rock, haunting flamenco and falling bodies: The Lincoln Center Contemporary Dance Festival delivers quality with nary a pointe shoe in sight.
Sharp performances from Maryann Plunkett and the other cast members lend weight and texture to Erica Murray’s play, even when the script becomes predictable.
