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"The Enchanter" is Alland, a magnetic and noted sculptor in Paris, in 1888, who has been through many women. He has become the object of desire for Louise. She is a 32-year-old, free-spirite…
The Wall is also used by the performers who climb on it, disappear into it, and use it as both a platform and a launching pad. The most remarkable act is the finale " the "Trampo Wall" perfo…
In 85 minutes, playwright Ins Choi achieves the supreme goal of The Theater, making an audience laugh while engaging their emotions. The dialogue is flavorful and richly comical with exp…
Richard Strauss' surprisingly lighthearted score was first staged as a ballet in 1924 to a libretto he also wrote. Strauss is, of course, best known for his serious, dark operas ("Salome…
In eighteen short sections, Pendleton and his dancers evoke images of the western deserts of the U.S., using whatever means necessary, be it skateboards, puppetry, classical Indian dance, ac…
Johnson's choreographic ethic borders on the minimalistic, repeating some basic movements, particularly certain arm gestures, in all of the works. In two of the three ballets, it works, …
The animated and charismatic Mr. Spitaletta is the standout of the cast, vibrantly appearing in numerous roles. Highlights of his portrayals are a commanding Russian agent spoofing Danny…
He has updated the play to a contemporary city rife with decadence and corruption. The audience enters the theater from backstage in order to visit Mistress Overdone's brothel with sex toys …
Told mainly in reenacted flashbacks, In a Word plays multiple language games. It also proves the limits of language. Can you really describe exactly what happens at any given moment? And if …
The play is enlightening for a physically abled audience as to the needs of the disabled both physically and emotionally. Both stories include a tender, poignant bathing scene as the caretak…
The show also explores Lamarr's improbable career as an inventor. She and composer George Antheil held a patent for a miniaturized player-piano mechanism that was synchronized with radio…
Soon little rends in the fabric of normalcy became apparent.  Bits of dialogue are repeated senselessly and the five revelers keep returning to the same positions (three on a couch, o…
Martita Goshen's love of horses, one in particular, and nature in general, is a driving force in "Sanctuary," her gentle and genteel dance recently performed by her troupe, Earthworks at the…
Ms. Bentley has vibrantly coordinated all of the presentational elements into an intriguing 75-minute production with her commanding staging. The present, the past, and inner lives all conve…
Loaded with many characters and incidents, "Terezin" focuses on two sisters, Alexi (Natasa Petrovic) and Violet (Sasha K. Gordon) who, along with their father, Kurt (Sam Gibbs, playing his c…
C4's last concert of the season was a typical C4 concert. The concert had one intermission; in both halves of the concert, there were one or two pieces that were new to C4 and one or two tha…
Two likeable people, James (Michael Jinks) and Claire (Bebe Sanders) meet online, have dinner in a local pub owned by Steve (Andrew McDonald) and take the Underground home. That's about it. …
I am so happy I got to see my longtime friend Victoria Leacock Hoffman--a very special person; kind, smart, instinctive, and "giving" by nature--honored by the Keen Company in New York City.…
By eliminating most of the extended fantasy elements of the play, they reduced the storyline to the domestic turbulence of two couples and a deservedly ugly portrait of Roy Cohn. Add in a vi…
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Foote (1916-2009) was acclaimed for his cycle of plays that celebrated his native, rural Texas that included "The Trip to Bountiful."Â In "The Traveling Lady," …
Betts' "Invincible" has been compared to Alan Ayckbourn's work. Although there are similarities, particularly in Betts' ear for capturing the jargon of his characters and his feel for so…
Ms. Donovan's enthralling opening sequence sets the tone for the production. Behind the curtains are actors in silhouette with their shadows on view. Other cast members appear to the sid…
Featuring an energetic, game cast headed by bigger-than-life Ashley D. Kelley as the title character, "Bella" follows this "big booty Tupelo girl," as she travels (under an assumed last name…
Lazarus' score is an entertaining blend of rock, pop and show tunes.  None of Elvis Presley's actual songs are heard, but there are a number of clever takeoffs such as "Viva Milwaukee…
In the play which is billed as "a dramatic verse tapestry," playwright Joseph Pearce ably weaves together poems and diary entries by Sassoon and Owen with extracts of other writers of the er…
