Stars of the AVT #91:Juliet Jeske
This post is one of a series profiling the hundreds of performers I've presented through my American Vaudeville Theatre in celebration of its 15th anniversary. Don't miss the American Vaudev…
This post is one of a series profiling the hundreds of performers I've presented through my American Vaudeville Theatre in celebration of its 15th anniversary. Don't miss the American Vaudev…
LENOX - In her fairly faithful rendering of “Romeo and Juliet’’ for Shakespeare & Company, director Daniela Varon makes a number of critical interventions, some of whic…
Sam Troughton, who plays Romeo in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Romeo and Juliet is recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his knee and will miss Sunday night's pe…
Coliseum, LondonDoes dancing with your real-life lover make for a more fizzing chemistry onstage? Ballet's latest on/offstage romance is between two hotshot young Russians, Ivan Vasiliev and…
As Prefab Sprout once sang, all the world loves lovers.
Ever since Joe Papp first set up shop in the East River Park Amphitheater to put on a production of Julius Caesar back in 1956, Shakespeare has been synonymous with summer here in New…
Star-crossed lovers fight to survive in the Park Avenue Armory.
Do critics want you to watch yet another "Romeo and Juliet"?
When Wayne Sleep playing a nine year old in an unfeasibly over the top manner is the highlight of the evening you've got to worry a bit. Especially when the lead couple are the virtually pee…
Coliseum, LondonSir Frederick Ashton's Romeo and Juliet may be danced to the same Prokofiev score as Sir Kenneth MacMillan's, but beyond that the two versions are completely different. While…
This Ashton revival is thin, though I was much impressed by Alban Lendorf, a leading dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, his Mercutio superbly shown in step and feeling
THEATER REVIEW: "Romeo and Juliet" at First Folio Theatre ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Romeo and Juliet" ½ Kerry Reid reviews First Folio Theatre's production for the …
Despite a backstage injury, the Royal Shakespeare Company's blazing production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy skillfully mixes time periods and conveys the brief, intense passion of its …
In the Royal Shakespeare Company's blazing but somewhat bloated "Romeo and Juliet," the amorous adolescents aren't just star-crossed. They're also wardrobe-impaired.
Rupert Goold's "Romeo and Juliet," the second production in the Royal Shakespeare Company's repertory season at the Park Avenue Armory, utterly fails to stir the heart.
Photos of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production at the Park Avenue Armory.
According to the NY Times, Sam Troughton, who plays Romeo in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet at the Park Avenue Armory, sustained a knee injury during a performance today, J…
A minimalist Forest of Arden and a memorable pair of star-cross'd lovers: the Royal Shakespeare Company's six-week New York residency gets off to a promising start
Rupert Goold's production of the Bard's tragedy for the Royal Shakespeare Company contains many unforgettable elements.
Critic Judith Mackrell meets Russia's most famous young dancers as they rehearse Frederick Ashton's rarely staged, much revered production of Romeo and JulietJudith MackrellLindsay Poulton
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES Our planet is overpopulated and sick. Wars are raging. People are telecommunicating so rapidly that we are losing the art of communication. Leaders and visionaries a…
Buttressed by ferocious new speakers, Director Nick Sandys' near three-hour staging erupts in all the right places, amply proving that even the lovers' ardor is warped into extremity by the …
Review: We know this tale in our bones; it's "Twilight," it's "True Blood," it's any emo song ever written. Like a lovesick miasma hanging in the cultural air we breathe, the story of "Rome…
Chisenhale Dance Space; O2 Arena; Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, all LondonOff-radar and unfunded, the Chisenhale Dance Space is the nearest thing London has to an underground dance sce…
O2 Arena, London"Ballet rocks!" is a phrase increasingly bandied about by enthusiastic dance fans. Ballet has indeed been bursting its opera-house laces, with high-profile appearances in a K…