Legends & Visionaries, The New York Theatre Ballet program which played this weekend at the 92Y, gave viewers a taste of the old and the new in the world of ballet. On the legendary side: Jerome Robbins and the Romeo and Juliet pas de deux. On th …Read more
Jim May studied under modern dance pioneer Anna Sokolow (1910-2000) for 35 years. Once a student and a dancer to this day, he is now the Artistic Director of the Anna Sokolow Theatre/Dance ensemble. The group appeared last weekend at the 14th Street …Read more
The performers were silent, but the audience buzzed with the whispers of children at the Skirball Center Thursday night. What’s that? Is he a slinky? It’s a fish! A cat! They were all right. Mummenshanz, the Swiss mask-theater group made famous durin …Read more
Lift, a new play by acclaimed novelist Walter Mosley, is captivating upon setting foot into 59E59 Theaters. The exposed set, designed by Andrei Onegin, defines the specificity of the situation: the elevator car of a Manhattan skyscraper. The entire a …Read more
I Am Me, playing through October 13th throughout New York, is a site un-specific one-woman show, animating the writing of Russian playwright Alexandra Chichkanova. Conceived and performed by Nicole Kontolefa, who studied acting at Studio Six in Mosco …Read more
The McGowan Trilogy, playing now through October 5th at The Cell, invites you into an Irish mindset the moment you arrive. Expertly molded from narrow space to intimate theater, the venue’s bar is stocked with beer and Jameson. Upon sitting, an usher …Read more
