Who would have imagined that one of the summer’s freshest musicals would be a Yiddish operetta first seen in 1923? That’s what the creative folks at National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene have achieved with The Golden Bride, a richly detailed, endlessly …Read more
In a world that trades in nostalgia and where everything old is new again, it makes sense to see Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats come back to Broadway. The show ran in New York from 1982 to 2000 shattering records and amassing equal amounts of adoration a …Read more
In Love Me Forever Billy H. Tender Jesse LaVercombe plays a former child star, his mother, and his brother, all of whom take part in a tragicomedy about the price of fame. After a sold out run in Toronto, LaVercombe will be premiering his piece at th …Read more
Hieronymus Bosch died in 1516 leaving behind precisely two dozen paintings that have filled our dreams and nightmares ever since. In his elaborate triptychs and panels there are visions of hell that give horror movies a run for their money, fantastic …Read more
Imagine being in a long term relationship with someone who you see every day. By now you know all their quirks, tics and pet peeves. You know how they take their coffee, what their favorite song is, what side of the bed they prefer, and you can even …Read more
Choreographer Bryan Arias will be premiering a rather lovely thing, his first full-evening show for Jacob’s Pillow on July 27, a long way for the man who first gained attention for his explosive yet tender work as a dancer in pieces from Kidd Pivot a …Read more
Who is the modern day equivalent of Elvis Presley? Is it Justin Bieber with his unique hairdos and sigh-inducing dance moves? Or Kanye West with his larger than life personality and hogging of the media? Is the modern Elvis actually a woman like Beyo …Read more
Eric Gauthier founded Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart in 2007 because he wanted to show his future wife that dance could be magnificent. She had seen him star in a classical ballet which she’d found to be less than compelling, and …Read more
The more things change, the more they stay the same, and even if in Café Society Woody Allen has traded Sony Pictures for Amazon Studios, and celluloid for digital, this is also one of his most effortlessly romantic films, up there with Manhattan and …Read more
Tennessee Williams told stories about forced migration: Blanche DuBois finds her way to New Orleans only after she’s evicted from “Belle Reve”, Brick is forced into heterosexuality by societal constraints and Maggie “the Cat”’s libido, and Baby Doll …Read more
