American Lyric Theater presented daring, new work by composers and librettists on Sunday, February 7 at National Sawdust in Williamsburg. Artistic Director Lawrence Edelson has done something visionary with ALT alumni teams, putting together a progra …Read more
An exuberant play written and performed by Frank Boyd, The Holler Sessions, part of Performance Space 122’s Coil festival, brings jazz and Village charm to the forefront. From his cramped studio in Kansas City, the wiry, frenetic Boyd shares a loving …Read more
Twenty dancers entered and exited a freeform cluster in the main studio. Anyone could jump in. Anyone could exit. With shoes left in the hallway, dancers encountered the ground – a centering force from which to draw, as they improvised in groups of t …Read more
With music by Du Yun and libretto by Royce Vavrek, Angel’s Bone, at the 2016 Prototype Festival, is a wailing 80-minute opera where feathers fly and violins screech to high heaven. We see the world of Angel’s Bone through the eyes of Mrs. X.E., skill …Read more
Die Fledermaus brings Johann Strauss, Jr.’s valentine to the turn of the century to The Metropolitan Opera. Die Fledermaus originally premiered in Vienna in 1874, and had its Met premiere in German in 1905. This year’s Jeremy Sams production is in En …Read more
There is nothing short-sighted about celebrating a Life in Progress. Sylvie Guillem’s final performance celebrates 39 years of dance. Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress at New York City Center is an extraordinary glimpse at the dancer, who is fifty and …Read more
Director Michael Mayer evokes 1960s Las Vegas in a gritty depiction of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto at The Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado is dynamic, leading strings through skipping melodies, forceful duets, and memorable arias. Olga …Read more
Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca is a far cry from his La Bohème. With this fascinating story of the singer and the painter, librettists Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica draw upon the saga of Victorien Sardou’s La Tosca for this opera about Rome in June 17, …Read more
Lights burn bright on a tapestry, and drums and voice wail louder than any jet fighter. La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in association with Object Collection hosts a rousing call to revolution with cheap&easy OCTOBER. Object Collection has craf …Read more
DANCENOW honored twenty years of dance, kicking off their Anniversary Festival Celebration on September 9th. DANCENOW began in 1996 when sixty artists featured their work in eight downtown venues during the multi-arts series known as the Downtown Art …Read more
