Takarazuka's 'Chicago' Razzle Dazzles at Lincoln Center by Robert Gottlieb

The 300-plus young women of the Takarazuka Revue, Japan's most successful performance group, do 'Chicago' for the Lincoln Center Festival.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:49pm on July 26, 2016☆⚑

Twyla Tharp Ups the Ante with Beethoven at the Joyce by Robert Gottlieb

She has upped the stakes with Beethoven Opus 130, the centerpiece of her current two-week season at the Joyce.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 2:49pm on July 19, 2016☆⚑

Two Dance Companies Move Beyond Balanchine by Robert Gottlieb

The Dance Theatre of Harlem and Pennsylvania Ballet establish themselves as more than Balanchine offshoots.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:05pm on April 11, 2016☆⚑

Even When He's Not Dancing, Baryshnikov Steals the Show by Robert Gottlieb

He resolutely looks forward artistically, not backwards.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:25pm on March 14, 2016☆⚑

Alvin Ailey's Superb Dancers … And Their Less Than Superb Repertory by Robert Gottlieb

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater again brings fantastic dancers a disappointing repertory.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 6:21pm on December 22, 2015☆⚑

After 50 Years Twyla Tharp Is Still at the Top of Her Game by Robert Gottlieb

Twyla Tharp has been celebrating her 50th anniversary as a choreographer with a nationwide tour of two major new works.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:19pm on November 30, 2015☆⚑

A Welcome, If Short, ABT Season at the Koch by Robert Gottlieb

The brief ABT showcase brings revivals, a new work by Mark Morris.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 2:43pm on October 29, 2015☆⚑

The State of City Ballet (and Its Ballerinas) by Robert Gottlieb

New York City Ballet's recent performances are uneven, with uneven casting, though they still delight.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 7:03pm on October 21, 2015☆⚑

A Promotion at ABT Takes Center Stage by Robert Gottlieb

A look back at ABT's season: Promotions, a hollow Cinderella and a deeply moving Antony Tudor work.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:48pm on July 7, 2015☆⚑

Royal Ballet's Brief NY Season Was Erratic, But Not Without Gems by Robert Gottlieb

The Royal Ballet presented an erratic repertoire in New York, with works we seen regularly for the most part, and a few fantastic gems.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 7:55pm on June 30, 2015☆⚑

Eifman Returns to New York With His Personal Take On Fitzgerald by Robert Gottlieb

There are bad ballets, and then there is Boris Eifman. Plus, last week's 'Othello' by Lar Lubovitch for ABT will do nicely as an example of a merely bad ballet.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:32am on May 28, 2015☆⚑

City Ballet Scores With New 'La Sylphide' by Robert Gottlieb

Peter Martins' restating of Bournonville's 1832 ballet is clean and clear.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 1:32pm on May 22, 2015☆⚑

An "On the Town" for Our Time by Robert Gottlieb

My parents, like all good parents in the mid-forties, took me to see "Oklahoma!" After that, as far as musicals were concerned, I was on my own. I would go to them (and straight plays, too) …

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 7:00pm on October 27, 2014☆⚑

Robert Gottlieb: The complicated life of Thornton Wilder. by Robert Gottlieb

What is left of Thornton Wilder, our only writer to have won a Pulitzer Prize for both drama (twice) and fiction, and at one time a kind of semi-official cultural spokesman for America? The …

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00am on December 31, 2012☆⚑