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The Value by Nicholas Dunn is engaging, eerie, and deeply questioning.
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Friday night's performance of Gurtram was a remarkable unveiling of a rarely performed but powerful work by Richard Strauss. From the onset, Strauss's mastery of rich symphonic intones was e…
In this provocative one-woman show, Markell inhabits the controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl with such fierce intelligence and nuanced complexity that she transforms what could have bee…
In 1881 a small band of Black laundresses decided they'd had enough of being pushed around by dead-beat clients, and despite having little perceived leverage, went on strike for better pay.Ã…
In a Stellar evening of musical artistry and cultural connection, the inimitable singer and composer Sabeth Pérez and her band delivered a mesmerizing performance at The Jazz Gallery, nestl…
...if you were like me, if you spent hours ruining your eyesight squintingat the dark screen of your Gameboy on a family road trip, or hoarded holographic laminated cards in hopes that one d…
The HA HA HA HA HA HA HA is not a laugh fest.  It is a release and an invitation.  To tell you exactly what she does would ruin the surprise so I will say that it is a slow reveal. …
Manhattan Repertory Theatre has struck theatrical gold with Tim Mulligan's wickedly entertaining "Point Loma," a gleefully campy horror spoof that channels the best of 1950s B-movie schlock …
...as mild mannered as the text was, Birney and Emery made us believe that these two were the real deal.  As performers and characters their bond is mighty.  And that, my friends, is p…
Njikam leaps onto the stage and into our hearts.  You don't have a chance to deny him, because he is that slick.  The deed is done before  you realize it. S-L-I-C-K!
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Good evening from Birdland, where tonight Gabrielle Stravelli and Billy Stritch transformed song into pure magic"two master artists creating musical alchemy that reminds us why jazz is the h…
Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice is a poetic net capturing the sorrow and magic felt when simultaneously falling in love with a partner and still grieving a beloved. This play digs into grief: how it r…
By Tulis McCall Red Bull's "Imaginary Invalid" is a perfection of a confection that will soothe the blues we are all experiencing.  I PROMISE it will make you laugh.  It made me laugh,…
This was an astonishing evening created by Colin Harte and Dana Monteiro with their fusion of Irish and Brazilian Samba. Here was proof of the power of music, the instrumental and the vocal,…
In an era when the world feels increasingly fractured and complex, Laurie Roldan arrived at The Green Room 42 like a beacon of comfort and hope. Her tribute to Karen Carpenter, "A Song For Y…
It's a play about two skaters smoking and drinking and writing their first rap album together, yes; but more than that it's about the cost of intimacy and what happens when two people connec…
Last evening at New York City Center, Ballet Hispánico delivered a breathtaking interpretation of Gustavo RamÃÂrez Sansano's CARMEN.maquia, transforming Bizet's timeless opera into a…
By Nicole Itkin Pangea is a supper club in the East Village with adorable sequined animal pictures on the walls, great food and drinks, and even better entertainment. This night, Amy Engelha…
Three art-forms, put into a box, shaken and stirred; interject into that three gifted physical artists with the restrictions of a confined space as their palette, and what happens is a world…
A rack of masks (inclusive in facial features and color) accompanies Nina on stage. Members of the audience are brought on stage to put on these masks while Conti "speaks" through them, usin…
Amber Iman has a voice of the gods, easily filling the theater with beautiful tones as the goddess of music. Iman leads the audience down a winding path of emotion with Thurber's labyrin…
There are moments when Hill's performance is so pure we would swear it was 1957 and the game was truly on.  The game of survival, race, rage and madness.  We are hurled back and forth …
The evening concluded with "Tomorrow", featuring dancers in a harmonious blend of the evening's palette"blue, white, red, and gray"creating a visual symphony that celebrates unity. As the fi…
Oscar Wilde's classic is brought to exhilarating comic heights in this new Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey production.
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Music creates a virtual world where stories unfold not in bytes, but in glorious, symphonic narratives that transport us to realms both fantastical and profound. After all, what could be mor…
