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Risk and improvisation are integral to kathak, the Indian classical dance form on display in Rachna Nivas's stunning solo performance at Dixon Place.
The playwright Keenan Scott II, the director Steve H. Broadnax III and others discuss how "a timeless piece" for Black actors has evolved over 15 years.
The Village Halloween Parade is back. Haunted houses have reopened. And we've rounded up movies that are not-so scary or are downright horrifying.
The Swiss provocateur Milo Rau's latest work explores the ethics of voluntary euthanasia with real footage of an assisted suicide.
Cassils adds a dance piece to a retrospective of multidisciplinary work that interrogates gender and the treatment of transgender people.
His songs from "Stop the World," "Willy Wonka," "Goldfinger" and other shows and movies became hits for a range of performers.
Jason Robert Brown's show is beginning to show its age, but Carolee Carmello's deft performance lifts an otherwise straightforward revival.
Thomas Forster, promoted to principal dancer during the pandemic, makes his New York debut in "Giselle" as the company returns to Lincoln Center.
The Olivier Award winner stars in "Caroline, or Change" in a role that pays tribute to "all Black women trying to make their way through this life."
The Irish Repertory Theater returns to live performances with a domestic tragicomedy by Kevin Barry.
With mask wearing and proof of vaccination not legally required, it's up to venues and audience members to make their own decisions about coronavirus safety.
Seeing theater these days can involve waiting in lines to show proof of vaccination and getting rapid coronavirus tests for young children. Many fans seem undeterred.
The fall season comes to a close at New York City Ballet, with a flurry of farewells and new beginnings.
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's popular TV series comes to the stage with its sisterhood intact. But at times this revival feels a lot like a pretext to vent.
To Camille A. Brown, the choreographer and co-director of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera, this production is about legacy.
Based on the 1830 novel by Stendhal, Pierre Lacotte's new production for the Paris Opera Ballet is an old-fashioned costume drama.
Deirdre O'Connell brilliantly lip-syncs the testimony of a woman abducted by a white supremacist in a play by Lucas Hnath.
Francesca Zambello, who has overseen a dozen editions of the opera festival in upstate New York, will depart next summer.
The pandemic was disastrous for tango. But milongas are thriving around the city now, capped by the return of Queer Tango Weekend.
Maria Kowroski, the reigning principal of New York City Ballet and the last company member to have worked with Jerome Robbins, takes her final bow.
The play, tracing the rise and fall of the fabled financiers, finally opens on Broadway after successful runs in London and at the Park Avenue Armory.
This mixed-nuts dance series returned with a whiplash-inducing program of Streb Extreme Action, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham and the Verdon Fosse Legacy.
A new work by Caryl Churchill, the final installment in Hilary Mantel's Cromwell saga and a Larry Kramer play deploy their running times with varied success.
Keenan Scott II's play, incorporating slam poetry, prose and songs, aspires to be a lyrical reckoning with Black life in America.
In the E.E.O.C. filing, the actor, who is nonbinary, describes being retaliated against after requesting a gender-neutral dressing room, among other claims. The show denies the allegations.
