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Elf on Broadway Review: Grey Henson Is on the Nice List by Laura Collins-hughes

The musical, starring Grey Henson, has gotten Buddy delightfully, entirely right. But he is trapped inside a creaky adaptation.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:24pm on November 17, 2024

Why 'Tammy Faye' the Musical Feels Like a Redemption by Erik Piepenburg

The televangelist defended gay men during the AIDS crisis. Now she's getting perhaps the gayest tribute: a Broadway show led by Elton John.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:02am on November 17, 2024

11 Broadway Shows to See Before They Close This Winter by Laura Collins-hughes

Many Tony Award-winning musicals and starry plays (Robert Downey Jr., anyone?) are wrapping up their runs in January. Catch them while you can.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36pm on November 16, 2024

Uncovering Gay and Lesbian History in a 1941 'Sex Variants' Study by Juan A. Ramírez

The Civilians theater group has adapted a study of homosexuality into a work that explores the lives of lesbians and gay men in the early 20th century.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:12am on November 16, 2024

Something in the Air? Moonwalks and Mandalas in Ralph Lemon's Show by Holland Cotter

The choreographer and visual artist brings performance and paintings to a meteor shower of an exhibition at MoMA PS1.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:49pm on November 15, 2024

Review: In 'Tell It Anyway,' Freedom Is Power by Brian Seibert

This Ralph Lemon work, part of a MoMA PS1 exhibition, is an experience of sound as much as dance. His collaborators can lead an audience to ecstasy.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:29pm on November 15, 2024

Murder as Family Tradition in 'Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists' by Laura Collins-hughes

Tiago Rodrigues's play is intentionally a work of provocation, but it is also stylized to create a helpful distance from events and ideas.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:36am on November 15, 2024

Review: Tammy Faye Was Over-the-Top. This Musical Makes Her Small. by Elisabeth Vincentelli

"Tammy Faye," a bland, tonal mishmash of a show opening on Broadway, seems afraid to lean into what made the televangelist so distinctive.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18pm on November 14, 2024

'King Lear' Review: Kenneth Branagh's Latest Finds the Wrong Tone by Maya Phillips

Kenneth Branagh's production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can't quite figure out its tone.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:31pm on November 14, 2024

'Strategic Love Play' Review: A Slightly Dark, Not-Quite-Romantic Comedy by Laura Collins-hughes

In this first-date comedy, Michael Zegen and Heléne Yorke play people who might just be willing to settle for each other.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:31pm on November 13, 2024

Big Apple Circus Review: A City Tour, Pizza Rats Included by Alexis Soloski

This year's show is an underwhelming exercise in nostalgia. But it's still a joy to be under the big top with acts like the Wheel of Destiny.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:18pm on November 13, 2024

Timothy West, Who Portrayed Kings and Prime Ministers, Dies at 90 by Natasha King

A staple of British television, he played Churchill three times over a long career. Onstage, he was King Lear, Macbeth and Willy Loman.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:02pm on November 13, 2024

Vicky Holt Takamine Wins the Gish Prize by Derrick Bryson Taylor

Vicky Holt Takamine, a renowned teacher of hula dance and a champion for Indigenous culture, will receive a cash award of more than $450,000.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:01pm on November 13, 2024

'Maybe Happy Ending' Review: Darren Criss and Helen J Shen Are Robots in Love by Jesse Green

A supersmart musical about making a connection arrives on Broadway in a joyful, heartbreaking, cutting-edge production.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:24pm on November 12, 2024

'The Vegetarian' Review: Putting a Nobel Prize Winner's Work Onstage by Laura Cappelle

After Han Kang won the Prize in Literature last month, a stage version of her novel "The Vegetarian" sold out its run at a struggling Paris theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42pm on November 12, 2024

Julio Bocca, Former Star Dancer, to Run Argentina's National Ballet by Marina Harss

Bocca, who retired from American Ballet Theater in 2006, will lead the company at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:41am on November 12, 2024

'A Wonderful World' Review: Blowing Louis Armstrong's Horn Isn't Enough by Jesse Green

The great jazz trumpeter and sandpaper vocalist gets the old jukebox treatment in a new Broadway musical starring James Monroe Iglehart.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:31pm on November 11, 2024

Review: "Frontera" at BAM by Brian Seibert

At the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the highlight of Dana Gingras's "Frontera" may well be the lighting design.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:20pm on November 11, 2024

Paul Mescal Rides 'A Streetcar Named Desire' to Brooklyn by Michael Paulson

The award-winning production will begin performances in February as part of Brooklyn Academy of Music's next season.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42pm on November 11, 2024

Judith Jamison Was a Singular Force in Dance by Gia Kourlas

She was always a goddess of dance " even before her triumph in "Cry." The Ailey star turned artistic director stretched like there was no tomorrow.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:45am on November 11, 2024

The Avett Brothers Braved Choppy Waters to Bring 'Swept Away' to Broadway by Alan Light

The Avett Brothers were all ears a decade ago when a determined crew of theater upstarts and veterans came aboard to adapt their maritime album for "Swept Away."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:24am on November 11, 2024

Everyone Else Is Giving a Standing Ovation. Do I Have To? by Michael Paulson

Theatergoers and other performing-arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:02am on November 11, 2024

What Is Paul Taylor Without Paul Taylor? Full of Bumps. by Gia Kourlas

The Taylor company returns to Lincoln Center with four premieres and a new resident choreographer: Robert Battle, the former director of Alvin Ailey.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:55pm on November 10, 2024

Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dancer of 'Power and Radiance,' Dies at 81 by Brian Seibert

She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt and boosting its popularity.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:43pm on November 9, 2024

Overlooked No More: Go-won-go Mohawk, Trailblazing Indigenous Actress by Elyssa Goodman

In the 1880s, the only roles for Indigenous performers were laden with negative stereotypes. So Mohawk decided to write her own narratives.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:06pm on November 9, 2024
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