One of the most arresting images in "Houdini, Art and Magic," currenty at the Jewish Museum, is a 1916 photograph of the great magician standing beside the carriage of Sarah Bernhardt, perha…
In a world where our theatre seems to be growing ever warier of plays with real intellectual content, it almost seems churlish to complain about a script that contains too much to think about. But that's the major problem with David Edgar's Pentecost, which opened at the Studio Theatre on Friday night in a galvanically commanding production.
Carl Djerassi, a Stanford chemistry professor who helped develop the birth control pill, sets up a head-on collision between science and art in this not-dark-enough comedy.
OK, so here's the deal: Bernadette Peters won't tap-dance through Eddie Money's saxophone solo if Eddie promises not to sing harmonies during Bernadette's Sondheim medley at bergenPAC's Four…
Can't get enough of Kate? The double CD and audio tape of Matthew Lombardo's bio-show of Katharine Hepburn, "Tea at Five," starring Kate Mulgrew, is now available through HighBridge Audio.
Art darling Terence Koh is dialing in his next project. Starting next month, the artist will use Skype as the starting point for new series of portraits.
The Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University has created a new professional certificate program in curating performance art, the first of its kind.
Tue, October 21 @ GW Lisner Auditorium, presented by GW Lisner Auditorium -- With original music by Phillip Johnston and live narration and text by Art Spiegelman, this live performance delv…
Some of the most enticing new productions of the Broadway spring season are plays that explore how tough it can be to treat the aches and pains of living.
Six months after all 12 Manhattan community boards approved a resolution calling on New York City and New York State to legislate a property-tax abatement for landlords who rent to nonprofit…
Shakespeare called Romeo and Juliet "star-cross'd lovers" -- and the Met's performance Thursday of Gounod's operatic version, "Roméo et Juliette," was also plagued by hard luck. The offsta…
