“Sotheby’s Mei Moses found that between 2012 and 2018, sales results rose just eight percent for men, while women saw the price for their work go up an astonishing 73 percent. By compa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMIn a Q&A, Cecelia Watson, author of the new book about the oft-misunderstood punctuation mark, talks about how the semicolon has elicited romantic love, inferiority complexes, class rese…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMA consensus is finally beginning to emerge: Something is wrong with science that’s causing established results to fail. One proposed and long overdue remedy has been an overhaul of the use…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PM“Can good writing truly be taught? Is the traditional workshop structure—a writer stays silent while her peers lay bare her pages—good pedagogy or licensed cruelty? What people, and wh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMOf course, libraries have never been only about books! But reading and books are more important than ever for contemporary society, and public libraries occupy a unique position as a public …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMUnlike some new facilities attached to performing arts complexes — the Kennedy Center’s REACH extension, opening in September, comes to mind — TLI is not aiming to be radically new or …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMThe new festival this fall will feature six world premieres from choreographers including 2013 MacArthur fellow Kyle Abraham, Jacob Jonas and Janie Taylor — plus collaborations with noted …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMThe Wallis Annenberg Foundation has awarded The Fountain Theatre a $40,000 grant for general operating support. The Annenberg Foundation is one of the top private philanthropies in the cou…
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By Bob Shuman Historians, looking back at contemporary American theatre, will have to evaluate whether our stages were reflections of society or partisan distortions. Were our artists “liv…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:23PMLeslie Donna FlesnerIt's been 11 years since Leslie Donna Flesner packed up her bags in Miami Beach, Florida and headed to New York City. Now, Flesner is dancing in Tootsie, which marks her …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMThe Vineyard Theatre has announced the highly anticipated New York premiere of Dana H., a new work by Tony-nominated playwright Lucas Hnath (A Doll's House, Part 2), slated to appear at the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMJames Snyder chats about starring as Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMDisney's Frozen is a Broadway hit. Stars of the celebrated musical paid a visit to NBC's Today on August 2 to share some of the magic from their Tony-nominated sensation with fans across Am…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMAccio, Potterheads! James Snyder is currently leading the company of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as Harry Potter. In honor of the Chosen One's birthday, the Broadway.com vlogger sto…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMDaveed Diggs and Wyatt Russell have joined Showtime's limited series drama set in pre-Civil War America, Good Lord Bird, according to The Hollywood Reporter. They join a cast that includes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMBefore Wednesday night's performance of Broadway's longest-running musical, The Phantom of the Opera, the show's original music director, David Caddick, made a poignant speech about the sho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PM“Somehow I didn’t remember — or didn’t see — what has been right there onscreen the whole time. Which is that Mr. M is a monster — a distillation of human moral squalor with few …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PMChicago’s Curbside Splendor was named “Best Indie Book Publisher” by Chicago magazine in 2014, featured on Bustle’s “13 Indie Presses You Should Know” list in 2017, and even prof…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PMAndrea Scott: “Of course, the major power dynamic at play in this story is the one between art and money. For too long, patronage of the arts has come with patronizing attitudes toward art…
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Traverse, EdinburghJavaad Alipoor’s kaleidoscopic show delves below the compellingly shocking behaviour to lay bare an epoch-spanning vision of human waste
The sensation of racing a high-p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMDorfman theatre, LondonAndy Stanton’s adaptation of his own children’s books is packed with eccentricity and verbal flourishes – all at the expense of the story
This is no ordinary fam…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMWhen Dear Evan Hansen debuted at Arena Stage four years ago, I was so moved by the show I wrote it a love letter, republished below. Now a Broadway hit, it returns to DC for a run at Kennedy…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:36PMThe new musical has a score by Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo and a book by Bradley Bredeweg.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMComposer David Yazbek returns to the podcast, along with Tony-nominated actors Lilli Cooper and Andy Grotelueschen, to chat about adapting the beloved comedy for Broadway. For information r…
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Whether you’re looking for a fun solo outing or a date night, A Taste For Murder Productions in residence at The Kentlands Mansion offers a whimsically delightful way to spend an afternoon…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:54PMThe Grammy Award winner, who can be seen onstage in Manilow Broadway, visited the cast backstage August 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMAll you need is love at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, and that's just the kind of declaration that a theatre-goer received! Following last night's performance of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, ther…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMOn Friday morning's episode of TODAY, Caissie Levy, who plays Elsa in the Broadway musical a?oeFrozen,a?? and Patti Murin, who plays Elsa's younger sister Anna, stop by to talk to Jenna Bu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMAs BroadwayWorld first reported last week, Sting's acclaimed musical, THE LAST SHIP, starring and featuring original music and lyrics by multiple Grammy Award-winner Sting, will add three ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMPost-Dispatch photojournalists to talk about their work
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:33PMHistoric images from 1942 to now come to Missouri History Museum
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:33PMThe Muny presents musical about girl with psychokinetic abilities.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:33PMWhile PBS has offered on-demand streaming for a number of years, it will stream programming live on YouTube TV. “Based on their markets, 333 member stations will be available to users.” …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“Why should we take seriously the words of someone who doesn’t understand the great amount of work involved in creating a performance? A critic’s opinion is unreliable if it’s based…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMThe Chronicle struggled in the first few years after Gwaltney and John A. Crowl established it in 1966, but became widely-read and influential for its coverage of unrest and social issues on…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMThe Ballet leadership is definitely playing offense here. Rather than direct their side of the story to favored reporters or even just the media, these emails are going out to everyone on th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater announced Thursday that Jamar Roberts has been selected to be the company’s first ever resident choreographer. Mr. Roberts, a veteran company member, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMUsually performed in opera houses with astronomical budgets, Wagner’s epic works seem unlikely fare for fringe venues. Yehuda Shapiro discovers how, with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:24PM“It explicitly states that the cathedral must be rebuilt as it looked before the fire … and it limits derogations to the existing heritage, planning, environmental and construction codes…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMThis week’s production news includes an announcement that Tudor musical Six is transferring to Broadway and that James McAvoy is to star
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMWith a voice that brings us a world full of happiness, Grammy nominee Jessie J. posted a cover of the iconic 'On My Own' from Les Misérables. 'For those who don't know. My training is…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMIn this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by one of Ain't Too Proud's Temptations, Jawan M. Jackson. Check out the recipe for Katie's Ain't Too Proud to Bake Sweet Donuts below!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMOverall xoxo moongirl is fascinating, funny, and surprising. It held my attention throughout.
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Best known for his 1980 book A People’s History of the United States, historian Howard Zinn was a lifelong civil rights activist.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:56PMIt's Fespian Init Productions makes its debut at Camden Fringe with a brand-new production of Our Walk Through the World, Ross Howard's collection of six short plays, running 11 to 14 August…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:53PMMoulin Rouge! The Musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Review by Mo Brady
The company of Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Pho…
SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 12:49PMThe performances will celebrate Judy Garland, Dorothy Fields, Frank Loesser, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMThe theater has announced today that executive director Janera Solomon will leave her position in December after 11 years at the theater.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:47PMCo-written by and starring Rita Rudner (who is not only a playwright and performer but also an author, film writer, producer and director, with many TV appearances to her credit), "Two’s a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:32PMFind your next job with this selection of upcoming calls for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMOn Wednesday, July 31, Broadway lost a legend, when producer/director/writer Harold Prince died at the age of 91, in Reykjavik, Iceland, following a brief illness. To commemorate his life an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:14PMThe Broadway stars and sang with their castmates on The Today Show August 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMIncluding the play that inspired the Emmy-nominated show, the special edition also features photos, behind-the-scenes accounts, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMDeaths gone wrong, broken arms, and landing planes make for some unintended comedy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMTom Hiddleston is about to make his Broadway debut leading Harold Pinter's drama Betrayal.
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Come what may, this couple agrees to love each other until their dying day.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMHampstead Theatre has defended the casting of an American East Asian in its forthcoming production of The King of Hell’s Palace, claiming
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMThe film is based on the play previously seen at Off-Broadway's LCT3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMThe hit musical continues at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMDespite a history stretching to 1934, it feels like a David to the art exhibition’s Goliath. But its program is all the better for that.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMAndrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Patti LuPone and others recall memorable moments with the longtime director and producer who died this week.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMLeonard Blavatnik’s Access Entertainment is to be the headline sponsor of The Stage Debut Awards for a second year. The awards, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMJavaad Alipoor and Kirsty Housley’s 2017 show The Believers Are But Brothers was an intricate, intelligent exploration of online radicalisation that augmented
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMThe staging will reflect the 2013 Broadway version of the musical, which features an all-new book and additional songs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMDeirdre O’Connell will star in the new play, which recounts the true story of Hnath’s mother’s harrowing kidnapping.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMThe 18th annual series runs August 30 through September 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMRupert Everett’s fascinating performance hides some of the deficiencies inherent in this production of Uncle Vanya which never gets to the heart of this transcendent play.
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The stage and screen star celebrates her birthday August 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMArts Council England has been accused of failing to enforce the payment of union standard wages on the projects it funds, meaning
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMEdinburgh Festival Fringe Society boss Shona McCarthy has called on hotels in the city to offer free and discounted rooms to performers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMA new performing arts centre that merges Liverpool Theatre School and dance college Studio 76 is set to open in the city.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMThe sixth season of the ABC comedy begins September 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMKourlas has been writing reviews and features for the Times on a freelance basis since 2000; she has also been dance editor of Time Out New York and an editor of The Paris Review. – The Ne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMInstrument maker David Klavins’s custom-built 470i piano, with a vertical steel frame six meters (19.7 feet) long and strings up to five meters (16.4 feet) long, has been installed in a ne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AM“His first exhibition was of the sculptor Alison Wilding, whose work he continued to show until his death. It was in 1988, though, that … three of the [Goldsmiths] art school’s new gra…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMThe Balitmore Symphony is not alone; almost every concert season sees news stories about a U.S. orchestra facing potential ruin (often with a strike or lockout raising the stakes). Why? Ther…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMThe Tony- and Olivier-winning play will begin at the Curran Theater in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AM"Monica: This Play is Not About Monica Lewinsky" explores the profound effects of shame as seen through one of the White House's greatest scandals.
The post The Price of Shame: ‘Monica: Th…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12AMby Lola Clifton
Lola Clifton with her mom, Pretty Woman’s Ellyn Marie Marsh
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SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 10:09AMProduced by Pigeonholed @pigeonholedco
Written by Emily J. Daly
Directed by Emily Lyon
Nomination: Outstanding Original Full-Length Script - Emily J. Daly
About Pigeonholed: Pigeonho…
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Racette will be the artistic director of young artist programs; Damon Bristo was also hired as director of artistic administration.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMWhen I read the press release for Michael Shenefelt’s play Heloise that is part of the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, I was very intrigued by this complicated love story based upon the t…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:54AMDueto Dos Rosas's tunes can be classified as rancheras or corridos, but their style has a very particular historical resonance.
The post Folk Music Review: Dueto Dos Rosas, Five Songs appear…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:48AMThis fine novel is portrait of Baltimore as a city at war with itself.
The post Book Review: “Lady in the Lake” — The Complex Tapestry of Urban Decay appeared first on The Arts Fuse.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:48AMBy Paul T Davies
Among the LGBTQ productions at the Edinburgh Fringe, Director Sam Curtis Lindsay is helming two notable shows, Burgerz and Scottee: Class. Paul T. Davies caught up with Sam …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:41AMThe Anastasia and Les Misérables star performs songs from Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, and The Bridges of Madison County on his latest release.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMNewcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre founder and artistic director Ali Pritchard tells Tracey Sinclair about his search for a venue, moving towards longer runs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:35AMThe Grammy-nominated singer returns to her musical theatre roots.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMIn “Hannah Senesh,” a play running through August 18th at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the title character is a Jewish teenager in Europe in the 1930s who starts keeping a diary at age…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:27AMI don’t know why, but I have murder and mystery on the mind lately and it
got me thinking about Broadway musicals that have these two intriguing
elements central to their makeup. Though …
SOURCE: www.markrobinsonwrites.com at 09:16AMThespian alum on proving your critics wrong
The post Five Questions with Andrew Lippa appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.
SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:03AMOver 100 people packed the lobby of a San Francisco public high school to view a controversial mural criticized as racist and degrading for its depiction of black and Native American people.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:02AMBroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMGloria Estefan. An instantly recognisable name, synonymous with a good time. Telling the story of how Gloria and her husband, Emilio became stars of the Latin vocal and dance culture, and …
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Though ‘classically’ trained, Belize-born composer Errollyn Wallen has throughout her career embraced pop-music influences as a singer-songwriter. Singing at the keyboard, she
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:34AMThe Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival lands in Old City for its fifth year, and opens with an evening of one-acts by women playwrights. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:29AMThey say the devil is in the details, so this week I'm getting really specific. Some people obsess over costumes. Others pay close attention wigs. Or furniture (remember that table that ne…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:18AM“Changes to rental rules in Scotland and an increasing lack of affordable accommodation are threatening to turn the fringe into ‘a glorified industry showcase’, according to artists.�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:05AMThe powerhouse stars undergo the ultimate acting test in Broadway’s Sea Wall/A Life.
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What is it about a great whodunnit thriller? What makes us keep turning the page? How does that inquisitive excitement translate onstage? As modern thrillers go, they don’t get much more s…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:58AMBarry Manilow stopped by Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish on Thursday, August 1. He went backstage at Stage 42 to meet the cast and posed for some photos.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMArtists say event will become unsustainable and increasingly elitist if costs keep spiralling
Concerns over spiralling rents have dominated the lead-up to this year’s Edinburgh festival fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMHow appropriate that Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ rockin’ Royal Tudor musical Six is going to make history. Two years to the day the show was first seen as a student production at the Edin…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:38AMA US circus company that had planned to premiere its multimillion-dollar shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the next five years
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMBrainiac Live! has just blasted its way onto the stage of London’s Garrick Theatre. The show has been touring and refining for years but opened in the West End this week. With twice a day …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 07:15AMLove London Love Culture offers her guide to five shows opening in London this month…
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A funny woman on the brink of disaster is at the centre of this new series resembling a London-Irish Broad City
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:48AM"The question shouldn’t be so much, ‘Why should Damien be non-binary?’ as ‘Why shouldn’t they be?’" JB Pichelski's Camden Fringe show Scenic Reality is a coming-of-age tale of m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:41AMThe Chicago-based photographer and artist depicts the one-off encounters of strangers navigating the city’s downtown
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:41AMHow three American showbiz figures reclaimed their Jewishness in a time of crisis and redefined it in the popular imagination.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:40AMToday's top stories: Six is headed to Broadway!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:33AMThe five-time Olivier Award-nominated hit musical SIX has boasted incredible success over the past two years since it began at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and it has now been announced that t…
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The Tete a Tete festival’s mixed bills are a music-theatre party bag. There might be the odd liquorice nightmare in there, but
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:40AMAs she prepares to direct an unstaged script by the late pirate queen of counterculture, theatre-maker Kate Valk recalls how they met – and how she dealt with Acker’s challenging attitud…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMI moved to London in search of bustle, but friends were hard to come by. Then I tried standup and found a community with whom to share my ups and downsI had roughly two friends in London whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMFringe of Colour campaigns to persuade venues to give free tickets to young local people of colour
It prides itself on being the biggest arts festival in the world, but the “overwhelming w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMPrince oversaw such landmark musicals as Cabaret, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, Evita and The Phantom of the Opera
Harold Prince, a Broadway director and producer who pushed the boundaries…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMThe Northern-Irish choreographer’s raw and powerful work examines gender, identity and religion, but it all happens by accident, she says.
Oona Doherty is finding out about the law of unin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMWho is Jacob Boehme? A multi-disciplinary theatre maker, descendant of the Narangga and Kaurna peoples of South Australia, with English, Irish and Finnish ancestry. The first-born son of Joa…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:21AMGail Louw’s play takes the form of a one-sided conversation with a ghost. Harry McNish was the carpenter on board the Endurance
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:10AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts its 18th annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival from Saturday, August 30, 2019 through Monday, September 2, 2019. The festival is a f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:04AMThere is much to applaud in Tree but it feels like a play that is more about the spectacle and experience than a substantial exploration of meaty issues which is fine to a point.
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Holly Williams picks the most interesting shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and International Festival
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:48AMMass extinctions, carbon emissions and freak storms will feature at a festival where artists are finding new ways to raise the alarm
‘I no longer think of this as a technological problem. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMThe triumphant, masterful production of The Black Clown—that performed its New York City premiere from July 24-27th as part of the 2019 annual Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival—o…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 02:27AMThe Edinburgh Festival Fringe officially opens today, but lots of shows have been up and running since Wednesday. I love the first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMPerched somewhere between elaborate board game, immersive theatre and Halloween haunted house, the escape room phenomenon seems to fly under the radar
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The music of multi-award winning composer Stephen Sondheim arrives at Chapel Off Chapel this weekend in a sensational concert selection of his Broadway hits in Everything’s Coming Up Sond…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:54AMThe 21-time Tony winner of such Broadway hits as Company, Sweeney Todd, Evita, and The Phantom of the Opera passed away July 31 at the age of 91.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39AMThe Villain Kids are back in the new sequel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe 1969 festival continues to inspire nostalgia but today’s cultural atmosphere is pretty much its polar opposite
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMThe director’s starry new movie Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is a hit but he’s almost ready to quit film-making
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMThe late artist’s fraught relationship with the world is reflected in a body of invigorating, if deeply uncomfortable, work
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMThe venerable company's newly minted principal Marcelino Sambé shows off his range at the two-week Ballet Festival---These days, New York dance lovers only get rare glimpses of The Ro…
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