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Sunday, October 11, 2020

Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer review – a dank detour by Bidisha

Barbican Art GalleryThe air of a memorial hangs over this exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking Scottish choreographer Michael Clark was a streetwise angel of a dancer, leaving the Roya…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AM
Monday, March 30, 2020

The experts’ experts: Observer critics on the cultural voices they trust by Laura Cumming, Mark Kermode, Bidisha, Miranda Sawyer, Susannah Clapp, Kitty Empire, Fiona Maddocks and Rowan Moore

The best new writers, the indispensable books, the go-to websites… our arts writers reveal their sources of insight Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AM
Sunday, March 8, 2020

The week in dance: Revisor; Antigone, Interrupted – review by Bidisha

Sadler’s Wells; the Place, LondonCrystal Pite and Jonathon Young take Gogol to extremes, while Joan Clevillé puts the agony into Antigone Revisor is, at first glance, a dramatisation of a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM
Saturday, February 15, 2020

maliphantworks3; Cowpuncher My Ass; Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Bluebeard – review by Bidisha

Coronet; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Sadler’s Wells, LondonDana Fouras bows out in style, Holly Blakey delivers a frenzy of self-loathing, and Pina Bausch’s Bluebeard was worth the wait Russel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PM
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Sampled; Michael Keegan-Dolan: Mám review – shoe shuffle to wild shindig by Bidisha

Sadler’s Wells, London An annual taster festival showcased myriad styles with mixed results. And Michael Keegan-Dolan returned with an intoxicating night way out west The annual Sampled fe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM
Sunday, February 2, 2020

Company Wayne McGregor: Autobiography; Julie Cunningham: fire bird – review by Bidisha

Laban theatre; the Yard, LondonThe personal is universal in McGregor’s riveting genetic extravaganza, while Cunningham finds witty resonance in Stravinsky Devised in 2017, Autobiography is…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Le Corsaire; Resolution review – ridiculously entertaining by Bidisha

Coliseum; the Place, LondonEnglish National Ballet delivers a bravura, gravity-defying Le Corsaire. At the Place, a faith-restoring showcase of new talent Le Corsaire is a 19th-century fever…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM
Monday, December 16, 2019

The Snow Queen; Nutcracker review – cold comfort by Bidisha

Festival theatre, Edinburgh; Coliseum, LondonThe icy monarch meets her match in Scottish Ballet’s sensuous new production, while English National Ballet’s Clara dreams on Scottish Ballet…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36PM
Sunday, December 1, 2019

Myself UK: Decade; Madhavi Mudgal’s Vistar – review by Bidisha

Stratford Circus Arts Centre; Sadler’s Wells, LondonNew works hit home as hip-hop collective Myself UK hits 10. And Indian classical dance that feels like new In front of a wildly supporti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM
Sunday, November 17, 2019

The Sleeping Beauty; Rambert Event review – total ballerina focus and stale fruitcake by Bidisha

Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonA spectacular Princess Aurora graces a Royal Ballet favourite in dire need of an update, while Merce Cunningham isn’t best served by Rambert’s …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AM
Sunday, November 3, 2019

The Future Bursts In; Birmingham Royal Ballet: Mixed Programme – review by Bidisha

Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonHip-hop, waltzes and t’ai chi share the stage in a restless, male-led tribute to Merce Cunningham, while Sinatra stars for BRB T…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM
Friday, May 1, 2015

Carry on, Carrie. Yours is the blood-streaked face of female vengeance by Bidisha

Spoiler alert: When Stephen King’s telekinetic hero – now back in musical form – finally uncorks her power, she releases the rage we women must repress Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AM
Friday, February 17, 2012

'It unlocks you from the inside': staging Véronique Olmi's remarkable infanticide novel by Bidisha

For years, no British publisher would touch Veronique Olmi's novel about a woman who kills her children. But now it is taking on a life of its ownA play adapted from a French novella about a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards