Wednesday, March 27, 2024

How the Gory Sex Scenes in ‘Teeth’ Came Together by Rachel Sherman

Creating the sex scenes for the horror musical required close attention to detail, extra communication and some strategically placed silicone.

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Review: A New Dance at Trisha Brown Examines the Act of a Fall by Gia Kourlas

The Trisha Brown Dance Company returned to the Joyce Theater with an enthralling premiere by the French choreographer Noé Soulier.

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Rebecca Frecknall Is Bringing ‘Cabaret’ Back to Broadway by Douglas Greenwood

The British director Rebecca Frecknall’s immersive revival of the Kander and Ebb musical was a hit in London. This spring, she’s bringing it to Broadway.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

‘Opening Night’ Review: Ivo van Hove Makes a Stylish Movie Into a Sludgy Travesty by Houman Barekat

Ivo van Hove’s stage adaptation of the 1977 John Cassavetes film, with music by Rufus Wainwright, turns a taut character study into a corny melodrama.

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A British Scandal Intrigued J.T. Rogers, Then He Went Down the Rabbit Hole by J.t. Rogers

The playwright thought News International’s phone-hacking scandal could make for a sweeping thriller. Twelve years later, here it is.

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Review: In ‘American Rot,’ the Painful Legacy of the Dred Scott Case by Rhoda Feng

Kate Taney Billingsley’s play starts with a fictional apology, but then segregated choirs and a racist waitress create tonal dissonance.

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Monday, March 25, 2024

On London Stages, Uplifting Tales of Black Masculinity by Houman Barekat

“For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy” and “Red Pitch” offer generous portrayals of male bonding.

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“The White Feather” Looks at the Birth and Death of Ballet in Iran by Brian Seibert

A new work, “The White Feather” is inspired by the history of the Iranian National Ballet, which went dark during the Islamic Revolution and was never revived.

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Nicole Scherzinger to Star in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ on Broadway in the Fall by Michael Paulson

The revival, birthed in London, is a radically reimagined version of the 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a 1950 Billy Wilder film.

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Allison Holker Is Dancing Through the Ups and Downs by Margaret Fuhrer

The performer stopped dancing after the death of her husband, Stephen Boss. Now she’s a judge on “So You Think You Can Dance,” the show where they met.

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Saturday, March 23, 2024

How Do You Solve a Problem Like ‘Bayadère’? Send In the Cowboys. by Marina Harss

A new production of the ballet sets it in 1930s Hollywood instead of a mythic India, eliminating Orientalist clichés while embracing American ones.

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With ‘Tommy’ Revival, Pete Townshend Is Talking to a New Generation by Rob Tannenbaum

He’s also still working through his childhood trauma. Considering his musical’s legacy, he sees a story about how “we prevail ultimately, by turning toward the light.”

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Cynthia Nixon Knows What Poem She Wants Read at Her Funeral by Kathryn Shattuck

“I love ‘I heard a Fly buzz — when I died,’” said the actress, currently performing Off Broadway in “The Seven Year Disappear.” “That one gets me every time.”

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Friday, March 22, 2024

Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher to Star in Broadway Play by Michael Paulson

The duo will lead the cast of “Left on Tenth,” a stage adaptation of Delia Ephron’s best-selling memoir.

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

‘Like They Do in the Movies’ Review: Laurence Fishburne Widens His Lens by Naveen Kumar

In his solo show, the screen and stage star shines a light into his formative dark corners and on the people who made an impression.

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‘Water for Elephants’ Review: Beauty Under the Big Top by Jesse Green

The circus-themed love story, already a novel and a movie, becomes a gorgeously imaginative Broadway musical.

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Julie Robinson Belafonte, Dancer, Actress and Activist, Dies at 95 by Ian Zack

With the singer Harry Belafonte, she was one half of a celebrated (and sometimes denounced) interracial power couple who pressed the cause of civil rights in the 1960s

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Review: Looking for Love With Burt Bacharach, and Finding a Prayer by Gia Kourlas

Mark Morris’s “The Look of Love” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music is uneven, but you can’t fight its swing.

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Why ‘Uncle Vanya’ Is the Play for Our Anxious Era by Jon Robin Baitz

Despite debuting 125 years ago, Anton Chekhov’s drama of claustrophobia, resentment and despair feels perfectly suited to present day America.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

‘Dead Outlaw,’ a Mummy Musical, Is So Strange It Can Only Be True by Sarah Bahr

The creators of “The Band’s Visit” reunited to tell the story of an outlaw whose body toured carnivals for decades.

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Review: In Charles Busch’s ‘Ibsen’s Ghost,’ a Widow’s Work is Never Done by Juan A. Ramírez

In Charles Busch’s satire of Henrik Ibsen’s plays, a widow faces a rather catty fight to save her husband’s legacy.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Review: An Affair to Dismember, in the Gory Musical ‘Teeth’ by Jesse Green

A cult horror film about a teenage girl with a surprise set of chompers gets another surprise: the song-and-dance treatment.

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‘Illinoise,’ a Sufjan Stevens Dance Musical, Is Moving to Broadway by Michael Paulson

The production will make its transfer unusually fast, with an opening set for April 24, just 29 days after it wraps up a sold-out run at the Park Avenue Armory.

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Emma Portner’s Busy Ballet Era by Margaret Fuhrer

The choreographer, who has spent her career mixing genres and disciplines, comes to ballet with an eye on its sometimes calcified gender relations.

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Review: Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People,’ Starring Jeremy Strong by Jesse Green

The “Succession” star headlines a Broadway revival of Ibsen’s play about a lifesaving doctor and the town that hates him.

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On the Menu at Flamenco Fest, Tradition With a Side of Nuttiness by Brian Seibert

At City Center, performers like Olga Pericet and Manuel Liñán knew the rules they were bending.

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Hollywood Actors Are Leaping Into Video Games by Just Lunning

Onscreen stars have increasingly been going virtual. Jodie Comer and David Harbour are making their video game debuts in a remake of the 1992 horror game Alone in the Dark.

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Climate Protesters Disrupt Broadway Play Starring Jeremy Strong by Michael Paulson

A performance of a new production of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” was interrupted by protesters who shouted “no theater on a dead planet.”

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Irish Dance for All Levels, All Bodies, All Genders by Siobhan Burke and Yael Malka For The New York Times

Gayli, a dance night at a Brooklyn bar, provides a welcoming atmosphere for Irish social dancing, an exacting art form known for high-pressure competition.

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

‘The Notebook’ Review: A Musical Tear-Jerker or Just All Wet? by Jesse Green

The 2004 weepie comes to Broadway with songs by Ingrid Michaelson and a $5 box of tissues.

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American Ballet Theater Names Dance Veteran as Executive Director by Javier C. Hernández

Barry Hughson, a leader at the National Ballet of Canada, will join the company as it tries to get beyond financial woes.

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All that Chat

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