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Julieta Cervantes
May 17, 2012
It's ballet bonanza time in Manhattan.
May 10, 2012
For 30 years, Alonzo King has worked in San Francisco, building a troupe of contemporary ballet dancers.
April 29, 2012
Playwright Rick Elice tells us how "Peter and the Starcatcher" went from kid's bookshelves to Broadway.
April 26, 2012
Phenomenal special effects can’t save the lack of humanity or depth in this adaptation.
Race issues are revisited in Bruce Norris' 'Clybourne Park'
April 23, 2012
Bruce Norris borrows the fictional Chicago neighborhood from ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ to make his own wry cultural observations.
Theater review: A new look at Neverland with 'Peter and the Starcatcher'
April 22, 2012
All superheroes get origin stories – so why not the flying, fighting Peter Pan?
Theater review: ‘Blogologues: Younger Than Springtime’
April 21, 2012
It's always fun to revisit a show that we previously reviewed to see how it's progressed. Find out how "Blogologues" is doing at its new home in The Players Loft.
'other stories': Is it rough sex or domestic violence?
April 12, 2012
Alexandra Beller’s dancers explain themselves in private moments for all to see onstage at the Joyce SoHo.
Being a black male in America today defined at Brooklyn Museum
April 02, 2012
Brooklyn Museum exhibit aims to represent and redefine black male identity.
'Carrie': A second chance at the dance
March 27, 2012
The new ‘Carrie’ is much better than the first.
A visit to ‘Centralia' without leaving NYC
March 21, 2012
Despite being deemed practically unlivable by the state, a handful of people still live in Centralia.
Israeli 'Bomb Shelter Museum' seeks to re-open in New York
March 19, 2012
Arts group wanted to bring controversial exhibit that simulates terrorist attack to Morningside Heights.
Spring on Broadway: A look at this season's new show openings
March 08, 2012
They may seem suspiciously familiar, but they’re also old favorites.
Stephen Petronio: Winning by losing
March 08, 2012
The audience for artistic director and choreographer Stephen Petronio’s shows are almost as dazzling as the dances he creates.
Stephanie Skura chants a world into existence
March 08, 2012
Stephanie Skura, an award-winning choreographer who left her native New York for the Pacific Northwest in 1993, returns with a four-person experiment in “radical language” and movement.
The Armory show: Spaced out
March 08, 2012
This year’s Armory Show boasts a Nordic focus, an online showcase and more room to stretch.
The Whitney Biennial: What’s new and noteworthy
March 08, 2012
Here’s what Jay Sanders and Elisabeth Sussman say to keep an eye on for 2012.
‘Backwards 7’ looks forward
March 01, 2012
Seven years ago, theater vet Robert Bartley was looking for a way to give back to New York’s GLBT community. But he wanted it to go beyond the usual charity concert.
Where’s ‘Waldo’? A little lost
February 27, 2012
Ralph Waldo Emerson — not the bespeckled, striped-shirt wearer — is the focus here
Moliere goes to the mall
February 23, 2012
Foppish men and churlish maids liven up the World Financial Center.
'CQ/CX': When a reporter becomes the headline
February 21, 2012
‘CQ/CX,’ based on the Jayson Blair scandal, is a modern take on the old newsroom drama.
Black is beautiful at the ballet
February 08, 2012
Founded after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Dance Theatre of Harlem rose to prominence as a “classically American” ballet troupe composed primarily of African-American performers.
Bearing the soul of ‘Wit’
February 07, 2012
Cynthia Nixon gives a brave, nuanced performance as a scholar with stage 4 cancer.
From Russia with fear
February 06, 2012
Janeane Garofalo plays a domineering matriarch in ‘Russian Transport,’ now at Theatre Row.
Jin Xing: The lady from Shanghai
February 02, 2012
Jin Xing, whose name means “Gold Star,” was a 9-year-old Chinese kid of Korean ancestry when he joined the People’s Liberation Army in 1976 and began training as a dancer. Ten years later he came to New York, studying and performing in the modern dance community.
Lords and ladies leaping at New York City Ballet
January 31, 2012
Christopher Wheeldon, whose “Les Carillons” had its world premiere Saturday at New York City Ballet, was a young British dancer in the troupe’s corps when he began choreographing 15 years ago.
Kevin Spacey is an entertainingly black-hearted Richard III
January 29, 2012
The king you love to hate — and actors love to play, because he’s so delectably detestable — is currently holding court at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Talking heads and flying feet
January 26, 2012
A profusion of movies focusing on history, process and performance begins unspooling Friday at Lincoln Center.
‘Jersey Boys’ still going strong
January 19, 2012
Now entering its seventh year onstage, “Jersey Boys” is a wildly popular musical revealing the behind-the-scenes story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
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