Dance/Book News: “Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance” One Night Only at the Joyce Theater Celebrates Release of Mark Mann’s New Book “Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance” (Monday, April 10, 2023)

April 2, 2023 | a man of, chester, Dance, News, on that day, public theater, this land is made, water for | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

World-renowned celebrity portrait photographer Mark Mann celebrates the release of his new coffee table book Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance with a one night only star-studded evening of dance at the Joyce Theater, Monday, April 10, 2023. Celebrating the power of expression, in movement and stillness, Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance offers a multi-disciplinary and multi-generational program of…

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Broadway Review: “Life of Pi” Teases Mind, Body, and Spirit at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (Currently On)

March 30, 2023 | Broadway | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Yann Martel’s 2001 novel “Life of Pi” is a coming-of-age story, the story of “one boy, one boat, one tiger.” Walker/Canongate published Martel’s Booker Prize novel in 2010 as a young adult novel which found its way onto school bookshelves across the United States (and beyond). It was a popular read in the high school where I taught. My colleagues…

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Broadway Review: “Bad Cinderella” at the Imperial Theatre (Currently On)

March 28, 2023 | bad cinder, bad cinderella, Broadway, Dance, LGBTQ+ | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Most, if not all, of my colleagues did not like “Bad Cinderella.” However, the performance I recently attended was sold out and that often undervalued pundit known as “the audience” could not have been more appreciative of what they experienced on the stage of the Imperial Theatre. It is important for us theatre critics to remember that often unheralded phenomenon…

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Broadway Review: “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Lunt-Fontane Theatre (Currently On)

March 27, 2023 | Broadway, Dance, Music, sweeney todd | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Perhaps one of the best reasons to attend the present revival of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is to hear the exceptional score by the late Stephen Sondheim, gloriously presented by a twenty-six-piece orchestra, which resounds through the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, echoing a menagerie of emotional themes. There is a Brecht-Weil semblance, as a populace from London’s underbelly…

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Broadway Review: “Parade” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (Currently On)

March 23, 2023 | Broadway | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The musical “Parade” opened on Broadway in 1998 and was subject to a short run, closing in February of 1999 before eventually winning two TONY awards for Best Book of a musical by Alfred Uhry and Best Original Score by Jason Robert Brown. This original production received critical acclaim but was received poorly by audience members, sighting the subject matter…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Harder They Come” at the Public’s Newman Theater (Closed Sunday, April 9, 2023)

March 23, 2023 | a man of, days of, Off-Broadway, on that day, public theater | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Currently running at the Public’s Newman Theater, “The Harder They Come” is based on the 1972 film by the same name produced and directed by Perry Henzell and co-written with Trevor Rhone. The first paragraph of David Katz’s guest essay added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 2020 summarizes the film perfectly. “The Harder They Come” is a landmark of Caribbean…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Dark Disabled Stories” Sadly Disappoints at the Public’s Shiva Theater (Closed Sunday, April 2, 2023)

March 9, 2023 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, on that day, public theater, stories sadly | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I am an LGBTQ+ able-bodied and hearing person walking into the lobby of one of my favorite venues: The Public Theater.  There is a notice on the door to mask up before entering. I am early and after masking up and picking up my ticket, I lean up against one of the columns in the lobby and check out my…

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Broadway Review: “The Collaboration” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Closed Saturday, February 11, 2023)

January 27, 2023 | a man of, Broadway, LGBTQ+, on that day, the collaboration | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Unlike the typical one-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle where the completed puzzle matches the image on the cover, “The Collaboration’s” dénouement and resolution are nothing like the playwright’s supposed intention when writing the script. Anthony McCarten sets us up for a scuba diving expedition. The playwright teases us into a deep-sea dive into the wreckage that is the lives of two disparate…

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Broadway Review: “A Beautiful Noise” at the Broadhurst Theatre (Currently On)

January 26, 2023 | Broadway | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Fans of jukebox musicals and Neil Diamond will be thrilled with the current production of “A Beautiful Noise” now playing at the Broadhurst Theatre. This production is packed with plenty of the superstar’s mega hits that will entice any audience member to start singing along, which happens a couple of times during the show at the invitation of Will Swenson…

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Theatre News: World and Northern American Premieres, Original Commissions, and Works Spanning Theater, Opera, Music, and Dance Comprise Park Avenue Armory’s 2023 Season

January 12, 2023 | days of, hamlet, News, Off-Broadway, public theater, the armory, the collaboration, the piano | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

World and North American Premieres, Original Commissions, and Works Spanning Theater, Opera, Music, And Dance Comprise Park Avenue Armory’s 2023 Season   The North American debut of British dramatist Alexander Zeldin’s LOVE, an emotionally poignant play depicting the lives of families placed in temporary public housing. Uniquely lived-in performances and design immerse audiences within a story that calls attention to…

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