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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 > | “Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance”, “Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance”, American Ballet Theatre, and Curtis Holland, Argentine Tango dancers Dardo Galletto and Alonso Guzman, ballet, Barack Obama, Bradley Cooper, Broadway, Broadway’s Skye Mattox, choreographer and Princess Grace Award recipient Rena Butler, contemporary, David Guzman, David Roberts, former Merce Cunningham dancer Gus Solomons Jr., Gibney Company’s Artistic Associate Jie-Hung Connie Shiau, Hip-Hop, Jennifer Anniston, Joseph Verlezza, Karla Garcia, Margot Robbie, Martha Graham Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company principal’s Lloyd Knight and Xin Ying and former principal and Artistic Director Terese Capucilli, Megan LeCrone and Georgina Pazcoguin, modern, Morgan Marcell, musical theater, New York City Ballet’s Sara Mearns, Rhianna, Ricardo Zayas, Ryan Vandenboom, tango, tap, Tap artist Evan Ruggiero, The Joyce Theater, the legendary dancer and actress Carmen de Lavallade, Theatre Reviews Limited, vogue dancers Amadeo "Remy" Mangano and Ousmane “Omari” Wiles, York City Ballet

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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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 > | "The Harder They Come", Alysha Morgan, Andrew Clarke, Carla Woods, Chelsea-Ann Jones, Christopher Henry Young, Costume Design by Emilio Sosa, Dana Marie Ingraham, David Roberts, Denver Andre Taylor, Dominique Johnson, Dudney Joseph Jr, Dwight Xaveir Leslie, Garfield Hammonds, Hair, Housso Semon, J. Bernard Calloway, Jacob Ming-Trent, Jamal Christopher Douglas, Jeannette Bayardelle Shawn Bowers, Jeffrey Rodriguez, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Marcus, John Bronston, Ken Robinson, Kenny Seymour, Make-up Design by Earon Nealy, Meecah, Morgan McGhee, Natey Jones, Perry Henzell, Projection Design by Hana S Kim, Scenic Design by Clint Ramos and Diggle, Sergio Trujillo, Sir Brock Warren, Sound Design by Walter Trarbach, Suzan-Lori Parks, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tiffany Francès, Tony Taccone, Trevor Rhone, Tyla Collier, Wig

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

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: “Mike Birbiglia” The Old Man & The Pool” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater (Closed Sunday, January 15, 2023)

There is an abundance of medical and anatomical references in “Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool” currently running at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater. Mr. Birbiglia’s affinity for medicine is often part of or the central theme in his stand-up comedy gigs around the nation. His particular interest in his own health is also pivotal to his…

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Off-Broadway Review: “A Raisin in the Sun” at the Public Theater’s Newman Theater (Closed on Sunday, November 20, 2022)

November 14, 2022 | a man of, back the future, black no, Off-Broadway, on that day, public theater, the old man > | "A Raisin in the Sun", Almeria Campbell, Andie Burns, Bjorn Dupaty, Calvin Dutton, Camden McKinnon, Christopher Marquis Lindsay, Clarissa Marie Ligon, costume design by Karen Perry, David Roberts, fight and intimacy direction by Teniece Divya Johnson, Francois Battiste, hair and wig design by Nikiya Mathis, Jesse Pennington, Joan Marcus, John Clay III, lighting design by Alex Jainchill, Lorraine Hansberry, Mandi Masden, Mister Fitzgerald, movement direction by Rickey Tripp, N’yomi Stewart, Paige Gilbert, Perri Gaffney, Prop management by Claire M. Kavanah, Public Theater, Robert O'Hara, scenic design by Clint Ramos, Skyler Gallun, sound design by Elisheba Ittoop, sound system design by Will Pickens, The Newman Theater, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tonya Pinkins, Toussaint Battiste, Vann Dukes, video design by Brittany Bland

Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” debuted on Broadway in 1959 and appeared in London’s West End five months later. The musical adaptation “Raisin” won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1973 and the play had two Broadway revivals in 2004 and 2014. This powerful and ground-breaking story of a financially strapped Chicago South Side Black extended family’s…

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Broadway Review: “Death of a Salesman” at the Hudson Theatre (Through Sunday, January 15, 2023)

Some may say that Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman” may be the greatest play of the 20th century and there is evidence that supports that claim. It premiered on Broadway in 1949, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the TONY award for Best Play. The fifth Broadway revival is now playing at The Hudson Theatre starring Wendell…

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Off-Broadway Review: “A Man of No Importance” Disappoints at Classic Stage Company” (Closed Sunday, December 18, 2022)

Currently running at Classic Stage Company, “A Man of No Importance” chronicles gay middle-aged bus conductor Alfie Byrnes’s (a gloomy and dispirited Jim Parsons) struggles to claim his agency in 1960s Dublin, Ireland’s repressive homophobic environment. His sexual status defines him as a criminal; however, Alfie self-defines as an ordinary man who secretly loves Robbie Faye (a spirited and generous…

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Broadway Review: “Cost of Living” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Closed Sunday, November 6, 2022)

“Cost of living indexes are meant to compare the expenses an average person can expect to incur to acquire food, shelter, transportation, energy, clothing, education, healthcare, childcare, and entertainment in different regions.” – Investopedia The folks in Martyna Majok’s “Cost of Living,” currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, are not “average people” and they experience the…

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Broadway News/Previews: “Sweeney Todd” Begins Performances at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on February 26, 2023

Tony and Grammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford will both return to Broadway this spring in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Thomas Kail. Featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Hugh Wheeler, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will begin performances on February…

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Broadway Review: “The Music Man” at the Wintergarden Theatre (Currently On)

February 19, 2022 | a man of, Broadway > | "The Music Man", Andrew Minard, Ann Sanders, Audrey Cardwell, Aydin Eyikan, Benjamin Pajak, Branch Woodman, Brian MacDevitt (Lighting Design), Carlee Flanagan, Curtis Holland, Daniel Patrick Russell, Daniel Torres, David Chase (Vocal and Dance Arrangements), Eddie Korbich, Eloise Kropp, Emily Hoder, Emma Crow, Ethan Lafazan, Ethen Green-Younger, Garrett Long, Gino Cosculluela, Hugh Jackman, Jayne Houdyshell, Jefferson Mays, Jerry Zaks, Jessica Sheridan, Jonathan Tunick (Orchestrations), Jordan Beall, JT Church, Kammie Crum, Kathy Voytko, Kayla LaVine, Kayla Teruel, Lance Roberts, Linda Mugleston, Luc Verschueren for Campbell Young and Associates, Maria Briggs, Marie Mullen, Max Clayton, Meredith Willson, Mitchell Tobin, Nicholas Ward, Nick Alvino, Patrick Vaccariello (Musical Director), Phillip Boykin, Rema Webb, Remy Auberjonois, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Ryan Worsing, Santo Loquasto (Scenic & Costume Design), Scott Lehrer (Sound Design), Sean Montgomery, Sherisse Springer, Shuler Hensley, Sutton Foster, Tanner Quirk, Warren Carlyle, William Thomas Colin, Wintergarden Theatre

The recent revival of “The Music Man” which has opened at the Winter Garden Theater comes to the stage with some good news for fans of a certain celebrity, and some bad news for avid theater goers looking for an astounding reincarnation of this classic musical. Audience members who have come to the theater to see the megastar, namely Hugh…

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