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Concert Review: LET’S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL (Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall)
NO PLACE LIKE HOME— UNLESS MICHAEL FEINSTEIN TAKES YOU THERE Let’s Get Away From It All proves the Great American Songbook is still first-class travel When Michael Feinstein opened his show Let’s Get Away From It All at Zankel Hall with the question, “Is there anybody that doesn’t want to get away?” the answer came…
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Opera Review: HILDEGARD (World Premiere, LA Opera and Beth Morrison Projects at The Wallis)
BEST BE ON YOUR HILDEGARD WATCHING THIS THING When approaching a work based on history, it’s expected that there will be some degree of fictionalization. Even though it won’t be completely true, the broad strokes will be, and you’ll leave having learned a tiny bit of something new. However, Hildegard, the dull new opera by…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE BURNING CAULDRON OF FIERY FIRE (Vineyard Theatre and The Civilians)
A SPELLBINDING CAULDRON BOILS OVER, SUMMONING THEATER’S WILD GODS Suffice it to say, there’s nothing else in New York quite like Anne Washburn’s new play The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire, now at the Vineyard Theatre in collaboration with The Civilians. For anyone bored by the constraints of realism and naturalism—and instead drawn to theater…
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Off-Broadway Review: 44 – THE MUSICAL (Daryl Roth)
A LOVE LETTER TO THE OBAMAS THAT BRINGS THE WHITE HOUSE DOWN The biggest surprise of the season for me has been 44 – The Musical, which opened last night at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Billed as a satirical look at the rise and presidency of Barack Obama—and the eccentric characters he met along the…
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Off-Broadway Review: REUNIONS (New York City Center)
NOSTALGIA IN THE SPOTLIGHT, MODERNITY IN THE WINGS At a time when most new musicals chase novelty, Reunions looks lovingly backward. Conceived as a pair of one-act chamber pieces performed back-to-back without intermission, the evening runs about an hour and forty minutes and draws its stories from early-20th-century plays. Both feel distinctly old-fashioned (but, in…
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Theater / Restaurant Review: POP UP DINNER THEATER (Barlume Downstairs)
POP-UP, FLOP-DOWN: WHEN DINNER UPSTAGES THE THEATER The foundational idea of Suite 524’s Pop Up Dinner Theater at Barlume Downstairs is solid — four courses from Barlume’s excellent kitchen matched with four one-act plays created for this venue, directed by Michael Domitrovich. The first play is set in the bar, where hors d’oeuvres are served, and…
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Concert Review: SHOSHANA BEAN (Carnegie Hall)
SHOSHANA BEAN’S CARNEGIE DEBUT ROARS TO LIFE From the moment powerhouse singer Shoshana Bean sang her first song to her last goodbye, she commanded the stage and enthralled her audience at Carnegie Hall on November 3, proving that a performer with Broadway credits and recording crowns can also tilt the body of a song until…
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Dance Review: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY (2025 Lincoln Center Residency Opening Night)
TAYLOR MADE During his 64-year career, Paul Taylor helped lead, define, and shape American modern dance. Out of his 147 works, the Paul Taylor Dance Company opened its three-week Lincoln Center season last night with one of his final creations, Concertiana, which premiered in 2018—the year of his passing. Paul Taylor’s Concertiana Eleven dancers, clad…
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Off-Broadway Review: CIRQUE LE SWING (Immersive Supper Club Experience at Swing 46)
SWING ON IN! If you want to have the time of your life, you can’t do better than get a ticket for Cirque Le Swing, an immersive supper-club experience that combines a three-course dinner, jazz standards and acrobatics for an evening of sizzling entertainment. The audience arrives early for a Happy Hour at the bar….
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Off-Broadway Review: BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL (Encores! at New York City Center)
THIS BAT COMES OUT SWINGING Back in the nineties when tabloids ruled the world, there was one especially erroneous publication: Weekly World News. Presenting stories so outrageously false yet purported to be true, this particular rag was always good for a laugh. One such story that flew from their front page into a bemused pop…
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