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Dance Review: HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO PROGRAM A (The Joyce Theater, NYC)
THREE STYLES, ONE ELECTRIFYING COMPANY A vibrant program that moves effortlessly from sensual modernism to jazzy precision to kinetic abstraction Hubbard Street Dance Chicago returns to The Joyce Theater, bringing the springtime vibes we have all been craving. I caught Program A, and I can assure you it is a full-on, can’t-take-your-eyes-off-it showcase of movement…
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Art Review: NEW HUMANS: MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE (New Museum, New York)
A MUSEUM REBUILT— AND A FUTURE REIMAGINED A sprawling, provocative exhibition where architecture and imagination collide The New Museum has long been the edgy, slightly scruffy thinker of Manhattan’s museum scene. It’s been on the Bowery since 2007, backing under-the-radar artists and new trends inside the unmistakable building by SANAA—a pile of asymmetrically stacked boxes…
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Off-Broadway Review: SEAGULL: TRUE STORY (The Public Theater)
CHEKHOV IN EXILE—AND IN REVOLT A vivid, self-reflexive journey where art, politics, and survival collide Developed by En Garde Arts prior to its premiere at La MaMa ETC in May 2025, Seagull: True Story returns in a well-deserved encore production from The Public Theater and the Mart Foundation. Created and directed by Alexander Molochnikov, the…
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Off-Broadway Review: HEARTBREAK HOTEL (DR2)
LOVE, LOSS, AND LOOPING PATTERNS A quirky, performance-art breakup tale that charms before it overstays its welcome Created by New Zealand’s EBKM, Karin McCracken investigates the pangs of romantic grief as both playwright and performer in the two-hander Heartbreak Hotel, now at Off-Broadway’s DR2 Theatre. Part performance art, part play, the piece begins with Karin…
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Cabaret Review: JULIE BENKO: EUPHONIC GUMBO (Birdland in NYC and West Coast Tour)
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL WITH A TWIST Julie Benko’s Mardi Gras–flavored cabaret delights with energy and polish: a tasty Gumbo On a Monday night at Birdland Jazz Club, with a twinkle in her eye, singer Julie Benko refers to her work the rest of the week as being involved in “a little show called…
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Off-Broadway Review: IVANOV (New American Ensemble at West End Theater)
CHEKHOV BEFORE THE MASTERPIECES A lean, lucid revival reveals Ivanov as an early, electric study of burnout, longing, and emotional paralysis Zachary Desmond, Paul Niebank, Casey Worthington, Maya Shoham, Maude Mitchell, Alexandra Pearl, Mike Labbadia, Ilia Volok, Mary Bacon In Anton Chekhov’s greatest hits album, Ivanov is the track you usually skip to get back…
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Off-Broadway Review: PUBLIC CHARGE (The Public)
FROM SANTO DOMINGO TO STATE DEPARTMENT An ambitious portrait of Julissa Reynoso’s rise spans continents, though its cool staging keeps emotion at a distance At The Public Theater, the world premiere of Public Charge arrives with the weight of history and the urgency of lived experience. Inspired by the real-life journey of former U.S. Ambassador…
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Off-Broadway Review: ANTIGONE IN ANALYSIS (Peculiar Works Project at La MaMa)
A FEMINIST REFRAME Peculiar Works Project’s ambitious reimagining offers striking ideas but struggles to make its case with uneven execution Alessandra Lopez There’s an ancient folktale of a hero who arranges a proper burial for a corpse, whose spirit—the “grateful dead”—would later come to the hero’s aid. A common story passed around to emphasize the…
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Theater Interview: RICHARD CHANG (张德胜) (Playwright and Performer of “Ai Yah Goy Vey!”)
Playwright-Performer Richard Chang Turns Reductionism Into Multiculturalism Years ago, while riding the subway, playwright Richard Chang witnessed passengers snickering at a Chinese battery seller advertising his wares in a thick Cantonese accent. Raised in the melting pot of Malaysia, Chang considered how the American landscape reduced a marginalized stranger into a laughable spectacle. It was…
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Theater Review: MONTE CRISTO (The York Theatre)
A HANDSOME, AMBITIOUS REVENGE MUSICAL TAKES SHAPE Strong design and performances elevate Dumas’ tale, even as tonal shifts occasionally blur its focus The York Theatre’s ambitious world premiere of the new musical Monte Cristo stages Alexandre Dumas’ revenge-driven tale of Edmond Dantès (Adam Jacobs), an innocent man wrongfully imprisoned by a corrupt system and betrayed…
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Cabaret Review: “THE WIZARD AND I” ALBUM RELEASE CONCERT (Liz Callaway Sings Schwartz [& Sondheim] at 54 Below)
TWO STEVES WITH LOVE, TWO TRIBUTES, ONE SUPREMELY SATISFYING WEEK From Schwartz to Sondheim, Callaway revisits rich collaborations with warmth, wit, and deeply felt interpretation Once upon a time in the previous century, very early in her career, on the very same day, Liz Callaway received two pieces of good news: both about being offered…
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Off-Broadway Review: ABOUT TIME (Marjorie S. Dean Little Theater)
GETTING OLDER NEVER SOUNDED SO GOOD A richly satisfying Maltby and Shire revue finds warmth, wit, and wisdom in growing older Lynne Wintersteller, Sally Wilfert, Allyson Kaye Daniel While it may be true that getting old (excuse me, getting older) is no picnic, a taste of that period of life is more palatable—even sweet—when accompanied…
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Off-Broadway Review: BIGFOOT! (New York City Center Stage 1)
BIGFOOT! BRINGS DOWNTOWN MUSICAL MISCHIEF UPTOWN A raunchy, campy comedy with big laughs, big fur, and a surprisingly sharp anti-capitalist bite It’s not every day downtown theater energy comes uptown; when it does, it’s almost always sanitized and robbed of the charm and authenticity that made it so deliciously twisted in the first place. Luckily,…
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Cabaret Review: LORNA LUFT (In Residence at The Laurie Beechman Theatre)
LORNA LUFT LETS LOOSE LUSTILY AND WITH LOVE A veteran performer pushes through rough patches with grit, gratitude, and plenty of show-biz heart There’s plenty of energy and goodwill going back and forth between performer and audience when singer Lorna Luft takes the stage. Those who’ve followed her over the decades know that the trouper…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE PAPARAZZI (AMT Theater)
EXTRA! EXTRA! SING ALL ABOUT IT A musical about paparazzi culture delivers energy and tunes but could stand to sharpen its storytelling Brogan Nelson, Jack Rasmussen The new musical The Paparazzi, now playing at AMT Theater, takes aim at celebrity gossip culture with a story about ambition, scandal, and the price of chasing headlines. To…
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Off-Broadway Review: ZACK (Mint Theater Company)
EDWARDIAN ANXIETIES, COMEDIC COMFORT A rediscovered British comedy reminds us that decency—not money or status— may be the most radical virtue of all When the news of war grows terrifying, a trip back to the 1920s can be reassuring: if people got through that bloody era, we should be able to cope with ours. And…
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Off-Broadway Review: BUGHOUSE (Vineyard Theatre on East 15th St)
COME FOR THE PROJECTIONS, STAY FOR THE… PROJECTIONS (AND HAVE AN EDIBLE) A dazzling design team conjures Henry Darger’s imagination while the script drifts somewhere offstage I suppose when Martha Clarke proposes an idea for a theater production at this point in her illustrious career, the powers that be must grant her every blessing: no…
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Off-Broadway Review: ANTIGONE (THIS PLAY I READ IN HIGH SCHOOL) (The Public Theater)
ANCIENT MYTH, MODERN BODY POLITIC A classical tragedy is boldly reframed through a contemporary moral crisis, giving Antigone’s defiance startling new urgency Celia Keenan-Bolger, Haley Wong, and Susannah Perkins Within The Public Theater, opening the newly renamed Barbaralee Theater (formerly the Anspacher), is Anna Ziegler’s powerful new play Antigone (This Play I Read in High…
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Cabaret & Theater Review: GREY ARIAS (The Flea)
OPERA, DRAG, AND THE POLITICS IN BETWEEN Adrienne Truscott and Le Gateau Chocolat gleefully explore identity, allyship, and the “grey areas” where ideology and performance collide Grey Arias burst onto the The Flea Theater stage like a theatrical meteor from another planet, leaving jaws dropping and eyebrows arching even among those already braced for the…
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Off-Broadway Review: MARCEL ON THE TRAIN (Classic Stage Company)
SILENT RESISTANCE A wartime journey inspired by Marcel Marceau’s resistance work becomes an overlong and uneven theatrical ride Marcel Marceau was not only a mime; he was one of the most famous French performers of his time. But he was born Marcel Mangel, to a Jewish family in Strasbourg. His father was a kosher butcher…
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