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Performing Arts

‘Nutcracker Rouge’ not for kids

‘Nutcracker Rouge’ not for kids

Annaluz Cabrera, Staff Writer December 7, 2015
Experience a raunchy production of "The Nutcracker Rouge" with Company XIV's adults-only recommended performance.
“King Charles III” is set after Elizabeth II has passed on and her son Charles takes the throne.

‘King Charles III’ casts the British Royal family

Emma Gordon, Contributing Writer December 3, 2015
The British Royal Family become Shakespearean figures in Mike Bartlett's "King Charles III."
Playing at the Helen Hayes Theater, "Dames at Sea," recounts the plight of Ruby (Eloise Kropp), who travels to New York City to perform on Broadway.

‘Dames at Sea’ revival is dazzling

Nikolas Castelao, Staff Writer December 2, 2015
At the Helen Hayes Theater, a revival of "Dames at Sea" balances humor and nostalgia to create a perfectly balanced, albeit predictable, play.
Ellen McLaughlin and Rinde Eckert were one of the many duos to play Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell in the Women’s Project Theatre’s production of the play “Dear Elizabeth”.

20th century poets shine on stage

Zach Martin, Film Editor November 30, 2015
"Dear Elizabeth" uses the letters between 20th century poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell to frame a play about anxiety and friendship.
The final performances of Tisch Sophomore, Jake Rosenberg’s new play, “Brothers”, took last weekend on Nov. 14 and 15t.

Tisch sophomore’s play questions fraternity hazing

Joseph Myers, Theater/Books Editor November 23, 2015
Tisch sophomore Jake Rosenberg debuts his play "Brothers," a telling of the detrimental and hetero-normative hazing culture in U.S. colleges.
he Broadway musical, “Trip of Love” follows the story of a girl’s experience after eating a magic mushroom, through 1960s pop music and stunning visuals.

‘Trip of Love’ captures the mood of the 1960s

Joseph Myers, Theater/Books Editor November 19, 2015
Take a trip through the 60s with the visually stunning off-Broadway production of "Trip of Love."
Waiting for What?” is a comedy written by Gallatin senior Johanna Duk and Tisch senior Lily van Leeuwen.

Gallatin senior stars in solo show

Annaluz Cabrera, Staff Writer November 16, 2015
Stuck in a waiting room between life and death, a young girl reflects on her twelve years of life in "Waiting for What?," an original Gallatin student production.
Shakespeare gets a makeover in ‘Comedy of Errors’

Shakespeare gets a makeover in ‘Comedy of Errors’

Hailey Nuthals, Staff Writer November 12, 2015
Shakespeare's comedy goes bilingual, diverse and modern in the Public Mobile Unit production of "Comedy of Errors," set across the Texan-Mexican border.
Chisa Hutchinson's new play "Dead and Breathing" is on show at the National Black Theatre until the 23rd of November.

‘Dead and Breathing’ stages ethics of euthanasia

Andrew Karpan, Contributing Writer November 11, 2015
Chisa Hutchinson's new drama, "Dean and Breathing" premiered at Harlem's National Black Theatre. The two-woman show debates ideas about class struggles, gender identity and death.
Allison Ulrich and Katrina Cunningham of Company XIV performed in their world premiere of Cinderella, conceived, directed and choreographed by Drama Desk Award nominee Austin McCormick.

Scandalous ‘Cinderella’ takes stage

Annaluz Cabrera, Staff Writer November 9, 2015
Cinderella loses the ballgown and the slippers in Company XIV's burlesque re-imagining of the classic fairytale.
Ben Williams and Jenny Seastone Stern performing a scene from Julia Jarcho’s “American Treasure.”

Professor, playwright Julia Jarcho combines academia and theater

Abraham Gross, Staff Photographer November 5, 2015
NYU English professor Julia Jarcho presented scenes from several of her distinctive, witty plays.
Betsy Morgan, Barbara Walsh, and Caissie Levy in First Daughter Suite, a new musical by Michael John LaChiusa, directed by Kirsten Sanderson, running at The Public Theater.

‘First Daughter’ pretty but problematic

Joseph Myers, Theater/Books Editor October 26, 2015
The daughters of presidents sing about living under the scrutiny of the public eye in the highly creative musical "The First Daughter Suite." Daughters of Bush, Carter, Ford join together to save American hostages from Iran.