Performing Arts
The Pros and Cons of Streaming Performance
As streaming services for plays, dance and other performing arts continue to surface, people must evaluate the pros and cons behind watching performance online.
Coronavirus Closes the Curtains on Broadway
New York restricts gatherings that consist of 500 people or more, which is forcing Broadway to go dark for a month.
Tisch Dance Program Students Call for Societal Change
Second Avenue Dance Company’s March concert “Investigating the WE” featured student-choreographed dances and community engagement projects.
Does ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Deserve to Be on Broadway?
A classic story of star-crossed lovers set in late 19th-century France raises questions on whether the jukebox musical is necessary.
Gallatin Celebrates Black Artistry with ‘Say It Loud!’
Gallatin’s Say It Loud! showed immense support for black artistry in New York through powerful words from young poets in the NYU community.
A Mary Shelley One-Woman Show Electrifies Audiences
In a gothic retelling of Mary Shelley’s life, this production details the events that led up to the creation of “Frankenstein.”
Here’s Why Scripts Deserve as Big of Spotlight as Books
Poems and prose are conventional materials for reading while plays are wrongfully excluded despite their many admirable qualities.
Gallatin Theater Lab Shines Spotlight on Young Playwrights
Three young playwrights were chosen to participate in a two-week play-development program.
A Forgotten Spirit Haunted Audiences in ‘A Pink Chair (In Place of a Fake Antique)’
Despite minor confusion and a lack of conflict, The Wooster Group effectively paid tribute to deceased director Tadeusz Kantor through innovative storytelling.
Three Ways to Take Advantage of NYC’s Lesser-Known Theater and Literary Scenes
Stop paying ridiculous Broadway prices when you can see higher quality productions and readings for less.
The Architecture of ‘Between’: A Duet With the Surreal
Tiffany Mills Company’s “Not then, not yet” was a cerebrally-charged contemporary dance performance that premiered November 13-16 at the Flea Theater in Tribeca.
