Performing Arts
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.
Tisch Fails to Connect Acting and Film Students
While it seems intuitive that actors and filmmakers from the same school would collaborate, the Tisch departments often leave students out to dry.
Inside J.D. Salinger’s ‘Life in the Rye’
A timely production in anticipation of the centennial of J.D. Salinger’s birth, Claude Solnik’s newest play gives audiences a closer look at the writer’s life.
