Communion, World Premiere, directed by Sidra Bell and set to music composed by Immanuel Wilkins. Lighting Design/Technica Director Amith Chandrashaker Set Design: Cass Calder Smith Costume Design: Caitlin Taylor Musicians: Immanuel Wilkins (Alto Saxophone/Flute/Voice), Kweku Sumbry, Rick Rosato, Micah Thomas Sound Engineer: Michael Roche Executive Director/Artistic Featuring Dance Artists: felix bryan, Mio Ishikawa, AJ Libert, Kimie Parker, Alejandro Perez, Camille Phelps, Kaya Tsurumi, kira shiina, Where:  Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, The Theater (Studio H) 280 Broadwa ..read more

Old [classic] ballets, new audiences Here’s what we may not have mentioned in our earlier posting: Among the performers scheduled to appear are Tiler Peck and Roman Meija of New York City Ballet; Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside of American Ballet Theatre; Aaron Robison and Sasha De Sola of San Francisco Ballet; Aviva Gefler-Mundl, Marcos Hernandez, and Kate Inoue of Los Angeles Ballet; Rasmus Ahlgren of Boston Ballet; Adji Cissoko and Shuaib Elhassan from Alonzo King LINES Balle ..read more

By Mari S. Gold Trial Finale. Photo by Danny Bristoll The Sorcerer was the third operatic collaboration by W. S. Gilbert, who wrote the libretto, and (not yet Sir) Arthur Sullivan, who composed the music. The work premiered in 1887 and its relative success encouraged the collaborators to write their next work, H.M.S. Pinafore. While The Sorcerer includes all the tropes that appear in later G&S shows, including comic duets, a patter song, and a tenor/soprano love song, it is clear to seasoned G&S aficionados that most of the work, other than the excellent patter song, are not of the qu ..read more

From The Blue Note website The Andersons often travel the roads that comprise a history of jazz. They represent the Dorseys or Glenn Miller, Cole Porter, or Duke Ellington in their overview concerts. A typical Anderson Twins program will mix music with information. Here’s what reviewer Mari S. Gold found at one performance. On the afternoon of April 20th at the iconic Blue Note, they will trace the Journey of Jazz. You are invited: Our concert takes audiences down a musical memory lane to experience how these various jazz styles evolved and became intertwined with the music of Broadway and po ..read more

The Janice Jam was started by Matt DeAngelis in honor of his mother, who passed away from breast cancer in 2022. Matt’s Broadway cohort is rising to this fundraising event with a concert benefitting Breast Cancer Research Foundation on May 13, 2024. Join Tony Award-winner John Gallagher Jr. and Laurence Olivier Award Nominee Caissie Levy and an all-star cast at Haswell Green’s  at 7:30 pm for an evening of Celebration, Remembrance, and Awareness. Tickets and more information here. Slated to appear at The Janice Jam concert are Omar Jose Cardona (NBC’s The Voice), Jackie Cox (Ru Paul’s D ..read more

We share a nationality, Nikola Tesla and I, but it is his quirkish reputation that draws me to all manner of Tesla related thing. There is his corner, his museum, the statue. And now his opera. No, not his in fact but by Phil Kline (concept, music, and lyrics) and Jim Jarmusch (story concept). The Lives and Dreams of Nikola Tesla as summoned by the Honorable Spirits of the Grand Gotham Hotel (in-process) is presented under the rubric of Experiments in Opera at Works & Process at the Guggenheim. See it on Monday, Apr 15th at 7pm. Cinco de Mayo is around the corner. Join Bob Ader accompanied ..read more

Bring us your best by February 29th Submissions request Two caveats: the deadline is next Thursday, February 29th, and your scene or one-act [etc] can only be 30 minutes long. Each application will cost $20. What are the rules? If you are at least 21 years old, you may submit just about anything: short plays, long monologues, a series of monologues, a longer scene from a full-length play, your own one-act—anything! The only catch is the time limit: the submission (when performed) should not exceed 30 minutes. And of course,  you don’t have to perform your work—maybe you have a short play ..read more

The Coffee Cantata in performance.        Philip Colorings, Christine Lyons and Bernard Holcomb Bach’s 1735 Coffee Cantata has been beautifully reimagined as a short, contemporary opera staged in a genuine coffee shop complete with coffee tastings. This cheery offering with a libretto by Music Director/Conductor, Geoffrey McDonald, features soprano Christine Lyons as willful Lieschen; bass-baritone Philip Colorings as her father, and tenor Bernard Holcomb as the barista, all in fine, full-throated form. The libretto focuses on a young woman’s passion for cof ..read more

Who: A COLLECTIVE What: FLIGHT RISK Where: Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond St, New York, NY, 10012) When: March 6 – March 10 How: $30 A hunter and a midwife stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with their wounded pilot. As near-death confessions come forth, we are left to question who, if anyone, is telling the truth. Tickets click here Celebrating 150 years of culture, connection, and enrichment Dancing the 92nd Street Y: A 150th Anniversary Celebration Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at 7:30 pm Kaufmann Concert Hall Historic Works from Ailey II          ..read more

Sometimes, the fact of a play being an important theater work is off-putting. Do I really need to see this because it matters? Address Unknown sounds like a weighty play; it has a history that speaks to its time and ours. Written as an anti-fascist call to arms, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor’s novel was banned in 1930s Germany for dramatically exposing the threat of Nazism. In a time of austerity, recession, and rising nationalism, two friends are torn apart as the Nazi regime insinuates itself into their friendship and families to devastating effect. The friends are played by pianist Evgeny Kiss ..read more