This year’s theme is “B-yond Borders,” aimed at showcasing kinship between hip hop and social dance forms abroad.
Category: Theater
Review: ‘Cygnus’ at Gift Theatre is a ‘Succession’ writer’s powerful evocation of trauma and recovery
The excellent Angela Morris stars as a traumatized young woman who believes she has a guardian angel, wings and all.
Review: In ‘One Party Consent’ at First Floor Theater, student and adviser face off
Playwright Omer Abbas Salem’s latest world premiere debates questions of trust in a university’s fine arts program.
Review: ‘Clue’ at the CIBC Theatre hasn’t much of one
Clue, or Cluedo in the country of its birth, is one of the best board games of all time. Colonel Mustard, Mrs. Peacock and Professor Plum have been brandishing their candlesticks, lead piping and other lethal weapons since the late 1940s. That’s when a British chap named Anthony Ernest Pratt rightly figured there would be […]
Review: Hubbard Street Dance is back on familiar ground for its winter series
The revival of Ohad Naharin’s “Black Milk” after more than 20 years isn’t a step backward. Rather, artistic director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell projects confidence in the 47-year-old institution, as if to say, “Yeah, we still do that, too.”
Review: ‘Redwood’ on Broadway holds few surprises as Idina Menzel communes with the trees
You’ll see the whole story coming from the first minute you enter the forest in this new musical by Tina Landau and Kate Diaz.
Today in History: ‘Rent’ premieres off-Broadway
On Feb. 13, 1996, the rock musical “Rent,” by Jonathan Larson, premiered off-Broadway less than three weeks after Larson’s death.
Review: ‘Fool for Love’ has its moments but stops short of the Steppenwolf of old
Many of the best moments in this new production of Sam Shepard’s play are thanks to the gutsy Caroline Neff as May.
Review: In ‘Beautiful’ at Drury Lane, Carole King’s story begins with her as a 16-year-old songwriter
The biographical jukebox musical about the songwriter gets a new outing at Drury Lane, and Samantha Gershman’s performance is worth seeing.
In ‘Fool for Love’ at Steppenwolf, Caroline Neff takes on an iconic role
The Steppenwolf ensemble member says she relates to Sam Shepard’s characters much differently now than when she was younger.