Monthly Archives: June 2013

Beyond the Razzle Dazzle

Led by director Diane Paulus, American Repertory Theater’s revival of Pippin at the Music Box Theatre admirably takes on a musical theater classic, while also managing to bring fresh perspective to it.  Continue reading →

Pulsing With Life

To close out their week of performances at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presented a program on Sunday, June 16 that featured new works and old favorites: Ronald K. Brown’s Four Corners, which had its world premiere earlier in the week; Kylián’s always interesting Petite Mort; and the classic Revelations, which continues to be a crowd favorite (and rightly so).  Continue reading →

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Broadway Sunset

Broadway Sunset

Music Box Theatre, June 22, 2013

A Week in Dublin

 

ImageHa’penny Bridge, Dublin

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If it is possible to fall in love with a place after being there for less than 24 hours, then that’s what appears to have happened between me and Dublin. The first time I saw it was a one-day whirlwind, a brief stop on part of a longer journey, but I saw enough to leave me desperately wanting more – and, one year later, back I was. Continue reading →

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Sing For Hope

Pianos in Lincoln Center, June 16, 2013
taken at intermission from the balcony of the David H. Koch Theater

On The (Bean)Town

In a visit to my hometown this past week, I attended the Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s revival of On The Town. I’ve been waiting a long time to find a live production of this musical, as the film adaptation was one of my favorite movies as a child.

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