Playing Around

In celebration of its 15th season, Ariel Rivka Dance will present a new dance and music film, Never Fade Away, that tells the story [...]

Lorna Dallas is a rare breed. Her muscular soprano exhibits the formal training and stage authority of an opera singer, yet with guidance [...]

I reviewed this excellent piece in 2022. It had an unfortunately short run and is being given a second chance. Recommended. Ronald [...]

Set in Stay Dog Café, an actual 1911-1915 gathering place for boundary-pushing artists of all stripes, Elizabeth Swados’ piece is as [...]

In the early 1960s, leading channel CBS made it their business to take down the popular NBC western, Bonanza, for a clean ratings sweep. [...]

On Site Opera, New York’s pioneering opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, has partnered with [...]

“Louis Rosen is a highly literate singer-songwriter whose musical oeuvre seems set in the late 1960s when the breed was more common.” [...]

Adult Dave (also the author) is backstage after hours, anxiously running lines the night before an opening. Hearing noises, he exits to [...]