With the concept of “winter” an increasing memory, here is overview of all that’s coming to New York stages this spring!
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FEATURE: 2019 Fall Season Preview
The city that never sleeps also boasts a theatre scene that never sleeps. With the summer now behind us, this is an overview of all that’s coming to New York stages this fall (spoiler alert: it’s a lot).
REVIEW: “The Beast in the Jungle”
Susan Stroman, John Kander, and David Thompson continue their thirty year collaboration with “The Beast in the Jungle”, a “dance play” inspired by Henry James’ 1903 novella. The dancing and music is beautiful to watch and hear, but the piece is dramatically unfulfilling, its more cryptic source material diminished in the course of fleshing out, crystallizing, and modernizing the story.
REVIEW: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch at BAM
“The Rite of Spring” (1975) and “Café Müller” (1978), legendary choreographer Pina Bausch's two most iconic works, are the sold-out centerpiece of BAM’s Next Wave Festival; Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch carries on following sudden Bausch's death in 2009, delivering a performance as fresh, profound, and exhilarating as ever.
It’s Labor Day. Somehow summer’s over. And now it’s time to get serious about the fall season! Read my overview of what's coming to Broadway and what to watch for Off-Broadway, in dance, music, and the cabaret scene.