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12 April 2012

Misha acts at the Broad Stage, then, on the tube, Tavis Smiley chats him up

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After seeing Baryshnikov act in “In Paris,” we enjoyed his interview with talk show host Tavis Smiley. [...]

28 March 2012

Review: Keith Jarrett travels over the rainbow @ Disney Hall

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In the end it was beautiful. The fat lady sang when Keith Jarrett played Harold Arlen’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and every one went home happy. [...]

16 February 2012

Classical Underground rocks

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When have you returned home from a classical music concert at 12:30 am, kind of worn out and ecstatic? Try Classical Underground. [...]

9 January 2012

Between “Pina” and a hard place

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Review of Wim Wenders’s dance film, “Pina” [...]

2 December 2011

Janet Jackson, queen of the desert, thrills fans @ McCallum Theatre gala

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Janet Jackson’s much anticipated “Numbers Ones: Up Close and Personal” performance Thursday night at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, California, rocked the house pleasing an audience spanning the age and socioeconomic spectrum. [...]

26 September 2011

Cirque du Soleil’s swell Hollywood opening night party

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It was a wild ride, circling in a Ferris wheel above Hollyweird Boulevard at the Cirque du Soleil “Iris” opening party. [...]

26 September 2011

Cirque du Soleil’s “Iris,” mais oui!

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Cirque du Soleil’s new permanent show in Hollywood, “Iris” (pronouned “eer-ese”), is fun, beautiful, entertaining. Recommended. [...]

12 August 2011

What friendship hath wrought: Jodi Melnick & David Neumann’s “July” premieres at Jacob’s Pillow

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Downtown choreographers Jodi Melnick and David Neumann have a winner on their hands, a touching, intimate portrayal of a couple made on commission at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. It’s called “July.” [...]

18 July 2011

Carmageddon cannot crush communist caper-ballet

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Despite best efforts, California authorities (the people who brought you Ronald “Tear down this wall, Mr. Gorbachev!” Reagan) could not put the kibosh on American Ballet Theatre’s “The Bright Stream,” choreographed by their new in-house guy, Alexei Ratmansky. Clearly controlled by Soviet agents, ABT foisted a clever piece of communist propaganda on our sunny [...]

2 July 2011

REVIEW: Rennie Harris’s “REIGN” rains on China

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A woman stands at stage center, her knee-length black dress draping loosely over trousers. She’s trembling. Flashing lights — a disco? faux lightening? — cut the stage’s darkness. The sound of thunder, then rain, pours from the speakers. It’s loud, overpowering. The woman suffers, she’s convulsing; her corn-rowed hair flies in the syncopated rhythm.

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