Four NYCB Principal Dancers to Retire during 2014 Winter and Spring Seasons
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 19, 2013
New York City Ballet announced today that Principal Dancers Jenifer Ringer, Janie Taylor, Sebastien Marcovici, and Jonathan Stafford will retire from the Company during the 2014 Winter and Spring Seasons. All four of these Principal Dancers joined the Company during the 1990s as members of the corps de ballet, and have performed countless roles by numerous choreographers during careers spanning from 15 to 24 years with New York City Ballet.
Usdan Announces $100 Early Bird Discount
by Tyler Peterson
- Nov 19, 2013
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), the nationally acclaimed summer arts day camp, is accepting registrations for its 2014 season, and announces a $100 Early Bird Discount for all registrations received through January 31, 2014.
New York Live Arts Presents Ellen Robbins' DANCES BY VERY YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS, 12/7
by Rosie Hertzman
- Nov 18, 2013
New York Live Arts will present Ellen Robbins' Dances by Very Young Choreographers in the New York Live Arts Theater on December 7 at 2:00pm and December 8 and 1:00pm and 4:00pm. The evening will feature a mélange of witty and intriguing original dances, created and performed by Robbins' students ages 8 - 18.
Juilliard Dance Presents NEW DANCES PLUS: EDITION 2013, 12/11
by Christina Mancuso
- Nov 15, 2013
Juilliard Dance, under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes, presents New Dances PLUS: Edition 2013 from December 11-15, 2013featuring Juilliard alumna Pina Bausch's Wind von West (Wind from the West) performed by 4th-Year Dancers, plus three world premiere commissions created for each of the classes of Juilliard's Dance Division. This year's innovative choreographers are Juilliard alumnus Takehiro Ueyama (1st-Year Dancers); Brian Brooks (2nd-Year Dancers); and Juilliard alumnus Darrell Grand Moultrie (3rd-Year Dancers).
TV: Watch Highlights from Goodspeed's SNAPSHOTS!
by Nicole Rosky
- Nov 13, 2013
Goodspeed Musicals has put together an incredible cast for Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook a heartwarming, multi-decade musical about the tribulations and triumphs of love featuring Stephen Schwartz's beloved songs from his most popular Broadway musicals including Pippin, Wicked and Godspell. This captivating new work conceived by Michael Scheman and book writer David Stern will run through November 17 at The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn. - Goodspeed's home for developing fresh, innovative, and original new musicals. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights below!
From Stage to Screen - BWW's Favorite Musicals Adapted for the Cinema
by BWW Special Coverage
- Nov 17, 2013
With LES MISERABLES' stirring success at the box office last year and upcoming, all-star film versions of INTO THE WOODS, JERSEY BOYS, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ANNIE and THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, we couldn't resist rounding up a few of our favorite stage-to-screen adaptations.
BWW Reviews: American Ballet Theatre Presents New Ratmansky Ballet
by Barnett Serchuk
- Nov 12, 2013
First the good news. Alexei Ratmansky's Piano Concerto #1, set to the Shostakovich piece of the same name, is as bracing as ever. Now, the bad news. Ratmansky's The Tempest, set to a Sibelius score, is in a state of choreographic disorder. It sets out to tell a Shakespearean play in 45 minutes, and even with the input of dramaturg Mark Lamos, the ballet can't dance, let alone move.
Talents of Jerome Robbins & More Set for 4th Annual WILLIAMSBURG FILM FESTIVAL
by Caryn Robbins
- Nov 11, 2013
??The talents of Skeet Ulrich, Jeremy Irons, Jerome Robbins, Keir Gilchrist, Cathy Moriarity, Federico Castelluccio, Laraine Newman, and many more, with stories about the World's Best Chicken Wings, Monsters, Magicians and Second Chances all feature in the Fourth Annual Williamsburg Film Festival at IndieScreen
DANCERS OVER 40 Honors Chita Rivera, Bob Avian, Lawrence Merritt & More, 12/16
by Christina Mancuso
- Nov 11, 2013
At this year's dinner and holiday party, Dancers Over 40 honors some of our outstanding - and long-time -- members: Advisory Board Members Chita Rivera (West Side Story, Bye, Bye Birdie, Bajour, Chicago, The Rink, Kiss of the Spiderwoman), and Bob Avian (Promises, Promises, Coco, Company, Follies, A Chorus Line, Ballroom), Board of Directors member Lawrence Merritt (Dear World, Applause, Pippin, Evita), and long-time DO40 members Skip Randall (Song of Norway, Make Mine Manhattan, Call Me Mister) and Louise Quick (Sweet Charity, Pippin, Best Little Whorehouse, and Fosse Assistant on Pippin, Liza with a Z and Cabaret). Also this year, DO40 is honoring Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Executive Director Tom Viola for his ongoing support of DO40 and our mission. This year's host is Christine Pedi (Chicago, Forbidden Broadway).
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