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With the Bolshoi now firmly recommitted to invention, Ratmansky was able to lure two of the biggest names in Western ballet - the American director and choreographer Twyla Tharp, and the energetic young British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to each produce a one-act ballet at the Bolshoi this season. (Wheeldon's, a brand-new work called Misericors, debuted on Feb. 13.) "I don't want the Bolshoi to be the work of just one choreographer," Ratmansky says. Unlike years past, when a dancer's name - like Baryshnikov or Maximova - would be a key advertising point, at the new Bolshoi...
...addition to receiving a monetary award, Mayer will have the honor of seeing his one-act drama, “Mistakes, Inc.,” produced at the Kennedy Center’s Family Theater. Sporting a professional cast and director (Paul-Douglas Michnewicz), “Mistakes, Inc.” debuted yesterday...
...Based on three of the six one-act plays in George F. Walker's Suburban Motel, the story is set on the dark side of the falls, a place that a cheesy voice-over labels "the most romantic place on earth for lovers young and old." The central feature here is a handful of finely wrought performances, beginning with that of Anna Friel. Her edgy portrayal of Denise, an ex-junkie-prostitute trying to reclaim her daughter, is as sharp as a knife. Despite far subtler roles, Wendy Crewson and Peter Keleghan are equally cutting as a middle-aged, middle...
...draws you first when you hear the smoky timber of her voice, the leisured elegance of her phrasing ... Says jazz critic Martin Williams: 'She's not only good and tasteful, but SHE ALSO HAS THAT WONDERFUL SENSE OF DRAMA THAT CAN TURN ANY LITTLE SONG INTO A THREE-MINUTE ONE-ACT PLAY' ... She still understands need: all kinds of need, from longing to desperation, with all the melancholy shadings in between. Maybe that's the secret of her music. Not only the musical dexterity but the heart that's always open and eager to share. 'It's just...
...Hanley––and for antsy audience members––another perk of “Picasso” is its brief duration. A one-act play, it runs for only one hour and ten minutes. Hanley’s enthusiasm about its length relates to the purpose of Arts First weekend in general...