Artful Places

Monday, March 19, see them all at the Ailey Center. Tickets from Smarttix.

Here's a link to a review of these plays. Plenty of passion, Irish voices, and blood. Leave the children home--Romantic Ireland's dead and gone in this deep exploration of the violence.

Valentine's Day 2012--In the Mood for Muller!

The all-youth ensemble makes history fun again. See the review.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBxhfHBE6k0

Vital Children's Theatre offers Uncle Pirate, a cut above usual children's fare in drama. Girls and boys alike enjoy it. Read about it here.

Kelley Donovan.

Check it out in NYC. Here's a review of the Vital Children's Theatre Production of Angelina Ballerina: the Musical in association with HIT Entertainment.

Review

The Flea Theater in NYC is the setting for Khemiri's riveting play, Invasion! During its February 2011 premiere, the play won an Obie for the playwright. Cheers to The Play Company for bringing it back. If you are tired of global paranoia and self-cheapening words, you will want to see this play. Here's a review of the new production at this link.

There is something for everyone in New York's high up park called the High Line for its former status as a freight rail line. In the 1930s it spared pedestrians from dangerous train traffic on the street by raising the rails; in the twenty-first century, it elevates strollers away from the noise and street traffic. The beautifully landscaped and architecturally sensitive tract is home to many delights that give families a terrific way to spend the day. Here are some ideas: High Points for Kids on NYC's High Line.

A large, outstanding cast of people deliver Lincoln Center's production of War Horse, but the puppets deliver the emotional impact.

Runthrough photos can be found at Defining the Capture.

This week on June 17 and 18, Across the Ages Dance, produced by Eliza Mallouk and Marcie Mitler, will open in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This intergenerational performance, features the work of five choreographers and twenty-four dancers, ranging in age from their first decade of life to their eighth. The performances are all but sold out, and it promises to be a weekend to remember. Photos available at Defining The Capture blog, featuring Daniel McCusker's rehearsal process. 

Across the Ages Dance is being produced by Marcie Mitler and Eliza Mallouk. Here is a link to some excerpts from an interview with Marcie about her own beginning as a dancer and her thoughts about the production.

Daniel McCusker is a pillar of Cambridge Dance. He's lent his support and gifts to the Across the Ages Dance Project opening next week. I've excerpted my interview with Danny at Defining the Capture.

Across the Ages Dance features the work of its youngest choreographer, Cat Wagner. Selections from my interview with Cat appear at Defining The Capture.