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Iris Fanger

Theater Review: New York Round-Up — “Junk,” The Red Shoes,” “The Band’s Visit”

The irony implied by Junk after the curtain goes down is the realization that white collar crime does pay.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: /New Adventures production, Ayad Akhtar, Iris Fanger, Junk, Lincoln Center, Matthew Bourne, The Red Shoes, Vivian Beaumont Theater

Dance Review: A Ratmansky Evening at New York City Ballet

Two works by one of the most-in-demand choreographers of our time received powerhouse performances from the New York City Ballet.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Alexei Ratmansky, Here/Now, New York City Ballet, Peter Martins

Theater Review: New York Stage Round-up — “Indecent,” “Sweat,” and “Bandstand.”

Sweat and Indecent serve as forceful reminders that art matters — as if proof was needed.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand, Broadway Musical, Indecent, Lynn Nottage, Paula-Vogel, Sweat

Dance Review: American Ballet Theatre’s Eye-Popper of a “Sleeping Beauty”

Few companies can do pageantry quite like ABT, buoyed by its vast resources as well as on this occasion the company’s desire to celebrate its 75th anniversary with panache.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: American Ballet Theatre, ballet, Boston-Ballet, Jeffrey Cirio, Marius Petipa, Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty

Fuse in New York: “An American in Paris” and “Wolf Hall,” Parts One and Two

Today’s Broadway is at its best presenting blockbuster spectacles like Wolf Hall and An American in Paris.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: An American in Paris, Bring Up the Bodies, Christopher Wheeldon, Craig Lucas, Hilary Mantel, Royal Shakespeare Company, Wolf Hall

Fuse Theater Review: The Hypocrites’ “Mikado” — A Theatrical Wow

Don’t miss the “joyous shout and ringing cheer” of this delightfully boisterous version of The Mikado.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Gilbert & Sullivan, The Hypocrites, The Mikado

Dance Review: Sarasota Ballet Will Perform New England Premieres at Jacob’s Pillow

The Sarasota Ballet will make its New England debut at Jacob’s Pillow in August with a program that includes two works of mid-20th century choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Iain Webb, Jacobs-Pillow, Margaret Barbieri, Sarasota Ballet, Sir Frederick Ashton

Theater Review: Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days” — Soldiering On Through the Void

Brooke Adams portrays Winnie as the ultimate smiley face; her husband, Tony Shalhoub, is little more than another prop weathering her on-going babble.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Andrei Belgrader, Brooke Adams, Commonwealth-Shakespeare-Company, Happy Days, samuel-beckett, Tony Shalhoub

Dance Review: Pilobolus Provides Plenty of Joie de Vivre at Citi Shubert Theatre

An evening with Pilobolus is among the most viewer-friendly of dance experiences.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Celebrity-Series-of-Boston, Ok Go, Pilobolus

Theater Review: “Living on Love” or Froth?

Incomparable opera diva Renée Fleming makes her debut as a stage actress — playing an impossible opera diva — in playwright Joe DiPietro’s sliver of a comedy Living on Love.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Douglas Sills, Joe DiPietro, Living on Love, Renée Fleming, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

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