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The Classic Transports to the House of Bernarda Albanew
Matriarch Bernarda Alba runs a tight ship in Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba as she seeks to preserve her five daughters for marriages that suit her landed-gentry bloodline — though, as becomes clear as we watch that control unravel, no one can contain the passions of such willful women.
San Antonio Current |
Katrina Bondari |
10-20-2011 |
Performance
Hilary Hahn Returns - The Greatest?new
One of the world's most celebrated violinists returns to Indy, this time for a Carmel Palladium recital.
NUVO |
Tom Aldridge |
10-18-2011 |
Performance
Review: ISO Classical Series Program No. 4new
Guest conductor Gilbert Varga and American Pianist Fellow Jonathan Biss join for a well-played Beethoven Concerto.
NUVO |
Tom Aldridge |
10-17-2011 |
Performance
Mary Poppins Delivers Banks Children from Snootery in Stylenew
I’m not so proud as to turn up my nose at the obvious wordplay: the touring production of Mary Poppins is, like its titular nanny, practically perfect.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
10-06-2011 |
Performance
Charleston Ballet Theatre Accused of Using Works Without Permissionnew
The Charleston Ballet Theatre is celebrating the launch of its 25th season, a major milestone for a company that's struggled with budget cuts in recent years. They're touting a shining silver anniversary season and a fresh new home in Mt. Pleasant, yet out of the public eye, the company has been dealing with claims of improper use of copyrighted material by international choreographers Eddy Toussaint and Jiri Kylian.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson Curran and Gervase Caycedo |
10-06-2011 |
Performance
Substance-less Style Drawn Out in 1970s Flashback Xanadunew
The San Pedro Playhouse’s season opener — a musical evisceration of the 1980 cinematic stinker Xanadu — reveals a few truths.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
09-29-2011 |
Performance
Pole Dancing as Therapy?new
It isn’t hard to guess what kind of dance studio this is. What is unexpected, however, is that the dancing has become a form of therapy.
Boulder Weekly |
Blair Madole |
09-27-2011 |
Performance
Tags: Therapy, pole dancing
So You Want to be in Show Business?new
Once upon a time, suitcase-laden sedans swarmed west down Route 66 to Hollywood, carrying dreams of movie stardom along with extra socks and shoes.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-21-2011 |
Performance
Tejano’s “Red Alert”new
The 31st annual edition of the Tejano Music Awards being held at the San Antonio Event Center this Saturday, come during a critical point for the genre.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-08-2011 |
Performance
Berlin Dance Fest Tears Down Boundariesnew
The 17 days of this year’s 23rd International Dance Festival in Berlin will be remembered as a convergence of traditions
San Antonio Current |
Anjelika Jansen |
09-08-2011 |
Performance
Ballot count: ‘Ugly People’ at Overtimenew
How has politics responded to the 24-hour news cycle? By running election campaigns non-stop, of course.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
08-31-2011 |
Performance
Small Dogs, Lofty Dreamsnew
More than one hundred dachshunds will compete in Golden Gate Field's Wiener Nationals.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
08-22-2011 |
Performance
Spicing Up Sexy Storytellingnew
Stronger curation and stricter time limits do wonders for Bawdy Storytelling.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-28-2011 |
Performance
And the merry love the fiddlenew
The Swannanoa Gathering has lured its share of legends in its 20 years. The folk-art workshop series, held each summer on the campus of Warren Wilson College, has hosted Mike Seeger, David Holt and Fiona Ritchie, host of NPR’s Thistle & Shamrock.
Mountain Xpress |
Stacy Claude |
07-13-2011 |
Performance
The Right Snuffnew
Who is Artly Snuff, and why does he matter?
Austin Chronicle |
Margaret Moser |
07-08-2011 |
Performance
