Pilobolus, at 50, Brings New & Repertory Works to the Joyce

Pilobolus, at 50, Brings New & Repertory Works to the Joyce

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Pilobolus—the mostly-male performance ensemble founded at Dartmouth College in 1971—had its 50th anniversary celebration derailed by the pandemic, but picked up the pieces and is touring now with two retrospective programs, each containing new works and repertory favorites. In residence at the Joyce through the end of July, the Connecticut-based troupe […]

Lauper Doc ‘Let the Canary Sing’ Mostly Soars

Lauper Doc ‘Let the Canary Sing’ Mostly Soars

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW OF ‘LET THE CANARY SING’ BY PUMA PERL | Full disclosure: I love Cyndi Lauper. I’ve never met her, but she feels like a family member. Her first album, She’s So Unusual, helped my four-year-old daughter recover from a strange virus that seemed to have no cure. For weeks, she rocked […]

Come Again: Sherry Vine Shoots Six Times, Scoring Big with Season 2 of ‘Variety Show’

Come Again: Sherry Vine Shoots Six Times, Scoring Big with Season 2 of ‘Variety Show’

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | There’s something satisfying about the fact that while self-aggrandizing lawmakers in Tennessee and other states were spending 2022/2023 trying to limit, license, discourage, and otherwise disavow drag, Sherry Vine and friends were creating six episodes of variety television that plays such pomposity for laughs, while putting the pursuit of cock where […]

Review: Laurie Metcalf Brings Gravitas to Eerie “Grey House”

Review: Laurie Metcalf Brings Gravitas to Eerie “Grey House”

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The masses know Laurie Metcalf as the likably neurotic Jackie from Roseanne and The Conners, but insiders have long realized that an in-person, theatrical experience that features Metcalf is generally a capital-E Event. A two-time Tony winner with range and skill, she managed to make the part of the demented Annie […]

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