Reid Bartelme

Review: ENCOUNTERS: FOUR CONTEMPORARY BALLETS, Royal Ballet And Opera

The Royal Ballet season continues with its first modern bill - Encounters: Four contemporary ballets. For some, like me, the four works presented are all new, but in actuality only two of the four are premières. And one of those is in fact a development of an existing (2022) pas de deux into a bigger scale work.

NYCBallet's 2024 Fall Season Opens This Month

New York City Ballet’s 2024-25 Season will begin with a four-week Fall Season that will open on Tuesday, September 17 with a program consisting of works by NYCB’s Co-Founding Choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, including Balanchine’s Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 and Duo Concertant, and Robbins’ Glass Pieces.  

ILLINOISE Will Host Album Vinyl Signings Following Wednesday Matinee Performances

The Tony Award-winning new musical ILLINOISE will host signings for the ILLINOISE Original Cast Album Vinyl with members of the cast following the three remaining Wednesday matinee performances.

Cast and Creatives Set For DAY FOR NIGHT at Little Island

Little Island has announced the compete cast and creative team for Pam Tanowitz’s Day for Night which begins performances next week. Learn more about the cast here!

ILLINOISE Adds Three Matinee Performances To Broadway Run

The Tony Award-winning new musical ILLINOISE featuring Tony-winning choreography by Justin Peck has added three matinee performances to its strictly limited engagement through Saturday, August 10 at the St. James Theatre

Video: Watch the Cast of ILLINOISE Perform 'Jacksonville'

The cast of Illinoise stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Tuesday to perform the number Jacksonville from the Tony Award-nominated musical. Watch the performance now!

Video: Peck, Drury, and More Discuss ILLINOISE on CBS SUNDAY MORNING

Watch Justin Peck, Jackie Sibbles Drury, and Shara Nova discuss ILLINOISE on CBS SUNDAY MORNING in the video here!

Listen: ILLINOISE Original Broadway Cast Recording is Available Now

The original Broadway Cast Recording of Illinoise: A New Musical is available today, May 31, on all digital platforms. Listen to the full album here!

ILLINOISE to Release Original Broadway Cast Recording - Two Tracks Out Now

Nonesuch Records will release a recording of the current Tony-nominated Broadway show Illinoise: A New Musical. Listen to two tracks now!

Photos: Tony-Winner David Rockwell Hosts the Broadway Design Celebration at CIVILIAN

Broadway's finest designers and artisans met this week for the Broadway Design Celebration at CIVILIAN Hotel. See photos from the event!

Review Roundup: ILLINOISE Arrives on Broadway

The Broadway critics are weighing in for the final time of the 2023/24 season! Illinoise is officially open on Broadway at the St. James Theatre, making it eligible for 2024 Tony Awards consideration. Check out what the critics are saying!

ILLINOISE Launches Rush and Lottery Policies

The producers of ILLINOISE have announced discounted rush and lottery policies once performances begin at the St. James Theatre on April 24th, 2024.  

New York City Ballet Unveils 2024-25 Season Featuring 58 Ballets

New York City Ballet has revealed its 2024-25 season. See the productions and learn how to purchase tickets!

Elijah Lyons, Shara Nova and Tasha Viets-VanLear Revealed as Vocalists in ILLINOISE

Elijah Lyons, Shara Nova and Tasha Viets-VanLear will transfer to Broadway as vocalists for the musical Illinoise, the theatrical adaptation of Grammy- and Oscar-nominated Sufjan Stevens’ concept album Illinois.

Review: ILLINOISE is Storytelling at its Very Finest

What did our critic think of Illinoise at Park Avenue Armory? Illinoise is, at its core, a story about stories, both the ones we tell ourselves and the ones we’re brave enough to share with others. 

Justin Peck's ILLINOISE Will Transfer to Broadway This Spring

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Illinoise, which is currently playing at Park Avenue Armory will transfer to Broadway.

Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET: MIXED BILL, Sadler's Wells

New York City Ballet are at Sadler’s Wells for the very first time, and returning to London for the first time since 2008 in a rare event for dance fans in the capital. Now under the direction of Jonathan Stafford, they arrive with a diverse quadruple bill, presumably designed to offer something for everyone. NYCB boasts some of the finest dancers in the world, they are precise technicians who have honed their craft and have a unique identity but the overall effect lacks the punch audiences will be craving after such a long absence.

North American Premiere of Jean Butler's WHAT WE HOLD is Coming to Irish Arts Center

Jean Butler's 'What We Hold' (North American Premiere) at Irish Arts Center is a physical, cultural, and emotional journey through the history of Irish dance. This celebrated work brings together seven generations of dancers to celebrate the past, connect the present, and look to the future.

Robbie Fairchild, Ricky Ubeda & More to Star in Justin Peck & Jackie Sibblies Drury's ILLINOISE at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has revealed the cast of the highly anticipated Illinoise, a new kind of musical based on Sufjan Stevens’ acclaimed concept album.

Review: Pam Tanowitz, Artists at the Center Presents SONG OF SONGS at New York City Center

New York City Center is presenting the NYC premiere of 'Song of Songs' featuring gorgeous choreography by Pam Tanowitz perfectly set to David Lang’s exceptional choral music performed live on stage.