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Johnny Gandelsman's THIS IS AMERICA to Play The Met Next Weekend
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 3, 2024

On Friday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., violinist, producer, and 2024 MacArthur Fellow Johnny Gandelsman's This Is America will be performed in The Met's American Wing galleries for a performance that spans two marathon days to celebrate the wing's 100th anniversary.

Photos: Ruthie Ann Miles, Joshua Henry, Santino Fontana And More Attend the American Theatre Wing 2024 Gala
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 11, 2024

The American Theatre Wing held its annual fall gala on Monday, September 9, 2024, at Cipriani 42nd Street, honoring “Unsung Heroes of the Theatre Industry”. See photos from the big night!

Photos: Inside Manhattan Film Festival Premiere of Young People's Chorus of New York City Documentary
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 3, 2024

On Friday, June 21st, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City (YPC) premiered its’ This Time Round documentary at the Manhattan Film Festival. Check out photos from the event.

Photos: Go Inside Young People's Chorus of New York City 2024 Gala
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 22, 2024

On Monday, March 11, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City (YPC) held its annual gala benefit concert & dinner at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in NYC.  See photos from the event.

Justin Peck's ILLINOISE Will Transfer to Broadway This Spring
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 19, 2024

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

The Dessoff Choirs to Present Valerie Capers' Sojourner in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2024

The Dessoff Choirs will return to Union Theological Seminary on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 4:00pm.

The Dessoff Choirs to Continue 100th Anniversary Season With Mendelssohn's Elijah in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2023

The Dessoff Choirs, led by Music Director Malcolm J. Merriweather, will continue its 2023-2024 and 100th Anniversary season in partnership with the Abyssinian Baptist Church in a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah.

Conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather to Kick Off 2023-24 Season With Concerts Around NYC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 31, 2023

New York City-based conductor and baritone Malcolm J. Merriweather, who was appointed as the director of the New York Philharmonic Chorus during the 2022-2023 season, kicks off his 2023-2024 season with concerts around NYC.

Review: In Saint-Saens' HENRI VIII, the King Has the Title but the Queens Are in Charge at Bard Festival
by Richard Sasanow - Jul 31, 2023

Donizetti’s so-called “Tudor Trilogy”--ANNA BOLENA, MARIA STUARDA and ROBERTO DEVEREUX (aka, “the one about Elizabeth I”)--suddenly has some competition on British history in opera: Camille Saint-Saens' HENRI VIII.

The Dessoff Choirs Reveals 2023-2024 And 100th Anniversary Season Featuring Music by Rodgers & Hammerstein and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 28, 2023

​​​​​​​The Dessoff Choirs, led by Music Director Malcolm J. Merriweather, has revealed its 2023-2024 season, which begins a two-year 100th anniversary celebration.

Review: Trisha Brown Dance Company Presents Its First Choreographic Commission at The Joyce Theater
by Miranda Stuck - May 5, 2023

Trisha Brown Dance Company pays tribute to its legacy and connects new artistic voices in a triple bill program at The Joyce Theater. The season features two focal pieces from Brown's collaboration with Alvin Curran and a brand-new world premiere of the company's first ever choreographic commission by Judith Sánchez Ruíz.

Photos: First Look At THE LITTLE MERMAID The Musical Off-Broadway At The Players Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 6, 2023

First look photos!Things are going swimmingly for theatre goers in NYC’s Greenwich village, as Literally Alive Family Theatre “The Little Mermaid the Musical” opens its enchanting Off-Broadway run at the Players Theatre.

Photos: Inside Dress Rehearsal for BASSLINE FABULOUS With Machine Dazzle and Catalyst Quartet
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2022

Mrs. Barbara D. Tober hosted the dress rehearsal for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Live Arts production, Bassline Fabulous: J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Vibrations with Machine Dazzle Thursday night at the Museum’s Vanderlyn Panorama in the American Wing (which depicts the palace and gardens of Versailles). 

Conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather Appointed As Director Of The New York Philharmonic Chorus
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 12, 2022

New York City-based conductor and baritone Malcolm J. Merriweather has been appointed as the director of the New York Philharmonic Chorus.

Review: WE ARE CONTINUOUS at Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Marc Savitt - Aug 7, 2022

Simon and his mother, Ora, have always been close. She’s been his champion, his defender, and his friend. But when a life-changing secret comes to light, can their bond survive? 2020 Foeller Fellow Tyler Thomas directs this exquisitely wrought WTF-commissioned play by Harrison David Rivers that explores how people can change and how love can evolve

Review: MAN OF GOD at Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Marc Savitt - Jul 12, 2022

The relevancy to current issues such as Me Too, Feminism, Sexism, Abuse of Power, Patriarchal Systemic Inequality, Masculine Toxicity, My Body – My Rights, See Something – Say Something … abound. Will these dynamic, seemingly “ordinary / normal” young women persist, or give in and conform to the overwhelming pressure and go along to get along?

Pianist and Composer Fred Hersch Shares 'This Is Always' Single
by Marissa Tomeo - May 8, 2022

Revered pianist/composer Fred Hersch reemerged from the pandemic with one of his most ambitious and acclaimed projects to date: Breath By Breath, his first album ever pairing jazz rhythm section with string quartet. The album found Hersch's trio featuring bassist Drew Gress and drummer Jochen Rueckert joined by the Crosby Street String Quartet, a new ensemble formed especially for the recording. DownBeat called the album, 'An amazingly satisfying listening experience,' while WBGO hailed it simply as, “Exquisite.”

BWW Review: Technology Is in Control as We UPLOAD the Future at the Park Avenue Armory
by Richard Sasanow - Mar 24, 2022

I couldn’t help thinking of a new science fiction-comedy series on Amazon during the local premiere of UPLOAD, the opera by Michel van der Aa at the Park Avenue Armory on Tuesday. Both had the same name. Both explore a near future where technology controls everything, including the afterlife, as a person can choose to “upload” its consciousness to continue living digitally. Both pose questions, though in different ways, about humanity, technology, consumerism, and so on.

Tony Awards Administration Committee Makes First Eligibility Rulings of the Season on SIX, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 9, 2021

 The Tony Awards Administration Committee met yesterday to confirm the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions for the 2021-2022 season.  This was the first time the Tony Awards Administration Committee met to decide the eligibility for the 75th Annual Tony Awards. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

BWW Review: DORRANCE DANCE at The Kennedy Center
by Dara Homer - Dec 6, 2021

Dorrance Dance notes on their website that “tap dance is a subversive form.” The radical delight, playfulness, and palpable trust between the members of the Dorrance Dance company feels beautifully subversive in another holiday season of covid anxiety, distancing, and skepticism. What better time, then, for Dorrance Dance to share tap dancing with the next generation and celebrate its legacy of resilience and joy in the face of adversity.