New York Theatre - Cabaret & Dance Reviews

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New York City Ballet: All Wheeldon
A hallmark event, this performance of three ballets by Christopher Wheeldon, including the premiere of the luscious "Les Carillons," marks the company's first-ever all-Wheeldon program. More »

Petula Clark

Petula Clark
The celebrated English pop singer and actor is making her first NYC nightclub appearance since 1970. Still in superb physical and vocal shape, she delivers an unmissable evening of great singing. More »

Dorfman

David Dorfman Dance: Prophets of Funk
Set to Sly & the Family Stone recordings, this work pays tribute to the music and contains only hints of the political choreography for which David Dorfman is best known. More »

Streb

Streb: Kiss the Air!
An undeniably unique display of physical daring, this show presents extreme athletic feats involving bungee cords, zip lines, springboards, and a rotating ladder yet is both exhilarating and maddeningly boring. More »

Merce

Merce Cunningham Dance Company: The Legacy Tour
This polished performance of Merce Cunningham's evening-length work set to a John Cage score inspired by James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" opens the famed modern dance troupe's penultimate U.S. engagement. More »

Shen Wei Dance

Shen Wei Dance Arts
With this latest work, choreographer-designer Shen Wei seems to be moving—or at least looking—backward, embracing the past rather than evolving new approaches to the art of dance. More »

Andrea

Andrea Marcovicci: No Strings
The veteran cabaret star celebrates her silver anniversary at the Oak Room with an elegant and naughty hour of familiar travel songs and neglected curios. More »

Untapped

Untapped!
A superbly entertaining show for all ages, this stimulating introduction to tap features five appealing male dancers backed by a three-piece rock band and a beat boxer. More »

Marilyn Maye

Marilyn Maye: The Best of Times Is Now
The cabaret icon's sunny disposition should be an ideal match for Jerry Herman's songs, but her startling inability to connect with lyrics left me unable to join in the audience's enthusiasm. More »

Bacchae

Bacchae
A world premiere choreographed by Luca Veggetti, this engrossingly experimental work combines a bit of puppetry, slippery text, flute and electronic sounds, and gorgeous contemporary dance. More »

Yvonne Constant

Yvonne Constant: La Différence
Look out, Elaine Stritch: You've got competition for the most glamorous golden-years gams in town, and French chanteuse Yvonne Constant is currently flashing them with style at the Metropolitan Room. More »

Haze

Haze
Choreographed by Wang Yuanyuan, this ultimately unsatisfying 70-minute contemporary ballet piece is danced on a spongy mat and proves mesmerizing, beautiful, and fun for the first half-hour. More »

Ocean Kingdon

Ocean's Kingdom
Though its composer and librettist, Paul McCartney, was the biggest celebrity in the house at the premiere, the real star of this simplistically choreographed ballet is costume designer Stella McCartney. More »

Bill T. Jones

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Body Against Body
A gripping history lesson comprising reconstructions of three of the earliest Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane works, this two-hour program offers an illuminating rearview mirror. More »

Try to Remember

Try to Remember: A Look Back at Off-Broadway
Rita Gardner's tribute to the venue that nurtured her cuts its nostalgia with a lightly acerbic wit and mint-fresh song stylings, making for a marvelous hour. More »

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I Don't Have a Title Yet!
This prosaically choreographed work by Regina Nejman is performed by four lackluster dancers and set to a forgettable hodgepodge of music interspersed with idiotic text. More »

ODC Dance

ODC/Dance
This top-notch San Francisco–based contemporary dance troupe is presenting a stimulating program that shows the opposite choreographic strengths of its artistic directors, Brenda Way and K.T. Nelson. More »

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina
This ravishing ballet, based on the Tolstoy novel, is ingeniously choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky and tells its tragic tale through efficient choreography, colorful music, and stunning sets and video projections. More »

Transcending Form

Transcending Form
Choreographer John Byrne's ambitious contemporary dance fable purports to express the idea of the transcending soul but doesn't find compelling ways to physically illustrate its weighty ideas. More »

Ballet Nacional de Cuba

Ballet Nacional de Cuba: La Magia de la Danza
Appearing in New York for the first time in nearly a decade, Ballet Nacional de Cuba is offering a rousingly entertaining sampler of excerpts from six famous ballets. More »

Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga: New York in June
The Tony winner from "Miss Saigon" proves she is much more than a Disney princess in a smashing set at the Carlyle. We need to see more of her on our stages. More »

Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook: You Make Me Feel So Young
Barbara Cook, a superb actor who knows a thing or two about the human condition, shares her knowledge in this artfully understated, deeply affecting show. More »

360 Dance Company

360 Degree Dance Company
Alessandra Prosperi and company artistic director Martin Løfsnes are exhilarating dancers, but unfortunately their choreography fails to reach the same high level of accomplishment. More »

American Ballet Theater

American Ballet Theatre: From Classic to Premieres
In an ambitious mixed bill, American Ballet Theatre is presenting an enlightening display of masterful choreography that demonstrates why the creators are considered great dance makers. More »

New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet
Lynne Taylor-Corbett's "The Seven Deadly Sins," featuring Patti LuPone, is musically and visually stunning, but choreographically it's less eventful than expected. More »

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2. THE LION KING $1,445,999
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8. PORGY AND BESS $878,884
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10. THE MOUNTAINTOP $693,128

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2. WOMAN IN BLACK, THE $20,874,072
3. GREY, THE $9,300,999
4. BIG MIRACLE $7,760,205
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